News from the MMM European Delegation
UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights says “good intentions are not enough.”
05.03.21
Make Mothers Matter welcomes the statement recently made by Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights .
MMM’s associate member MATERNITY ACTION campaigns for reform of the UK Parental Leave Scheme
20.02.21
In April 2015 the Shared Parental Leave Scheme came into force in the United Kingdom. The new scheme still required that new mothers take the first two weeks of maternity leave. But now they could exchange th
Our member “Irish Maternity Support Network” contributes to the first national maternity experience survey
25.01.21
October 2020 saw the results of the first Irish Maternity Experience Survey, providing an important insight into women’s experiences at all stages of maternity care in Ireland - antenatal, care during labour
MMM Responds to EU Commission’s Public Consultation
03.12.20
We answered by submitting a paper describing our views on the future of the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan.
Joint Statement for a Framework Directive on Minimum Income
12.11.20
In a joint statement on 12 November 2020, together with numerous organisations, we called on the European Commission to respond to the Council Conclusions of October 2020, on “Strengthening Minimum Income P
Meeting of the EPSCO Council
15.10.20
13 October 2020: The Employment, Social Policy and Health Consumer affairs Council of the EU (EPSCO) held a virtual debate on the equal participation of women and men in the labour market. They discussed way