The demographic crisis and what to do about it

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The demographic crisis and what to do about it

Social attitudes towards the family and children need to be reshaped if we want to address sharply declining birth rates and the increasing phenomenon of unplanned childlessness, a major new report from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) says. States need to promote policies that promote family formation, the report says while also emphasising the positive role of religion on fertility rates, which is something a new…