05.03.21
UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - MMM oral statement also drew attention to the specific vulnerabilities of women and children to water scarcity and water pollution, the focus of the latest report of the UN Special rapporteur on human rights and the Environment.
According to WHO, only 71% of the global population use a ‘safely managed drinking-water service – one that is located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination. A staggering 2 billion people’s right to clean water and sanitation is not satisfied.
This situation has a greater impact on women and children.
This increases women and girls’ unpaid domestic and care responsibilities and work, reducing their ability to pursue education, generate an income or participate in public life.
Environmental degradation only makes things worse, including gender inequalities.
Water is the basis of both human and other forms of life upon which we depend for survival.
We therefore join the call for the universal recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. #TheTimeIsNow
Karen Thorsen, MMM representative at the United Nations in Geneva, delivered the Statement at the 46th session of the Human Rights Council during the interactive dialog which followed the presentation by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment of his report on the impact of water scarcity, water pollution and water-related disasters.
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.