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Serbia: Not everyone is happy with new incentives for parents

Babies born without medical or surgical intervention have fewer health problems.
Babies born without medical or surgical intervention have fewer health problems. Source: AAP

Faced with an ageing and declining population – a common problem across Europe – Serbia is offering financial incentives to parents. But not everyone is happy and critics say it is “reducing women to baby-producing machines”.


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By Mia Nikolic

Source: SBS



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Faced with an ageing and declining population – a common problem across Europe – Serbia is offering financial incentives to parents. But not everyone is happy and critics say it is “reducing women to baby-producing machines”.



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