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The void in Barcelona

Barely a year had passed since the Olympic Games and finding a job was already tough. I was discussing the matter with the girl behind me in the queue at the...

Construction workers’ demonstration descending Carrer de Ferran in 1976. © Pilar Aymerich

When time makes its presence felt

Can a memoir be written in pictures? On flicking though and reading La Barcelona de Pilar Aymerich [Pilar Aymerich’s Barcelona], the answer is a...

Birth rate crisis and family diversityFacilitating parenthood

Milagros Pérez Oliva

Barcelona has one of the lowest fertility rates globally, yet boasts one of the highest life expectancies. This reality carries profound demographic, social and economic...

Birth rate crisis and family diversityThe birth rate crisis and its demographic impact on the Barcelona metropolitan area

Pau Miret

The population pyramid of the metropolitan area of Barcelona is not inverted, and the ageing population does...

Birth rate crisis and family diversityThe emotional roots of the birth rate crisis

Itxasne Atanes

The current birth rate crisis is linked to something deeper than cultural or sociological aspects. It is...

Birth rate crisis and family diversityFamily policies as a public, strategic and worthwhile affair

Elisa Stinus Bru de Sala

In keeping with the model adopted in the Nordic countries, childhood and family policies should cover four...

Birth rate crisis and family diversityRecognising and integrating family diversity

Diana Marre

So-called “new families” are not truly new; they have always existed. Flexible family arrangements and...

Birth rate crisis and family diversityParenting communities: a growing alternative

Christel Keller

The vanishing extended family, the complexities of parenting, and the rise of new educational codes are...

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