Make Mothers Matter presents landmark report at the European Parliament, calling for urgent policy actions Brussels, 17th September 2025 — Europe’s mothers are being ignored. Despite carrying the weight of care, work, and society’s future, they are sidelined in the very policies that affect them most. That’s the message international NGO Make Mothers Matter…
The first World Maternal Mental Health Day was celebrated in 2016, and is commemorated every year in the first Wednesday of May – this year, May 6th 2020. World Maternal Mental Health Day was launched to raise awareness about mental health problems in the perinatal period, so as to encourage women to seek…
Official statement addressed to leading Spanish institutions in the field of health and equality Madrid, February 17th, 2020 From the association El Parto es Nuestro and other associations working for the improvement of maternity care, we want to warn of the current dangers of judicialization and criminalisation of childbirth in Spain. This…
We proudly announce the scholarship grants awarded by the European Institute for Perinatal Mental Health for the Breastfeeding and Mental Health Training course (October 2019 – June 2020). Although we initially offered 5 full scholarships, we have received so many applications we have decided to grant a total of 12, as we are certain…
By Ibone Olza, MD PhD. Psyquiatrist. Associate Professor at Universidad de Alcalá. Director of the European Perinatal Mental Health Institute Breastfeeding today seems to be more difficult than mothers imagine or expect. In a North American study, of 1500 mothers who expressed their desire to exclusively breastfeed, only 39% were managing to do so at two…
By Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg Not only milk production and milk ejection are driven by the suckling stimulus and subsequent oxytocin release, maternal physiology and behavior/psychology are also subjected to many changes during the lactation period in order to facilitate adaptation to motherhood. The mother may overreact to some types of physical stress, when perceived…
A UN report published in April 2019 warns against “the widespread and systematic phenomenon of violence towards women and girls in reproductive services”, and urges states to “address the structural problems and root causes of violence against women in reproductive health services, with a focus on childbirth and obstetric violence.” We publish below an…
By Esther Ramírez Matos, perinatal psychologist and systemic therapist I remember the day when, with my almost one month old baby in the pediatrician waiting room, I thought for the first time about the concept of puerperium, or postpartum. My healthcare provider had previously explained that this next visit would be with the regular…
We are granting 5 full scholarships for our Breastfeeding and Mental Health Training After the success of the first edition in spanish of the pioneering and innovative Training in Breastfeeding and Mental Health, the European Institute of Perinatal Mental Health offers 5 scholarships to study the 1st edition of Training in Breastfeeding and Mental Health in…
