Cristina Archetti (Professor in Political Communication and Journalism, University of Oslo) will present her new book Childlessness in the Age of Communication: Deconstructing Silence.

Although involuntary childlessness (i.e. not having children not by choice) affects an increasing number of women and men across the world, this topic is shrouded in taboo and shame. Cristina will deal with the invisible mechanisms that, from the gestures and throw-away comments of everyday life to policy, make up the structure of silence around childlessness. Moving away from a public discourse that reduces involuntary childlessness to a “medical” issue, she will address the existential, social and political repercussions of infertility, as well as the challenge of explaining what it means and how it feels not to have children in a society that is organized around family.

Join Cristina in conversation with a range of guests: researchers, health practitioners, a film director and a podcaster, infertility survivors and activists.

You can see the full programme here

Attendance is FREE

The debate will be conducted mostly in English and streamed online via YouTube here

Starting time: 6.30am New York, 11.30am London, 12.30pm Oslo, 7.30pm Singapore