Make Mothers Matter - MMM

It’s a wrap! A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined our #CSocD63 webinar on the topic 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐀 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧? 🌍✨ We are grateful to our speakers Emilienne De Leon Aulina Markus Sandmayr Angela Garcia Romero Wessel van den Berg PhD and Francisco Cos-Montiel for their expertise and powerful insights into why equal parenting is not just a matter of fairness, but essential for building a more cohesive society. 🌱 By sharing parenting responsibilities equally, we create a foundation for gender equality ⚖️, healthier families 👨👩👧👦, and stronger communities. A special thank you to those who emphasized the importance of men’s role in parenting 💬 – not only in sharing the care 🤝, but also in breaking down traditional gender roles 💪. When men actively participate in caregiving, it fosters mutual respect 🙌, challenges stereotypes, and sets a positive example for future generations 🌟. Stay tuned for a full look back at the event, including key takeaways on how we can all contribute to a more equitable future. Watch this space for more! 📢 #EqualParenting #SocialCohesion #GenderEquality #MenInParenting #SharedCare #Webinar Be Family Global Alliance for Care / Alianza Global por los Cuidados Nikki Van der Gaag NGO Committee for Social Development Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice UNRISD Françoise Cardoso

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, #𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 #s𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥d𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐚𝐬 a 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 #g𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫e𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. In 2025 these calls for supporting #parenting and #equalparenting are becoming stronger:    🇪🇸🎬 Eduard Sola Guerrero: “Let’s create a #future where #parenthood doesn’t rely on supermothers—but on mothers and fathers supported by the #social and economic structures they need to raise their children with dignity and freedom.” https://lnkd.in/eUbyW8n6    🇺🇸🎓 Claudia Goldin: “Much of the #change in fertility will depend on if #men assume more work in the home as women are drawn into the market, particularly if the home has children.” https://lnkd.in/eVKyP7u2   However, the discussion among young men from the DRC as featured in the video below, shows that equal parenting is not as easy as it seems. 👉🏽 This 63rd UN Commission for Social Development (#CSocD63), let’s bring #equalparenting and #futuregenerations to the forefront of social development and discuss what is holding fathers back. With Emilienne De Leon Aulina Markus Sandmayr Wessel van den Berg PhD Francisco Cos-Montiel and MMM's Project Director Angela Garcia Romero 📆  Wednesday 12 February 2025 ⏰ 10:00-11:15 am New York EDT  16:00-17:15 pm Paris CET 📍 Online side-event to the 63rd UN Commission on Social Development Two days left to register! 👉🏽 https://lnkd.in/eApkgvBb   #equalparenting #sharethecare #CSocD63 #careequity Thank you to our partners for supporting this important discussion: Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice, UNRISD, Global Alliance for Care / Alianza Global por los Cuidados,  Be Family, NGO Committee for Social Development, Make Mothers Matter - MMM En Avant les Enfants Alain Englebert

🌍 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞! 👏🏻In such a world, equal parenting—where fathers and men play an active role in caregiving—could be the key to building a more inclusive and cohesive society. 📣 Join our experts Emilienne De Leon Aulina Markus Sandmayr Wessel van den Berg PhD Francisco Cos-Montiel and MMM's Project Director Angela Garcia Romero. Angela will reveal, for the very first time, some startling statistics from our recent EU Survey of almost 10k mothers across 12 countries, 𝟔𝟕% 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 '𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝'.   Don't miss out on this timely conversation and find out what is really holding fathers back from equal parenting! Register now 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/eApkgvBb  📆  Wednesday 12 February 2025 ⏰ 10:00-11:15 am New York EDT   16:00-17:15 pm Paris CET 📍 Online side-event to the 63rd UN Commission on Social Development #EqualParenting #ShareTheCare #CSocD63 Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice UNRISD Global Alliance for Care / Alianza Global por los Cuidados Be Family NGO Committee for Social Development Make Mothers Matter - MMM

📣 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 – 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧? 🗓️ Find out by joining our UN team and our speakers at #CSocD63 on February 12th. Angela Garcia Romero Wessel van den Berg PhD Markus Sandmayr Francisco Cos-Montiel will come together to shed light on how a more equal sharing of unpaid care and domestic work can contribute to social cohesion. They will stress that: 👉 Families must be considered as a critical starting point for social development. 👉 Equal parenting and the involvement of fathers/men in caregiving is a clear pathway to building a society that values care and fosters solidarity, social inclusion and social cohesion. 👉 The challenges faced by mothers as primary caregivers, including the impact on their physical and mental health, as well as on their economic prospects (motherhood penalty), must not go unaddressed. 📆 February 12 – 10:00-11:15 am New York / 16:00-17:15 pm Paris 📍 Online – register now: https://lnkd.in/ev9f9JKg #EqualParenting #ShareTheCare #CSocD63 Global Alliance for Care / Alianza Global por los Cuidados UNRISD Be Family, Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice NGO Committee on Social Development UN Women Farah Arabe JACQUELINE LEDUC ESTRADA Sarah Krimi

