Motherhood Penalty/Discrimination

Single mothers disproportionately affected by lack of adequate housing

05.03.20

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - MMM contributed to the discussion on the right to adequate housing by highlighting the economic hardships of single mothers, the difficulties and discriminations they [...]

Single mothers vulnerability to homelessness and impact on children

04.03.20

UN New York - Report on the side-event that MMM organized on the margins of the 58th session of the Commission on Social Development on 18 February 2020 at the UN headquarters in New York. [...]

Single mothers’ economic hardships put them at risk of spiraling debt

03.03.20

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - MMM oral statement calls upon governments to support single mothers in their double responsibility of raising children and earning a decent living. [...]

MMM fights for the pension rights of mothers in France

08.02.20

Are we ready to recognise and support unpaid Care work performed by parents - and mothers particularly? Broken careers because of unpaid care work explain a good deal about persistent pension gaps for [...]

Beijing+25 – Time to focus on unpaid family care work

16.01.20

UN New York, CSW64 - In a statement submitted ahead of the 64th Commission on the Status of Women, MMM highlights the specific perspectives of women in their role as mothers, and calls for policies th [...]

Single mothers need support, not stigmatization

15.01.20

UN New York, CSocD58 - The written statement that MMM submitted ahead of the next session of the UN Commission on Social Development draws attention to single mothers’ specific vulnerability to pove [...]

Beyond Maternity Protection: Mothers need more than just leave policies

11.11.19

UN Geneva - MMM took part in an event organized on 8 November by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Maternity Protection: A Century of maternity pr [...]

Beijing+25 – MMM highlights Motherhood wage gap in discussions on Gender Pay Gap

31.10.19

UN Geneva, Beijing+25 UNECE Regional Review - MMM seized the opportunity to speak at the session on the Gender Pay Gap of the intergovernmental meeting to draw attention to the linkages between mother [...]

Beijing+25: #FeministsWantSystemChange – Mothers too

31.10.19

UN Geneva, Beijing+25 - MMM was actively involved in the preparations for the CSO Forum that took place on 28 October, just before the UNECE intergovernmental meeting to review the implementation of t [...]

Businesses must address the motherhood penalty and its root cause – the imbalance of unpaid care work

30.06.19

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - In an oral Statement to the council, MMM also called businesses to promote a more equitable sharing of unpaid family care responsibilities and work between women and [...]

Motherhood Penalty/Discrimination

Single mothers disproportionately affected by lack of adequate housing

Single mothers vulnerability to homelessness and impact on children

Single mothers’ economic hardships put them at risk of spiraling debt

MMM fights for the pension rights of mothers in France

Beijing+25 – Time to focus on unpaid family care work

Single mothers need support, not stigmatization

Beyond Maternity Protection: Mothers need more than just leave policies

Beijing+25 – MMM highlights Motherhood wage gap in discussions on Gender Pay Gap

Beijing+25: #FeministsWantSystemChange – Mothers too

Businesses must address the motherhood penalty and its root cause – the imbalance of unpaid care work

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