This special report examines the debate on women’s careers, family planning, and societal expectations, sparked by Upasana Kamineni Konidela’s advice on egg freezing. The discussion, with author Tara Deshpande and Poonam Mutreja, Executive Director of the Population Foundation of India, covers India’s declining fertility rate, the concept of ‘demographic duty’, and women’s autonomy. ‘Statements urging young people to marry early and have children in their 20s reduce women to instruments of demographic goals,’ says Poonam Mutreja. The programme explores the biological, economic, and social pressures women face when balancing professional ambitions with personal choices, such as parenthood. It addresses the falling national fertility rate, which now stands below the replacement level, and the argument for empowering women economically rather than pressuring them to reproduce for demographic targets.
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