Titled The Real Fertility Crisis – The Pursuit of Reproductive Agency in a Changing World, this year’s State of World Population report from UNFPA explores how economic pressures, gender inequality, lack of childcare, and restricted reproductive rights are limiting people’s ability to choose whether, when, and how many children to have. Rather than urging people to have more babies, the report calls for a bold shift: to focus on empowering individuals, especially women and girls, with the freedom and support to make their own reproductive choices.
With powerful data, personal stories, and forward-thinking policy recommendations, this report redefines what true demographic resilience means in the 21st century.
Read the full report and discover why the future begins with reproductive agency.