🌍✨ 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 ✨🌍 We bring in 2025 with our global network of grassroots members, who come together with one voice, to share their priorities for mothers. While the challenges remain, our resolve to create a more equitable future for them, and by extension, their families and communities, has never been stronger.   From work-life balance to maternal mental health, and the recognition of unpaid care work, this video highlights our collective mission and we ask you to join us, in amplifying these voices and advocating for meaningful change in 2025. Watch, share and tag all the mothers you know:  👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/gZMkWuMj #MakeMothersMatter #WorkLifeBalance #MaternalMentalHealth #CareWork Anne-Claire de Liedekerke Mercedes Hernández ear Moeders voor Vrede Evie Lootens Marcienne HOUENOU Pascale Van Assche Memisa Belgium Elies Van Belle Mothers Matter Canada Yusra Qadir En Avant les Enfants Alain Englebert Single SuperMom Isra Lee "Single SuperMom, Ik ben Rijk en 1ouderpunt” Glow Movement NPO Amanda Mokoena Mulheres à Obra Camila Rodrigues

📣 Are you an organisation working with and for mothers? Join the Make Mothers Matter (MMM) network, the only international NGO advocating for mothers.    🌟 Who are we? MMM is an international non-governmental organisation working for the recognition and support of mothers throughout the world. Because we believe they are essential drivers of social development, we defend their rights and support their ability to make choices and take action for themselves and their families. 🌟Why mothers?  Mothers, although vital for the future of our societies, are often marginalised and penalised in various aspects of their lives, including their careers, their finances, their mental and physical health, and their involvement in public life. We are fighting to change perceptions. 🌟Who can apply? NGOs, associations, social enterprises who have been working with and for mothers for at least 3 years since their legal registration. 🌟Why join our network? ✅ Raise your voice at the EU, UN and UNESCO: Join our advocacy efforts and have access to high level meetings and events.  ✅ Communication and Visibility: Increase your organisation’s visibility and raise awareness of the challenges facing mothers through our platforms.  ✅ Knowledge-sharing and capacity building: share your experience with mothers in your country and enhance your skills through roundtable discussions and workshops with fellow members. 👉How to apply? Contact us: info@makemothersmatter.org 🗓️ Deadline: On a rolling basis 

📣 We have said it many times and will continue to say it: 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. ❗️In our written statement to the upcoming 63rd United Nations Commission for Social Development, we point out how governments are failing to support mothers as pivotal drivers of social development, given the unaddressed issue of unpaid care work. ❗️In today’s world, not only is mothering usually unsupported and undervalued, but it also happens in an environment where policies and social norms often penalise mothers. At our virtual #CSocD63 side event on February 12th, we will push this message home: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. More info on our event to follow. 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/eEUk8BBW NGO Committee on Social Development United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Global Alliance for Care / Alianza Global por los Cuidados International Labour Organization Olivier De Schutter Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN) early childhood peace consortium ecpc UN Women Adriana Quinones Wellbeing Economy Alliance - WEAll Eurochild Moms First Celine Charveriat Pregnant Then Screwed Roland Vaxelaire Françoise Cardoso Stephania Verhaegen

🧧Happy New Year dear MMM friends and supporters. "𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦'𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐁𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞." Anne-Claire de Liedekerke, President of MMM Thank you for your support in 2024. 🤝 We look forward to working together on many useful actions for mothers in 2025. https://lnkd.in/eRZ6rVZg

“𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭” - Begoña Lasagabaster - UNESCO’s Director of the Gender Equality Division. We have been at UNESCO headquarters in Paris for the 3–day International Conference of NGOs (ICNGOs), a celebration of civil society’s contributions in advocating for education, science and culture. As the deadline for the UN Sustainable Development Goals approaches, the UNESCO Program for 2026-2029 constitutes a key document to orchestrate the last push towards delivering on the 17 targets. Patriarchal structures remain very much entrenched and there is still a long way to go towards achieving SDG 5 (gender equality) everywhere and for all. The conference allowed our team Marie-Liesse Mandula Brigitte Marais Marie-Domitille Delecourt and Manon ROBIN to evaluate the work that still needs to be done. We addressed 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 to be voted on by Member States in 2025, and stressed the importance of empowering women and girls through education. We voted for a new 𝐍𝐆𝐎-𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 and congratulate the elected President Svetlomira Stoyanova and her new team. We look forward to working collectively towards achieving our common goals. Hannah Grover's message was compelling: “𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐝𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝”. We at MMM will continue, together with our partners, to advocate at every level to ensure women and girls are empowered and autonomous in making life choices.

🌱"𝐀 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫". Our UN representative Farah Arabe addresses civil society organisations, UN entities and Member States at the preparatory process of the 2025 Second World Summit for Social Development.  Bringing the mother's perspective, Farah joined other stakeholders in sharing initial thoughts on issues that they would like to see reflected in the outcome including: ✅ older persons ✅ youth ✅ family ✅ intergenerational solidarity ✅ social and economic justice ✅ social dialogue ✅ investments in decent jobs ✅ equality and inclusion ✅ health and wellbeing https://lnkd.in/ejhNCWzg