Doctor Olga Demicheva, a member of the Russian Human Rights Council, described the new measure as “coercion to procreate.” “I cannot describe this initiative in any other way, which transforms a woman from a free personality into an instrument for improving the demographic situation,” Demicheva said.
Catherina Hinz, managing director at the Berlin Institute for Population and Development, explains to the German Press Agency that the desire to have children is generally declining. In addition, in times of multiple crises and uncertain prospects, the desire to have children is often put on hold, but this changes when the economy improves, says Hinz. Many more incentives such as the compatibility of family and work and a sufficient number of childcare places are important.
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