Maternal health

Statement on International Day on the Elimination of Violence against Women: Time to stop obstetric violence

25.11.17

La Goccia Magica, CiaoLapo, the Italian Obstetric Violence Observatory and Make Mothers Matter (MMM) spotlight the need to promote respectful maternity care in full compliance with the World Health Or

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International Day for Maternal Health: Let’s talk about post-partum depression

11.04.17

This year’s International Day for Maternal Health we want to shed a light on depression, one of the most common mental health problems in Europe.  

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European Summit “Human Rights in Childbirth”

19.10.16

European Union - On 19th October 2016, MMM helped organise and was a speaker at the Fourth European Summit on Human Rights in Childbirth

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ECR Group Conférence: “Safe Birth – Maternal Health”

29.09.16

MMM spoke at the conference "Safe Birth - Maternal Health" organised by the ECR Group in the European Parliament.

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MMM at Women Deliver

16.05.16

From the 16-19th May 2016, Olalla Michelena, secretary general of Make Mothers Matter Europe delegation, participated at the fourth global Women Deliver conference which took place in Copenhagen.

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The untapped potential of mothers in health and policy: Conference report

24.04.16

Make Mothers Matter celebrated International Women's Day by organising an International Conference on "Mothers and Health" on 7-8 March 2016 at the European Economic and Social Committee.

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

07.03.16

Welcome (in French) AIMS Ireland AJAD DORIAN-MMMEurope ECOG Enfance Sans Drogue Fabuleuses au Foyer Mama Café Marleen Temmerman Memisa MMM Conference UNICEF Mothers2Mothers OMAEP OTITSARA RRF Vivons

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DORIAN project results

17.02.15

Targeted strategies must be urgently developed to prevent obesity in women of child-bearing age. The Developmental ORIgins of healthy and unhealthy AgeiNg: the role of maternal obesity (DORIAN) consor

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Latest News from MMM and its Network

Time Poverty and the Motherhood Penalty
Unveiling Economic and Social Injustices

09.07.24

Mothers play an essential role in families by ensuring their loved ones are nourished, educated, and healthy, but their unpaid care work often leads to economic and social injustices, known as the motherhood pe

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Mothers, unpaid care work and global crises – connecting the dots

02.07.24

UN New York / HLPF - Register now to join us online at this year’s High Level Political Forum side-event.

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Widowed mothers: MMM calls for addressing the distinct challenges they face

20.06.24

UN Geneva, Human Rights Council - MMM was invited to contribute to a side-event organised by Widows Rights International to discuss the unique challenges faced by widows who are mothers, while continuing to sho

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MMM teams push for strengthening the right to education

19.06.24

UN Geneva – A resolution aimed at strengthening the right to education in international legal instruments will be negotiated during the 56th session of the Human Rights Council, which began on 18 June. This r

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A new social contract cannot ignore care

16.06.24

UN Geneva, 112th International Labour Conference (ILC) – MMM contributed to the discussion on the International Labour Organisation Director General’s report calling for a new social contract.

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What mothers need from a care economy

16.06.24

UN Geneva – A general discussion on decent work and the care economy was on the agenda of the 112th International Labour Conference (ILC), which took place over the past two weeks. MMM was there, providing in

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