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Non-take up of social protection benefits: what it means for mothers

01.07.22

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - MMM welcomes the call by the Special Rapporteur on Poverty to address non take-up of social protection benefits, providing avenues for reflection in the case of mothe [...]

Racism surrounding childbirth

18.06.22

UN Geneva - On the occasion of a consultation on Racism and the Right to Health, MMM denounces the systemic racism against mothers in childbirth, prevalent in developed countries, with two key indicat [...]

Unpaid care work and motherhood: MMM calls on ILO to change employment approach

30.05.22

International Labour conference, Geneva – To redress the economic injustice suffered by many mothers as a result of their caring responsibilities, MMM has called for a new approach to employment: a [...]

Prioritising SDG 5 Target 5.4 to recognize the work of mothers and advance all the SDGs

09.05.22

UN New York, HLPF - In the Sustainable Development Goals, Target 5.4 calls for the recognition, reduction and redistribution of unpaid family care work, i.e. the domestic and care work done on a daily [...]

Adaptation and systemic changes needed to put healthy food on all tables

28.03.22

UN New York, Commission on the Status of Women - At a co-organized event on the sidelines of CSW66 our speakers reaffirmed the negative impacts of climate change on food security, among other health i [...]

Care – Key contributor to peace and security

17.03.22

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - In an oral intervention, MMM reasserted the need to recognize and support the essential yet often unpaid work of caring as an essential pillar of peace and prosperity [...]

Food security and human development: time to recognise the contributions of rural mothers

14.03.22

UN Geneva, 49th Human Rights Council - In an oral statement, MMM highlighted the structural discriminations that women farmers, in particular mothers, continue to suffer all over the world. [...]

Call for an end to systematic human rights violations against indigenous mothers

03.03.22

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - Our associate member EDO Group was one of four civil society organisations given a speaking slot during the high level segment of the 49th Human Rights Council. In he [...]

Covid-19 increased poverty and anxiety among mothers

18.02.22

UN New York, Commission on Social Development - In its oral statement MMM spotlights the particular impact of Covid-19 on mothers, highlighting how the increase in their unpaid work, along with job lo [...]

Time for an economic system that values and supports care

22.01.22

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - The pandemic has exposed the crucial importance of Care for our collective wellbeing and the essential role parents, and in particular mothers, play in maintaining th [...]

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Non-take up of social protection benefits: what it means for mothers

Racism surrounding childbirth

Unpaid care work and motherhood: MMM calls on ILO to change employment approach

Prioritising SDG 5 Target 5.4 to recognize the work of mothers and advance all the SDGs

Adaptation and systemic changes needed to put healthy food on all tables

Care – Key contributor to peace and security

Food security and human development: time to recognise the contributions of rural mothers

Call for an end to systematic human rights violations against indigenous mothers

Covid-19 increased poverty and anxiety among mothers

Time for an economic system that values and supports care

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