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AWOC.org (Ageing Without Children) http://www.awoc.org Jody is a founding member of this not-for-profit campaigning and supporting the 20-25% of adults in the UK who will be ageing without children, and the millions who already are. BICA (British Infertility Counselling Association) http://bica.net The BICA website has a list of registered infertility counsellors in the UK. It is an organisation that is very aware of the support that men, women and couples need to move on with their lives after childlessness. It has been very supportive of the work of Gateway Women and Jody has both written for their journal and has spoken at […]

Femme Sans Enfant (French Canada) http://www.femmesansenfant.com Blogs, articles and video interviews with childless and childfree women (and men) across the Francophone world. Started by Catherine-Emmanuelle Delisle who is childless due to early menopause (age 14), it won in the 2014 ‘Activism and Social Justice’ category in Canada’s ‘Schmutzie’ Weblog Awards. Also a Meetup group.  Femme Sans Enfant Meetup Group (Montreal, Canada) http://www.meetup.com/femme-sans-enfant A French-speaking Meetup group organised and run by Catherine-Emmanuelle Delisle of ‘Femme Sans Enfant’ Gateway Women English-speaking Canada Meetup Group http://www.meetup.com/gateway-women-canada Free, private social Meetup group for towns and cities across Canada. To join, first join Meetup.com (if you’re not already […]

Life after infertility support organisations The Daisy Network (UK) www.daisynetwork.org.uk A UK charity that supports women who have experienced premature menopause or premature ovarian failure as it’s often referred to. The Lotus Network (UK/Online Support) A blog and support forum set up by Nia Fisher to support those experiencing premature menopause www.thelotusnetwork.com More to Life (UK) www.infertilitynetworkuk.com/more_to_life A UK charity that provides online and face-to-face groups for women and couples moving on after infertility treatment. Still A Mum (Kenya) www.stillamum.com A charity that supports women and families dealing with miscarriages, stillbirth and infant loss. They operate in Africa, with their headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. Still A Mum works to improve the care […]

Please email us with corrections/suggestions at jody@gateway-women.com Gateway Women website  www.gateway-women.com Jody Day’s Gateway Women website full of articles and resources for childless-not-by-choice women. UK based, global audience. Lighthouse Women Online Community (formerly Gateway Women Community) www.gateway-women.com/community To apply for membership of the ‘best online community for childless-not-by-choice women’ (that’s a review, not me!) go to www.gateway-women.com and click on ‘Online Community’. All applications are vetted for member security and privacy. Free trial and then either a modest membership fee or free, depending on your circumstances. Gateway Women Resource Library on Listly bit.ly/gw-library An online library of articles and resources of relevance to […]

JODY DAY (1964) is the British founder of Gateway Women, the global support & advocacy network for childless women, founded in 2011 and considered by many to be the founder of the ‘childless movement’. She’s the author of the ‘go-to’ book on the topic, Living the Life Unexpected: How to Find Hope, Meaning and a Fulfilling Future Without Children (PanMac 2016/2020). A World Childless Week Ambassador since its inception in 2017, chosen as one of the BBC’s 100 Women in 2013 & as a UK Digital Woman of the Year in 2021, she’s a global thought leader on female involuntary childlessness. […]