Mothers and the Economy
With their work and personal investment in their families and their children, all mothers, whether they are in paid employment or not, make a vital contribution to the economy of their country.
MMM advocates to give value to this unpaid family care work, working primarily for a better balance of family life and professional life. “Care” work must be given much more credit and should not be an obstacle to gender equality and the economic independence of mothers.
Unpaid family care work: vital but invisible and unrecognized
Its financial value is estimated between 10 and 40% of GDP and 2/3 of this work is assumed by women, specifically mothers. It is the first obstacle to their economic empowerment.
MMM in action
Awareness raising and advocacy on the issue of unpaid family care work: recognise, reduce & redistribute
MMM welcomes first ever Human Rights Council resolution on Care
11.10.23
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
Universal Social Protection a must for parents, children and the future
22.09.23
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
Discrimination in the economic sphere: the “motherhood penalty”
Beyond the first structural obstacle of unpaid family work, women around the world suffer from barriers, sometimes legal, often purely discriminatory - especially when they are mothers
Reconciliation between family and professional life
MMM defends women’s (and men’s!) free choice to be able to devote time to their family responsibilities - without being heavily penalised.
Reconciliation of Family Life and Work
Advocacy for policies of reconciliation between family life and professional life for all - a key area of work at the European level, mais an issue for every mother around the world.
MMM supports the idea of a job guarantee scheme to redress the inequities of care work
30.06.23
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
MMM calls for recognition and support of mothers as part of Social Justice
09.06.23
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
