
Anne-Claire de Liedekerke, President of MMM
President: Anne Claire de Liedekerke (Belgium)
Secretary-General: Marie-Liesse Mandula (France)
Treasurer: Anne del Marmol (Belgium)
Vice-President: Valérie Bichelmeier, Head of Advocacy at the UN (Switzerland)
Vice-President: Johanna Schima, Head of Advocacy at the EU (Belgium)
Laurence van den Abeele, MMM in Belgium
Aliette Abraham, President, Otitsara (Madagascar)
Farah Arabe, Representative to the UN in New York; Founder of itotheN | Intergenerational Impact (USA)
Françoise Cardoso, Expert in Sustainability, Health & Planet, Social Innovation & Inclusion, Women empowerment & CSR (France)
Alain Englebert, President, En Avant les Enfants – EALE (Belgium/DRC)
Jean Bolly Kouassi, President, AJAD (Côte d’Ivoire)
Stephania ter Hark (Spain)
Roland Vaxelaire, Consultant (Belgium)

Afaf Abounouadar, Executive Director

Marie-Liesse Mandula, Secretary General

Shahnaz Pakravan, Communications Manager

Angela Garcia Romero, Project Director

Ariane de Liedekerke, MMM Network Coordinator

Marie-Liesse Mandula

Brigitte Marais
Read about the advocacy work of the UNESCO Team here

MMM Brussels team – from the left: Angela Romero Garcia (Project Director), Anne-Claire de Liedekerke (President), Johanna Schima (EU Advocacy Team Leader), Véronique de Vaumas (EU Team), Sarah Krimi (Former Network Coordinator) – Missing: Anne-Michelle de Mathelin (EU Team)
Read about the advocacy work of the EU Team here
In New York:

Jacqueline Leduc

Farah Arabe
+ Aurélie Cole
In Geneva:

Valerie Bichelmeier, UN Advocacy Team Leader

Karen Thorsen

Mélanie Nédelec
In Vienna:

Irina Palffy
→ Read about the advocacy work of the UN Delegation here

Laurence Vanden Abeele Bosteels, MMM in Belgium

Jocelyne Le Pivain, MMM in France

MMM teams – Brussels January 2024
10.03.26
Make Mothers Matter was invited by ETUI to its event: “Gender matters at work: Making the invisible visible” to discuss the issue of motherhood at work in the European Union. During the discussion, we argue
10.03.26
Make Mothers Matter participated in an event organised by The Parliament Magazine on the occasion of International Women’s Day, which explored how maternal mental health can be better addressed across Europe.
10.03.26
Make Mothers Matter welcomes the publication of the new EU Gender Equality Strategy by the European Commission. The strategy reflects several priorities that MMM has long advocated for, particularly the recogni
08.03.26
UN New York – MMM's written statement to the 70th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) argues that access to justice for women and girls remains fundamentally incomplete because legal systems systemat
03.03.26
Make Mothers Matter organised an information event within the framework of the EU funded project Assist, dedicated to improving access, quality, and inclusivity of maternal healthcare for women with disabilitie
18.02.26
UN New York - Invitation to MMM side-event to the upcoming 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70)