Maternal Health

Mothers: The Missing Link in Child Rights Discussions?

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 [...]

Unpaid Care at the Core: A Catalyst for Achieving the SDGs

06.07.25

UN New York / HLPF - Register now to join us online for our High Level Political Forum side-event. [...]

Belgian Mothers Face Alarming Rates of Burnout and Perinatal Depression, New EU Survey Finds

03.07.25

Belgian mothers are facing a mental health crisis. According to the State of Motherhood in Europe 2024 survey by Make Mothers Matter (MMM) and Kantar, Belgium reports the highest rates of both materna [...]

Motherhood and Mental Health Under Pressure

03.07.25

Germany – Survey results from Germany reveal a troubling picture: mothers are under intense strain — mentally, economically, and socially. [...]

Make Mothers Matter calls for action on Maternal Mental Health at EU Summit

07.06.25

As part of European Mental Health Week, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) András Kulja and Zoltán Tarr (both EPP) hosted a two-day Mental Health Summit on Prevention and Recovery in Modern [...]

“I just had to get on with it” – The unspoken cost of motherhood, work, and mental health

14.05.25

In an op-ed published by the online magazine EuroHealthNet Angela Garcia, MMM Project Director, shares the key findings of our survey on the State of Motherhood in Europe 2024. From mental overload to [...]

Motherhood and the Beijing Agenda – a retrospective

10.05.25

UN New York – The 69th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) marked the thirtieth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA). This landmark global policy document w [...]

Milestones for Mothers: First Oral Statement and Landmark UN Recognition at CSW69

17.04.25

UN New York – At this year's 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), two significant moments highlighted our ongoing fight for mothers' rights. We emphasised how mothers conti [...]

Mothers’ wellbeing: a cornerstone for healthier societies and sustainable development

03.04.25

UN New York – Ahead of the [...]

Mothers, a political issue: how can we best defend them at the highest level?

21.03.25

Afaf Abounouadar, MMM’s Executive Director, was a guest on the hugely popular French Podcast series La Matrescence, to talk about an essential but all too often invisible subject: the recognition of [...]

Maternal Health

Mothers: The Missing Link in Child Rights Discussions?

Unpaid Care at the Core: A Catalyst for Achieving the SDGs

Belgian Mothers Face Alarming Rates of Burnout and Perinatal Depression, New EU Survey Finds

Motherhood and Mental Health Under Pressure

Make Mothers Matter calls for action on Maternal Mental Health at EU Summit

“I just had to get on with it” – The unspoken cost of motherhood, work, and mental health

Motherhood and the Beijing Agenda – a retrospective

Milestones for Mothers: First Oral Statement and Landmark UN Recognition at CSW69

Mothers’ wellbeing: a cornerstone for healthier societies and sustainable development

Mothers, a political issue: how can we best defend them at the highest level?

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