The 'complicated' choice of motherhood in Italia

Motherhood continues to be, for many women, a positive choice, an experience capable of generating belonging and meaning in an increasingly fragmented society

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According to Save the Children data, about 58% of mothers with pre-school-age children work. But even for those who manage to stay at work, the road is difficult and fraught with obstacles: a reorganisation of working models and a review of leave instruments are needed. Together with a truly equal division of family care burdens

Part-time and career abandonment: the traps for working mothers

Spain prohibits parental alienation, but in Italian courts the practice of punishing mothers if their children reject their fathers persists. The Garante Terragni's document: estrangements as an extrema ratio

Giulia and the others: stories of girls taken away from their mothers by judgement

The postponement of the choice to become a mother is growing: costs discourage and incentives are not enough to change one's mind

Children? No thanks. Mother fatigue discourages motherhood for girls -

Small but structural decline in 2025: 70% of adopted children have special needs, process still over 50 months

International adoptions still declining: complexity of cases weighs heavily

In Italia, 26.7% of children under 16 - over 2 million - live in poverty or social exclusion (against an EU average of 24.2%)

Child poverty, in Italia it is close to 50% if the only parent is the mother

The labour market remains fragile for women, insufficient welfare and lack of support networks do not create the conditions for motherhood

Choosing to be a mother, between will and possibility

Geographical mobility distances families of origin and turns childcare into an increasing cost

When grandparents are far away: the distance that changes the economics of motherhood

Claudia Potenza: 'The most difficult job? Educating for freedom, the way to respect others'

Security decree, more mothers in prison with their children

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Let us build a society to look to the future

Part-time and career abandonment: the traps for working mothers

Giulia and the others: stories of girls taken away from their mothers by judgement

Children? No thanks. Mother fatigue discourages motherhood for girls -Dossier

International adoptions still declining: complexity of cases weighs heavily

Child poverty, in Italia it is close to 50% if the only parent is the mother

Choosing to be a mother, between will and possibility

When grandparents are far away: the distance that changes the economics of motherhood

Claudia Potenza: 'The most difficult job? Educating for freedom, the way to respect others'

Security decree, more mothers in prison with their children

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