Christina Weis

Christina Weis is PhD Candidate in Anthropology at the Reproduction Research Group at De Montfort University (UK). Her research draws on ethnographic fieldwork on commercial surrogacy in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Workers or mothers? The business of surrogacy in Russia

As the Russian market for surrogates has grown, more and more women are signing on as a way to meet their financial goals. So why doesn’t our terminology reflect that?

By Christina Weis

/ 15 Dec 2015

Workers or mothers? The business of surrogacy in Russia

As the Russian market for surrogates has grown, more and more women are signing on as a way to meet their financial goals. So why doesn’t our terminology reflect that?

By Christina Weis

/ 15 Dec 2015