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European Forum on Family Support

11.07.23

The EU Cost Action EurofamNet, of which Make Mothers Matter is a member, hosted its final conference entitled “European Forum on Family Support. Creating an Agenda for 2030” together with [&hellip [...]

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 the one hand, and un-met s [...]

A new social contract must support the unpaid work of mothers and other caregivers

30.06.23

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - Speaking at the annual full day on women's rights, MMM once again drew attention to mothers' disproportionate share of unpaid domestic and care work, as well as the r [...]

Parents’ role in education must be recognized and better supported

29.06.23

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - Speaking during the dialog with the special rapporteur on education, MMM reasserted the crucial role of parents, mothers in particular, for both formal and informal e [...]

Maternal Mental Health within the New EU Mental health proposal

27.06.23

MMM welcomes the European Commission’s new proposal addressing mental health and bringing a much-needed focus on various aspects of mental well-being. The proposal’s emphasis on mental health pro [...]

MMM calls for action against parental alienation in family courts

26.06.23

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - The annual report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against women, Custody, violence against women and violence against children criticizes the use of parental [...]

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 world [...]

Labour protection must take unpaid care into account

09.06.23

UN Geneva - Participating in the discussions on Labour protection at the International Labour Conference, MMM stressed that unpaid care work is indeed work, which should be everyone's responsibility. [...]

Pathways to a transformative recovery centered on Care

04.05.23

UN New York - Ahead of the upcoming 2023 High Level Political Forum (HLPF), MMM's written statement provides 2 concrete policymaking avenues to address the issue of unpaid care work and accelerate pro [...]

A right to care to foster quality non-formal education

03.05.23

UN New York - Our oral statement to the UN Commission on Population Development calls for for the recognition of the importance of non formal education, which mostly takes place within families. It in [...]

Delegation

European Forum on Family Support

MMM supports the idea of a job guarantee scheme to redress the inequities of care work

A new social contract must support the unpaid work of mothers and other caregivers

Parents’ role in education must be recognized and better supported

Maternal Mental Health within the New EU Mental health proposal

MMM calls for action against parental alienation in family courts

MMM calls for recognition and support of mothers as part of Social Justice

Labour protection must take unpaid care into account

Pathways to a transformative recovery centered on Care

A right to care to foster quality non-formal education

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