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MMM joins the call for the recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment

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 [...]

Child poverty alleviation cannot be disassociated from support to parents

01.03.21

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - Make Mothers Matter took advantage of the meeting on poverty alleviation and human rights to raise the issue of child poverty for the attention of the Council. [...]

Building back better by transforming our economic system to prioritize wellbeing – with care and education at its heart

21.01.21

UN Geneva, HRC intersessional meeting - Read below MMM's contribution to the discussion on “Building Back Better: Integrating Human Rights in Sustainable and Resilient Recovery from the COVID-19 pan [...]

Digital technologies for mothers: opportunities and challenges

18.01.21

UN New York, CSocD59 - MMM takes the opportunity of the upcoming 59th Session of the UN Commission on Social Development (CSocD59, Feb 8th to 17th), to draw attention to the role of digital technologi [...]

Women’s unpaid care work must be considered in the realisation of the right to water

17.09.20

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - MMM contributed to the discussion on the progressive realisation of the human rights to safe water and sanitation by bringing to the attention of the Council the impo [...]

Care – and mothers – must be at the center of systemic changes to our economy

15.09.20

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - During the discussion on the impact of Covid-19 on Human Rights, MMM echoes the UN SG on the importance of Care, and calls on governments to move towards a more carin [...]

World of work must adapt to people and families – not the other way around

07.07.20

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - MMM contributed to the discussion on the report of the UN Working Group on Discrimination against women by offering 3 recommendations. [...]

Informal education must be recognized, parents better supported

05.07.20

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - At the meeting with the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, MMM drew attention to how, In the context of the pandemic and imposed lockdown, the demand for u [...]

Investing in ECD a powerful and cost-effective strategy for building peaceful societies

03.07.20

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - At the discussion on violence against children MMM also reasserted the importance of supporting parents in caregivers, especially during the critical early years. [...]

Parents key to mitigating risks of environmental harm to children

01.07.20

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - At the Annual Discussion on the Rights of the Child, MMM took the floor to highlight the key role of parents, especially mothers as the primary caregivers, in realizi [...]

Statement

MMM joins the call for the recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment

Child poverty alleviation cannot be disassociated from support to parents

Building back better by transforming our economic system to prioritize wellbeing – with care and education at its heart

Digital technologies for mothers: opportunities and challenges

Women’s unpaid care work must be considered in the realisation of the right to water

Care – and mothers – must be at the center of systemic changes to our economy

World of work must adapt to people and families – not the other way around

Informal education must be recognized, parents better supported

Investing in ECD a powerful and cost-effective strategy for building peaceful societies

Parents key to mitigating risks of environmental harm to children

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