Article Russia wants a baby boom, but some women resist becoming a mother for the motherland
Article Russia wants a baby boom, but some women resist becoming a mother for the motherland
Sep 20 2024, 10:50 AM
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-mothers-birth-rate-1.7327712
Quote:Regional health minister says those who are busy with careers can 'create offspring' on work breaks
Quote:While addressing a crowd at the Eurasian Women's Forum in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed government policy geared toward helping women achieve the ultimate balance — professional success while being the linchpin "of a large, large family."
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His comments are the latest in a public push by government officials to try and reverse Russia's sinking birth rate by appealing to a sense of patriotic duty and promising financial incentives to sway prospective parents.
Russia's fertility rate — which measures the average number of children born to a woman over a lifetime — stands at approximately 1.4, less than what is considered the rate for population replacement, which is 2.1. Kremlin officials have labelled Russia's statistic "catastrophic," and it comes at a time of higher mortality among younger Russian men due to the war in Ukraine.
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CBC News, September 20 2024.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-mothers-birth-rate-1.7327712
Quote:Regional health minister says those who are busy with careers can 'create offspring' on work breaks
Quote:While addressing a crowd at the Eurasian Women's Forum in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed government policy geared toward helping women achieve the ultimate balance — professional success while being the linchpin "of a large, large family."
[...]
His comments are the latest in a public push by government officials to try and reverse Russia's sinking birth rate by appealing to a sense of patriotic duty and promising financial incentives to sway prospective parents.
Russia's fertility rate — which measures the average number of children born to a woman over a lifetime — stands at approximately 1.4, less than what is considered the rate for population replacement, which is 2.1. Kremlin officials have labelled Russia's statistic "catastrophic," and it comes at a time of higher mortality among younger Russian men due to the war in Ukraine.
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