Boss of your own belly

2018-12-06

TBILISI - This article aims to map the thriving surrogacy business between Israel and Georgia, with a particular focus on the role of women in this increasingly global and more lucrative baby business.

Based on fieldwork conducted in Israel/Palestine (August 2017) and Georgia (May 2018), the authors highlight both the Israeli demand side and the Georgian supply side of international surrogacy. What's the process and how do the financial transactions work? Why are more Israelis choosing Georgian surrogates and why are more Georgian women choosing surrogacy?

Team members

Aïlien Reyns

Aïlien Reyns is a Brussels audiovisual artist and co-founder of the production and distribution collective TRIPOT.

Sigrid Vertommen

Trained as a historian and political scientist, Sigrid Vertommen conducts academic research.

Supported

€5,700 allocated on 19/09/2017

FPD/2017/1394

Grant

Pascal Decroos Fund

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