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Unraveling Motherhood: The Gordian Knot of Responsibilities and Rights

Explore the complexities of motherhood worldwide, from maternal health challenges to societal power dynamics, and learn how to create a culture that values and supports mothers and children. Discover the importance of raising feminist sons for lasting gender equality.

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Unraveling Motherhood: The Gordian Knot of Responsibilities and Rights

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  1. Untying the Gordian Knot - MotherhoodCaroline Hunt- Matthes, Adjuct Professor , Webster University, Geneva , GEM , France20 March, 2018

  2. Most Noble Human Right • OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS OF A WOMEN THE GREATEST IS TO BE A MOTHER • Lin Yutang

  3. 2 billion mothers in the world (85.4 million in the U.S.). • There are 4.3 babies are born each second. • DOING IT LATER • The average age of new moms • 25 in the USA • 29 in other developed countries such as Japan and Switzerland.

  4. Maternal health Successes and Most Challenged • 1. Norway- Access to medical professional at birth2. Australia3. Iceland4. Sweden5. Denmark • Versus: half a million die every year in CB1. Afghanistan-one women every 30mins dies in CB2. Niger3. Chad4. Guinea-Bissau5. Yemen

  5. Motherhood Internal Conflicts • Realm of un-freedom, and un-glory • (Hannah Arendt) • We still  sacrifices for achievement, not sacrifices for care. • Responsibility of building another human life.

  6. Presence with our children • CHORES PARTNER BALANCE IMPROVING • Since the 1960s, men’s contribution to housework doubled to more than 30 percent of the total. In the same period, the average working mother reduced her weekly housework load by two hours. • Between 1965 and 2003, women increased the time they spent with their children.

  7. The heart of the issue-Expression

  8. Cutting the Gordian Knot-Motherhood

  9. Mothers Influence -Action PlanOur responsibility Culture change • The importance of raising feminist sons! • This is CRITICAL if gender relations are to be changed. • Power Dynamics in society – Right to Express!

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