News from the MMM European Delegation
Riseup-PPD statement for World Maternal Mental Health Day
06.05.21
The World Maternal Mental Health Day (MMH Day) 2021 is aimed at raising awareness surrounding maternal mental health issues worldwide.
The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan: steady progress for unpaid care work
14.04.21
The pandemic has shed light on the most valuable, yet invisible and undervalued work: care work. Without it, our societies would grind to a halt. It is carers all over the world who have been at the forefront o
Greater pay transparency: can it tackle the Gender Pay Gap?
11.03.21
Statistics show that at the current pace, closing the gender pay gap between men and women would take more than 250 years.[1] The European Commission (EC) has finally published its proposal for a Directive to i
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 [1] .
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 thei
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