March 5, 2026

Postponing childbirth reduces the possibility of expanding the family

Education and empowerment of young people to make informed decisions about reproductive health and parenthood is the goal of the campaign 'For More Hearts', implemented by the Ministry without portfolio in charge of gender equality and prevention of violence against women. The campaign is primarily intended for final-year high school students, university students, and young people up to 30 years of age, with a special segment reserved for the business community. Our idea is to approach young people and talk about how the body works, what affects fertility and how to preserve it, so as to avoid reaching an age where medical intervention or in vitro fertilization is already necessary. Through an educational approach, we will talk about how the long-term postponement of parenthood can negatively affect the possibility of having children at all, says Tatjana Macura, the minister in charge of gender equality and prevention of violence against women, for the newspaper 'Politika'.