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Government policy on teenage pregnancy: In some parts of Russia, school girls are being paid more than 100,000 rubles (about 1 lakh rupees) to have children and raise them. This is now part of a new government policy in Russia. This work is being done in ten regions of the country in the last few months. The birth rate in Russia has reached a record low. Also, the number of men has decreased due to war with Ukraine. For this reason, this controversial scheme has started. Because in this scheme, school girls are being made mother without marriage.
This new remedy started in Russia in the last few months is part of Russia’s new demographic strategy. Previously, “produce more children” project was introduced only for adult women, but now it has reached Russian schoolgirls. It was started to deal with the declining birth rate of the country.
In 2023, the number of children born per woman in Russia was 1.41. It is less than 2.05. Russia has declined rapidly in Russia over the years. The government is now concerned about the decline in the population of Russia after the Ukraine War. For this reason, the Russian government has launched a population growth incentive program.
Financial assistance is provided to young women over 18 years of age. In some areas, married women are given maternity benefits at the birth of a child. It can be used for buying homes or for child education.
Now traditional nationalist organizations and local church organizations are also supporting the Russian government’s plan, which is encouraging motherhood before marriage. Some reports have reported that many women are becoming mothers before marriage in the greed of financial help or under family pressure.
In Russia, there has been a dispute over the issue of giving money to teenage girls to have children while going to school. According to a recently conducted by the Russian Referendum Research Center, 43% of Russian support this policy, while 40% oppose it.
In Russia, becoming a mother without marriage is not considered a big social crime. This thinking has changed since the Soviet period. In Russia, single motherhood or unmarried maternity is no longer considered legal or socially as wrong as it was considered to be.
It is now a common practice to become a mother before marriage in big cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg. No one sees it from a very negative perspective there. Until now, it was not considered a good thing in rural and orthodox areas. But due to economic strength and government incentive, this trend is also changing there.
The Russian Orthodox Church still considers becoming a mother before marriage. But now he is also silent in view of the demographic crisis. Since 1990, Russia has declined in marriage rates and birth rates. So now people are starting to produce children without getting married.
Since the number of men in Russia has declined drastically after Ukraine War and Economic Crisis, many families and women are considering it as socio-economic imperatives.
In most cases in Russia, when a school-going or little girl becomes a mother, the girl grows up near her parents, that is, grandparents. Sometimes, after the birth of a child, the girl leaves school or studies, or the girl is raised by her parents and the girl continues her studies.
What is the support of the government to become a mother of girls?
In some states, girls who become mothers get maternity capital and government allowances. In some places, the government provides free treatment, delivery and assistance to unmarried mothers at the birth of a child. In addition, they also get a promise of a stable allowance. The Russian economic system itself is disorganized.
Role of men in case of unmarried mothers!
In Russia, especially in cases of unmarried mothers, the boy is often absent or does not reveal his identity. Many times, the mother herself does not register the father’s name on the documents, so that she can directly raise the child with her surname and identity.
What will happen if the mother is unable to raise a child?
Some areas of Russia have the facility to release the child in a system called ‘Baby Box’. Here the newborn can be kept safe without telling his name. After some time from here the child goes to the government orphanage. The government has started encouraging those who become mother at an early age. But it is true that there is no established system of mentor.
Russian President Vladimir Putin considers the large population a sign of a rich superpower. Therefore, he wants Russia to become a superpower by increasing its population. The number of Russian men in the war between Russia and Ukraine has decreased.
According to some estimates, the number of Russian soldiers killed in the war reached 2,50,000, but the war also migrated millions of Russians, some of which were highly educated. Many of them were youths who had run away from military service who could become the father of the next generation of Russian citizens.
This project is also running in many other countries:
Putin is not the only world leader to present women encouraging policies to have more children. In Hungary, Victor -Orban government is providing facilities like tax exemption and loans at a discount rate to those who produce three or more children.
In Poland, families with two or more children are given 500 zlotti per child per child. But there is some evidence that this has not encouraged high -income polish women to have more children. This is because they may have to give up their high income and career progress to have a second child. In the US, Donald Trump is proposing to give US $ 5,000 (Rs 4,29,400) to women. Alan Musk also believes that more children should be produced.