Low fertility is not women’s ‘problem’ to solve, gender institute warns Cyprus politicians

The Mediterranean Institute for Gender Studies has warned Cyprus and European politicians that low fertility is a structural problem, not a women’s issue to be solved through financial incentives, saying subsidy-based demographic policies risk undermining women’s rights.

Responding to ongoing political discussions on demographics, the Institute said the “instrumentalisation” of female fertility amounts to regression rather than policy, and that attempting to incentivise births without...