14.04.21
The pandemic has shed light on the most valuable, yet invisible and undervalued work: care work. Without it, our societies would grind to a halt. It is carers all over
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In April 2015 the Shared Parental Leave Scheme came into force in the United Kingdom. The new scheme still required that new mothers take the first two weeks of maternity
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Are we ready to recognise and support unpaid Care work performed by parents - and mothers particularly? Broken careers because of unpaid care work explain a good deal about persistent
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In a joint letter to the EPSCO Council who will be meeting on June 13th, a Coalition of European NGO networks are urging national governments to move towards a swift
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European Union, Brussels - in the lead up to the recent EU elections, our EU delegation went behind the scenes at the heart of decision making - the EU Parliament
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The EU Directive on Work-Life Balance for parents and family carers gained a very large majority, in the European Parliament on the 4th of April 2019 (490 votes in favor,
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MMM has joined other eight European civil society networks and organisations to issue a statement ahead of the EU Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council on 15 March
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Today, a trialogue meeting among the Council of the EU, Parliament, and Commission to reach a common text on the EU Work-Life Balance Directive proposal is taking place.
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In half a year, European citizens will be called to vote for a new European Parliament and give an indication on whether they are satisfied with the current leadership or
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Since the European Commission published a proposal of the EU Directive on Work-Life Balance for parents and family carers in April 2017, MMM has been actively following the legislative process
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UNESCO Youth Forum in the Age of AI Opens an Essential Debate On September 25, 2026, in Paris, UNESCO organized the UNESCO Youth Forum in the Age of AI – A Universal Reflection on Magnifica Humanitas. Magnifi
02.10.26
Last Monday, 21 September, a very special event took place in Madrid. For the first time at the European Parliament Office in Spain, we held an event dedicated exclusively to motherhood, entitled Motherhood: th
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
17.09.26
The report published on 9 September by France’s High Council for Equality between Women and Men (HCE),
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),
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