Global Childless Resources

Gateway Women website www.gateway-women.com
Jody Day’s website is full of articles and resources for childless-not-by-choice women. UK/Ireland-based, global audience.
Gateway Women’s free monthly newsletter: news you can use for childless women, monthly, since 2012! https://gateway-women.com/newsletter

Childless Collective Online Community (formerly Gateway Women 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 ID-checked for member security and privacy. Free trial and then a sliding scale of membership fees depending on your financial circumstances (including unwaged). Or go directly to https://childlesscollective.com
Gateway Elderwomen – Jody Day’s project around ‘Elderhood without Motherhood’, including award-winning essays, free ‘Fireside Wisdom with Childless Elderwomen’ webinars and her ‘Alterkin’ project, creating local communities of care for those ageing without children. https://gateway-women.com/childless-elderwomen

Gateway Women Gallery of Childless & Childfree Role Models on Pinterest bit.ly/gw-role-models
Portraits and mini-biographies of childless and childfree women role models. 500+ women from different cultures and times, with more being added as I hear about them. Take a look and feel free to email me with your nominations to add.
World Childless Week – every September and all year round, advocacy and support curated and created by Stephanie Joy Phillips. Jody has been a World Childless Week Ambassador since its inception in 2017. https://worldchildlessweek.net

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.

AWWOC.org (Ageing Without Children) http://www.awwoc.org
Jody was a founding member of this UK charity 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 their annual conference.

Campaign to End Loneliness (UK) http://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/about-loneliness/
This is both a campaigning group and also provides support. Lots of ways you can get involved, whatever your age or situation.

Saying Goodbye (UK) http://www.sayinggoodbye.org/
Saying Goodbye organise non-denominational services of remembrance in Cathedrals across the UK. The services are for people who have lost a child at any age or stage of pregnancy, at birth or in infancy, whether it was recently or many years ago.
Childless Stepmothers (UK) www.childlessstepmums.co.uk
Being a stepmother can be very challenging, being a childless stepmother uniquely so. This UK-based internet forum describes itself as ‘a sanctuary for women thrown into an instant family of often angry ex-wives, resentful stepchildren and guilty or mourning fathers’.

Association Happy Moi (France) Happy Moi is a French-speaking association for permanently involuntarily childless people. Each month, Happy Moi organises both informal meet-up groups — online via Zoom and in person — facilitated by a Happy Moi volunteer, as well as support groups led by a clinical psychologist focusing on specific childlessness-related topics.” https://www.facebook.com/people/Association-Happy-Moi/61565675504550 https://www.instagram.com/happymoi_org/
Books about miscarriage, grief and childlessness in French
http://www.manoncyr.ca/suggestions-de-lectures.html
Spain (Barcelona): La Vida Sin Hijos (Life without Children) is a website and support group in Barcelona, Spain, created by Gloria Labay, a childless midwife. https://lavidasinhijos.com/

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 bereaved parents receive as well as create public awareness on child loss and how society should respond.

The Other’s Day Brunch – organised by Chicago writer and coach, Lana Manikowski, this is an anuual lunch for non-mothers each May. Now taking place in other coutnries too! https://lanamanikowski.com/othersday/
Childless by Marriage (US) http://childlessbymarriageblog.com
Writer and musician Sue Fagalde Lick’s book and blog about life as a childless stepmother and now as a childless widow living on her own.

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 and coaching groups.

Please email Jody with corrections/suggestions at jody@gateway-women.com