28.10.24
This International Day of Care and Support, we are calling for change.
Despite their decisive role in caring for their children and for the future of our societies, mothers are yet to be fully supported or recognised as positive contributors to societal and developmental challenges.
Worldwide, women who are mothers are poorer than others. They face more penalties in their professional lives, their mental and physical health and their ability to participate in public life.
The Motherhood Penalty, parental burn out…these are very real issues that are increasingly being recognised but not addressed. Why?
Look at the statistics:
The urgent issues facing mothers around the world are numerous and they all have an impact on the future generation: food insecurity, poverty, climate change, physical and mental health, armed conflicts, work-life imbalances.
It is our mission to fight on their behalf, to defend their rights and their ability to make decisions for themselves and their families, and to enable them to take action.
For all that they do, it is time to care for the carers of the future.
Because when empowered and informed, mothers have the power to re-shape our world.
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UN New York, UN Commission on Social Development – Register now to our virtual side-event for a discussion on how a more equal sharing of unpaid care and domestic work
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Make Mothers Matter co-presented the official launch of Be Family in Paris, a movement aimed at bridging the gap between personal and professional life for working parents. This first event,
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Make Mothers Matter was recently featured on Belgian public broadcaster RTBF’s Tendances Première radio show to present the findings from our latest report, The State of Motherhood in Europe 2024. The discus
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01.08.25
UN New York – Following the Human Rights Council's 2025 Annual day on the rights of the child – which focussed on Early Childhood Development – a resolution on that same topic will be tabled at the 80th U
29.07.25
UN New York – UN New York – On 16 July, we hosted a side-event at the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF) titled Unpaid Care at the Core: A Catalyst for Achieving the SDGs. The event aimed to highlight the
14.07.25
UN Geneva - The UN Human Rights Council provides a crucial platform for advocacy and engagement on key human rights issues that affect mothers. This overview highlights MMM’s engagement at the 59th session of
13.07.25
MMM was invited to speak at AGE’s annual conference, which focused on contributing to the EU Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness. The event explored a range of key areas, including the labour market, healt