honorable mention
laura aggio caldon italy
title
Childless
When I started to work on this project in Tehran, I met Mrs. Kashefi at the north of city.
"Having children is the priority in Iran" tearfully she said "my family and my husband’s family don't know anything about my infertility."
She explains me about her difficulties to get pregnant. Describing the infertility treatments she is going through that continue to fail, all drugs she take and she told me about her decision to undergo In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).
Currently, Iran has the most progressive stance toward infertility treatments and use of the Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) has been used more than any others Muslims countries.
Despite this progressive stance, infertile women may be victims of domestic violence, economic deprivation, social isolation and loss of their marital lives.
Hasty, a 37 years old woman, said that her husband called her "useless" when he discovered she had infertility problems. "My parents helped me to pay for the medical bills" she said with a toothy smile "and now I am a mother."
Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health (APJPH) in 2005 conducted a study to determine the prevalence of infertility. It showed that about a quarter (24.9%) of Iranian couples have experienced infertility at some stage of their marital life.
Iran has liberal ideas about assisted reproduction techniques thanks to Shia interpretations of religious tenet and thanks to a policy of growth of births.
The Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei, called for new population expansion policies in a nationally televised speech in July 2012. Parliament responded by proposing two bills that restrict birth control and access to jobs for childless women in an effort to boost the population.
I work primarily on long-term personal projects focused on human rights issues and humanitarian and geopolitical subjects.
After studying photography for three years I obtained a Master in Photojournalism from the Higher Institute of Photography and Integrated Communications (ISFCI) in Rome.
I reported from Italy, Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iran and Lebanon.
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entry description
In October 2016, I started to work about the consequences of involuntary childlessness in developing countries, like Iran.When I started to work on this project in Tehran, I met Mrs. Kashefi at the north of city.
"Having children is the priority in Iran" tearfully she said "my family and my husband’s family don't know anything about my infertility."
She explains me about her difficulties to get pregnant. Describing the infertility treatments she is going through that continue to fail, all drugs she take and she told me about her decision to undergo In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).
Currently, Iran has the most progressive stance toward infertility treatments and use of the Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) has been used more than any others Muslims countries.
Despite this progressive stance, infertile women may be victims of domestic violence, economic deprivation, social isolation and loss of their marital lives.
Hasty, a 37 years old woman, said that her husband called her "useless" when he discovered she had infertility problems. "My parents helped me to pay for the medical bills" she said with a toothy smile "and now I am a mother."
Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health (APJPH) in 2005 conducted a study to determine the prevalence of infertility. It showed that about a quarter (24.9%) of Iranian couples have experienced infertility at some stage of their marital life.
Iran has liberal ideas about assisted reproduction techniques thanks to Shia interpretations of religious tenet and thanks to a policy of growth of births.
The Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei, called for new population expansion policies in a nationally televised speech in July 2012. Parliament responded by proposing two bills that restrict birth control and access to jobs for childless women in an effort to boost the population.
about the photographer
Laura Aggio Caldon (b.1983) I am a freelance Italian photographer based in Rome.I work primarily on long-term personal projects focused on human rights issues and humanitarian and geopolitical subjects.
After studying photography for three years I obtained a Master in Photojournalism from the Higher Institute of Photography and Integrated Communications (ISFCI) in Rome.
I reported from Italy, Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iran and Lebanon.
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