27.01.24
UN New York, Commission on Social Development - In a written statement, MMM makes the case for investing in mothers, highlighting the high returns in terms of both gender equality and child rights, an [...]
Read more14.11.23
UNESCO, General Conference - Taking the floor as part of the General Policy debate, MMM denounced the impacts of gendered stereotypes and gender roles on girls' access to education. As care needs are [...]
Read more11.10.23
UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - Entitled ‘Centrality of care and support from a human rights perspective’, this landmark resolution was presented by the governments of Argentina, Iceland, Mexico [...]
Read more22.09.23
UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - MMM supports the OHCHR's views and recommendations on the Rights of the child and inclusive social protection presented to the Council. Our oral statement stresses in [...]
Read more21.09.23
UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - As OHCHR seeks to reinforce its work on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, MMM highlights the centrality of Care to the realisation of these rights, in particular [...]
Read more17.09.23
Redistributing care work was a central topic at a wide-ranging discussion recently hosted by Harvard Kennedy School Women’s Network and the Women 20 (W20) organization. [...]
Read more30.06.23
UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - According to the UN special Rapporteur on poverty, a job guarantee could help solve the paradox of having an insufficient number of jobs on the one hand, and un-met s [...]
Read more30.06.23
UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - Speaking at the annual full day on women's rights, MMM once again drew attention to mothers' disproportionate share of unpaid domestic and care work, as well as the r [...]
Read more09.06.23
UN Geneva - At the recent plenary meeting of the International Labour Conference, we reasserted the imperative, as part of social justice, of supporting caregivers, in particular mothers, in the world [...]
Read more09.06.23
UN Geneva - Participating in the discussions on Labour protection at the International Labour Conference, MMM stressed that unpaid care work is indeed work, which should be everyone's responsibility. [...]
Read more17.10.25
Join us on Monday 3rd November for our online solution session to the Second World Summit for Social Development on Shifting the paradigm: centring care society and social protection for social development
15.10.25
UN Geneva, Human Rights Council – The MMM Geneva team seized opportunities to shed light on the multiple human rights violations mothers face, and to call for care-centred policies, and the recognition and em
15.10.25
UN Geneva – MMM's contribution to the initiative led by Olivier de Schutter, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Poverty, aimed at establishing a Roadmap for eradicating poverty beyond growth, calls for
29.09.25
A Look Back at Our State of Motherhood Survey Presentation at the EU Parliament
16.09.25
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
12.09.25
Our 2024 State of Motherhood in Europe survey of 9,600 mothers across 11 EU Member States and the UK paints a clear picture: motherhood is still not properly recognised or supported by society. Instead, it freq