Washington D.C., Oct 16, 2018 / 15:30 pm
Following a comment by President Emmanuel Macron, in which he expressed skepticism that any well-educated woman would decide to have many children, women with large families have been using the "#PostcardsForMacron" hashtag to send the French president pictures of their happy families.
Speaking about high fertility rates in Africa during a Gates Foundation "Goalkeepers" event held in New York City Sept. 25-26, Macron compared having a large family with forcing a girl to be married as a child.
Macron stated that when women are educated, they do not have many children.
"I always say: 'Present me the woman who decided, being perfectly educated, to have seven, eight or nine children," said Macron.