Mothers and the Economy

Single Mothers within the European Union

14.12.22

Despite the growing number of families headed by a single parent, single parents remain one of the most vulnerable groups when it comes to poverty, housing and energy deficits, and health challenges. [...]

MMM seeks academic partner for new EU Survey

06.12.22

We are searching for an academic partner for an EU survey on issues concerning mothers to be used as a lever for change. [...]

Valuing and supporting Care work: key to progressing the right to development

03.12.22

UN Geneva, Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development - Commenting on a draft thematic study on Inequality and social protection systems in operationalizing the right to development, MMM highlighted [...]

MMM Response to the EU Care Strategy

18.11.22

We need care when we are very young or very old, experiencing sickness or disability and the people who provide this care are indispensable actors in European economies and societies. [...]

Making the case for Gender Equal Parenting: Vital for Early Childhood Development and a transformative tomorrow

04.10.22

At MMM, we believe that sharing the invisible work of caring and educating children more equitably is a quadruple win: essential for early child development (ECD), beneficial for both men and women, a [...]

MMM calls for redefinition of ‘work’ to encompass both paid & unpaid work

28.09.22

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - MMM took the opportunity of a panel discussion on the future of the right to work in the context of Climate Change, to call for a more holistic view of 'work', where [...]

Sharing the Care to address mothers’ poverty in old age

26.09.22

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - In this recent oral intervention, MMM once again highlighted the vital link between the inequitable distribution of unpaid care work and women's ability to benefit fr [...]

Using the Right to Development to transition to a Wellbeing Economy that recognizes and supports Care

22.09.22

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - MMM's intervention to the Council stresses the need to recognize the central role that unpaid family care work plays in our economy and society, and identifies the Ri [...]

Care is a collective responsibility

13.07.22

UN New York - Our virtual #HLPF event, which took place on the margins of the annual UN conference that assesses progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, saw expert speakers discuss why #Sharing [...]

Climate Change impacts mothers’ unpaid care work

03.07.22

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - Responding to a call for input by the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change, MMM highlights the specific impacts of climate change – notably in terms of loss and [...]

Mothers and the Economy

Single Mothers within the European Union

MMM seeks academic partner for new EU Survey

Valuing and supporting Care work: key to progressing the right to development

MMM Response to the EU Care Strategy

Making the case for Gender Equal Parenting: Vital for Early Childhood Development and a transformative tomorrow

MMM calls for redefinition of ‘work’ to encompass both paid & unpaid work

Sharing the Care to address mothers’ poverty in old age

Using the Right to Development to transition to a Wellbeing Economy that recognizes and supports Care

Care is a collective responsibility

Climate Change impacts mothers’ unpaid care work

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