European Projects realized

MMM EU Delegation – Partner in European Research projects :

DORIAN between January 2012 and January 2015

The main goal of this project was to find out if there is an impact between maternal obesity during pregnancy and the health of these children throughout their lives.

Powerpoint presentation summarizing the results

Press Release on the results of the project

FAMILY PLATFORM in 2011

The delegation was a partner in a project initiated by the DG Research of the European Commission, the research platform on families and family policies. Its aim was to make an up-to-date inventory and evaluation of family research in the 27 member states.

Additional Information

News from the MMM European Delegation

Mothers march with a pen

20.11.19

Our education campaign launches at the London School of Economics (LSE).

How to engage consumers in the circular economy?

14.02.20

As part of #Circ4life, an EU Horizon 2020 Research Project, Make Mothers Matter conducted three consumer surveys in order to uncover how to better engage end-users in the circular economy.

Invitation – CSocD58 Side-event on single mothers and homelessness

14.02.20

UN New York, Commission on Social Development - to raise awareness of the specific vulnerability of single mothers in relation to homelessness and its impact on children.

Don’t talk to me about my mother

13.02.20

An op-ed by Roland Vaxelaire, MMM Board member, published in La Libre Belgique a daily newspaper in Belgium.

Parent education, a major challenge

25.01.20

UN New York - MMM Statement at the High-level interactive dialogue on the occasion of the International Day of Education reaffirms the essential role of parents in children's education and calls for policies to

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 that address

Single mothers need support, not stigmatization

15.01.20

UN New York, CSocD58 - In the written statement that it submitted ahead of the next session of the UN Commission on Social Development, MMM draws attention to single mothers’ specific vulnerability to poverty