TRIGGER WARNING
If you wish to listen to my interview on CNN International please take note the imagery used is insensitive to our childlessness which is why I suggest listening rather than watching.
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FOUNDERS BLOG by Stephanie Joy Phillips
Phew… and just like that it’s all over again; World Childless Week 2026 is done and dusted - or is it? Our seven days have finished for now but the stories, webinars and emotions of every description can still be felt in every fibre of my being. I know they exist and are a part of me every day going forward.
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FOUNDERS BLOG by Stephanie Joy Phillips
The forget me not has represented World Childless Week (WCW) since its inception. When I was looking for a logo for WCW it came up as one of the flowers representing September and as I’d already decided that WCW would run from Monday to Sunday around the 16th September it immediately felt right:
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The World Childless Week forget me not symbolises: our individuality alongside our strength and unity as a community, our determination to be seen and heard despite pronatalism trying to drown out our voice, and the love we hold for our unborn children who rest upon our hearts and will never be forgotten.
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