16.12.20
Due to the global health crisis that upturned all our lives in 2020, our 2019 AGM/EGM was inevitably delayed but held to great success virtually, on December 10th.
A total of 41 people participated in the event, representing MMM individual members, international delegations or representations at national level as well as associate members.
In a moment of warm solidarity, everyone present held up their pens in support of MMM’s ongoing #RaiseApen campaign for the right of all Afghan girls to education.
This 2020 AGM also saw the election of two new board members who were warmly welcomed to the MMM family:
They each bring with them valuable skills and experience in line with MMM’s vision and mission.
Since our last AGM, 7 new associations have joined MMM’s expanding network of grass roots members, covering a vast and diverse geography. They briefly presented their work.
12.11.20
Make Mothers Matter (MMM), backed by key global personalities and organisations, is kicking off the #RaiseAPen campaign with a strong mobilisation video, answering the call of mothers in Afghanistan f
26.11.20
A look back at our online High Level Panel Discussion of 25 November 2020 - Event recording, highlights, how you can get involved in the #RaiseAPen campaign
04.07.20
UN New York, HLPF - Invitation to a virtual side-event to the 2020 High-Level Political Forum on 16 July
14.04.21
The pandemic has shed light on the most valuable, yet invisible and undervalued work: care work. Without it, our societies would grind to a halt. It is carers all over the world who have been at the forefront o
04.04.21
UN Geneva - In its response to the Human Rights of Older Women consultation, MMM identifies the inequitable M-F division of unpaid family caregiving duties as a root cause of the M-F pension gap.
02.04.21
UN Geneva, HRC46 - This was the core message delivered at the UN Human Rights Council by Rahela Sidiqi, founder & Director of the Farkhunda Trust for Afghan Women's Education, an MMM associate member.
30.03.21
This recent report on NCI, a new Cote d’Ivoire television channel, highlights the plight of single African mothers, who battle through life with an almost incomprehensible resilience and fortitude in the face
29.03.21
UN New York, CSW65 - In her intervention at a parallel event to the 65th UN Commission on the Status of Women organized by OMEP, MMM President Anne-Claire de Liedekerke also drew attention to the price mothers
25.03.21
MMM associate member EDO Group sets up monitoring centre for research into social fragility of mothers.