Katalin Novák, the former president of Hungary, has co-founded a new non-profit organization committed to solving the collapsing global birthrate.
In an announcement on her social media platforms, Novák confirmed the launch of X-Y Worldwide — a platform raising awareness of the birthgap it describes as “the biggest crisis of our time.”
Novák founded the organization with Stephen J. Shaw, a British data scientist and demographer with a considerable pedigree in opposing anti-natalism and promoting traditional family values.
“I am excited to announce my new position as co-founder and CEO of X-Y Worldwide,” the former Hungarian president wrote on X.
The organization will work with world leaders, policymakers, and educators to develop evidence-based, sustainable strategies to help nations overcome the impact of global birthrate decline, she explained.
Some of the more formidable challenges to overcome include the current cultural barriers and socio-economic conditions across the world that are stifling procreation or actively dissuading young couples from starting families.
“By promoting better awareness of the risks of unplanned childlessness and challenging misleading narratives about overpopulation and fertility, X-Y Worldwide empowers individuals and couples to make informed decisions about parenthood for generations to come,” Novák added.
Her co-founder has previously praised the Hungarian government for its commitment to a pro-family agenda.
“The policies that the Hungarian government has put together benefit many, particularly those who have large families, which is a very good thing,” he said in an interview with the Hungarian Conservative earlier this year.
“So, a state putting general policies together to make it possible to have that loan towards a house, such policies in Hungary, I think are actually a potential template for other nations around the world,” he added.
Novák herself has promoted traditional family values dating back to her time in office.
“Not having enough children is not only a Hungarian phenomenon, it is the same everywhere in the so-called developed Western world,” she told InfoRádió last September.
“If we just think about the fact that there is not a single country in Europe today that has enough children to even maintain its population — so we are not talking about population growth — then we can sense how big the problem is,” she warned.
A key advocate in the fight to increase birthrates is Elon Musk, who met with the then-Hungarian president during an official visit to Texas last year.
“Elon Musk has become a new ally of us in the fight for freedom of families, who knows and appreciates Hungary’s family-centered program,” she said at the time.
