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Maternal Mental Health: a business issue at SHE Conference

01.04.25

Oslo, Norway – Norway is often held up as a model of gender equality and progressive family policies - yet our State of Motherhood in Europe 2024 survey reveals a deeply concerning trend: maternal m [...]

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Spotlighting Conciliation and Shared Responsibility

25.03.25

Madrid, Spain – In Spain, Make Mothers Matter joined forces with Fundación Másfamilia – efr to present our State of Motherhood in Europe survey findings at the Día de la Conciliación y la Corr [...]

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Kicking Off the European Tour with Connection and Innovation

21.03.25

Oeiras, Portugal – We officially launched our State of Motherhood in Europe 2024 report in beautiful Portugal, the first stop on our European tour to spotlight the real challenges and opportunities  [...]

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Championing Mothers’ Rights at the UN Human Rights Council

18.03.25

UN Geneva - The 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC58) provided a crucial platform for advocacy, engagement, and collaboration on pressing human rights issues. MMM representatives made si [...]

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The voice of Mothers: Uncovering the Truth Behind the Numbers

12.03.25

On 11 March, MMM unveiled its State of Motherhood in Europe 2024 Survey in an interactive webinar. Three expert panelists and an engaged audience commented its most striking results presented by Angel [...]

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Motherhood: The Unfinished Business of Beijing

09.03.25

UN New York - The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) is a landmark global policy document focused on advancing gender equality and women's rights, and is considered one of the most com [...]

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Elevating the voices of our grassroots members at the UN HRC

01.03.25

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council – Two of our associate members, Irish Maternity Support Network, represented by founder and director Liz Kelly, and Child Nepal, headed up by Executive Director Mohan [...]

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Motherhood, the unfinished business of the Beijing Conference

25.02.25

UN New York – It has been thirty years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which laid the groundwork for transformative changes towards gender equality and the empowerment of wome [...]

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Solo mothers and homelessness: exploring the links

22.02.25

MMM contributed a chapter to a book edited by UNANIMA International on The hidden faces of homelessness, highlighting the specific vulnerability of single mothers to homelessness. The publication was  [...]

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Sharing the care, key for equity and the wellbeing of all

18.02.25

UN New York - Here is a look back at our side-event to the Commission on Social Development that took place earlier in February. 'Sharing is caring: equal parenting, a path to social cohesion’ prese [...]

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Latest News from MMM and its Network

Opening Doors, Breaking Isolation: The Everyday Work of Gender Equality

22.09.26

For Gender Equality Week in Canada, we’re proud to amplify the work of our Network member Mothers Matter Canada, who demonstrate through this blog post written by Yusra Qadir, their chief programs and advocac

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Motherhood Penalty: Care Is Not a Private Matter

17.09.26

The report published on 9 September by France’s High Council for Equality between Women and Men (HCE),

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Right to Education: Putting mothers and families at the heart of the UN process

08.09.26

UN Geneva — Make Mothers Matter (MMM) took part in the second session of the UN Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group examining a new Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC),

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Beyond Breastfeeding: Recognising Mothers as Society’s First Builders

02.08.26

To mark World Breastfeeding Week, we are delighted to share this contribution from Dr. Farahdibha Tenrilemba, guest writer for Make Mothers Matter and Vice President of KOWANI, Indonesia’s oldest national wom

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Championing the human rights of mothers – MMM at HRC62

12.07.26

UN Geneva – The 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC62) concluded last week after three weeks of debates, panel discussions and negotiations in Geneva. Throughout the session, Make Mothers Matter

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Why Care Must Shape the Cities of Tomorrow

09.07.26

UN New York – At the online event Rethinking Cities Through Care: People, Planet and the 2030 Agenda which we hosted on the margins of the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF), experts and practitioners explo

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