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Former President Katalin Novák has announced her return as the founding CEO of a non-profit organization dedicated to tackling the global demographic crisis.
On Monday, Katalin Novák announced on X her new position as co-founder and CEO of the non-profit organization X·Y Worldwide.
I am excited to announce my new position as co-founder and CEO of X·Y Worldwide. X·Y Worldwide is a new non-profit, pioneering solutions to a collapsing global birthrate,”
she shared the news with her followers.
I am excited to announce my new position as co-founder and CEO of X·Y Worldwide.
X·Y Worldwide is a new non-profit, pioneering solutions to a collapsing global birthrate. pic.twitter.com/9ll0zhyxwp
— Katalin Novák (@KatalinNovak_HU) September 9, 2024
“X·Y Worldwide works with world leaders, policy makers and educators to develop evidence-based, sustainable strategies to help nations overcome the impact of global birthrate decline,” wrote the former president.
Our focus is, first and foremost, on people—tackling the socio-economic and cultural barriers that prevent individuals from achieving their ambitions to start a family,”
she added.
Alongside Katalin Novák, the organization’s co-founder is Stephen J. Shaw, an internationally renowned demographer and documentary filmmaker.
The vast majority of people want children – yet too few end up becoming parents. X·Y Worldwide will work to increase awareness of the Unplanned Childlessness crises, and to ultimately stabilize our populations,”
Stephen J. Shaw commented on X.
He wrote: “We look forward to sharing more as we embark on this journey. Our focus will be awareness, awareness & awareness.”
It is an honor to work alongside former President Katalin Novák of Hungary at X·Y Worldwide as my co-CEO in tackling the global birthrate crisis.
We look forward to sharing more as we embark on this journey. Our focus will be awareness, awareness & awareness. @KatalinNovak_HU pic.twitter.com/LXgVVlUOMC
— Stephen J Shaw (@StephenJShaw) September 9, 2024
The expert also spoke at the 5th Demographic Summit in Budapest last year. At the event, Stephen J. Shaw talked about the reasons behind childlessness and pointed out that in many cases young people can no longer explain why they are struggling to have children. The summit was also attended by the then President, Katalin Novák, who in her speech stressed,
Being pro-family should be a national minimum,” as the demographic winter that has set in in the developed world is now “turning into an ice age.”
During the Summit, Katalin Novák also met the members of the Friends of Hungary Foundation (MOBA), publisher of our news portals Hungary Today and Ungarn Heute. At the meeting, she called on the guests to witness how Hungary is actively becoming the focus point of a discussion that is essential for the entire world. She noted:
If we make a mistake in this existential question, we will invariably give up the future of our children and grandchildren.
Gergely Gulyás, Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office, former President of MOBA E. Sylvester Vizi, and Katalin Novák (L-R). Photo: Hungary Today
As the X·Y Worldwide’s website reads, the world’s total birth count peaked around 2013 and since has fallen by about 10%. “Today, three-quarters of the global population live in nations with unsustainable birth rates—below the level needed to maintain their populations.” They add: “We believe this is the biggest crisis facing humanity simply because no nation in history has been known to survive this crisis.”
Featured image: Facebook/Novák Katalin