ABOUT MAMA: MOTHERHOOD AROUND THE GLOBE
Maasai Mothers / Credit: BARBARA LEE SHAW
Welcome to MAMA: Motherhood Around the Globe, a global online exhibition from the International Museum of Women, now part of Global Fund for Women. MAMA explores the realities and ideas of a new global generation of mothers through art, stories and powerful new voices. The exhibition aims to turn inspiration into action, helping fuel a worldwide movement of advocates for mothers’ human rights and advances in maternal health.
MAMA is an unprecedented online project, bringing together journalists, artists, thought leaders, filmmakers, and photographers from all over the world. The exhibition includes a sequence of nine exhibition topic galleries, each focusing on a different dimension of contemporary motherhood. Each gallery features a remarkable body of work including: videos profiling mothers from around the world, multi-media art, big ideas from global thought leaders, a curated short story collection (and e-book, with exclusive content, available for purchase here), profiles of heroes and much more.
Leave comments on stories that inspire or intrigue you to start a conversation and help us spread the word about MAMA by sharing the exhibition with your networks!
TOPIC GALLERIES
Mama to Be?: WHO DECIDES IF, HOW, AND WHEN A WOMAN HAS A CHILD?
Healthy Mama, Healthy Baby: WHAT ARE THE REALITIES OF 21ST CENTURY PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH?
Mama Then & Now: HOW DO THE EXPERIENCES OF MOTHERS, GRANDMOTHERS, AND DAUGHTERS COMPARE?
Mama’s Work: HOW DO WOMEN AROUND THE GLOBE JUGGLE WORK AND MOTHERHOOD?
Papa: WHAT IS THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE MODERN DAD?
Mama in Many Ways: HOW IS THE ROLE OF “MOTHER” EVOLVING?
Mama & Me: HOW DO MOTHERS’ IDENTITIES SHIFT AND CHANGE?
Mama Power: WHAT KIND OF POWER DO MOTHERS WIELD?
Making Mothers Visible: THE FACES AND VOICES OF MOTHERS IN 11 COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD
Explore our virtual galleries, engage in our ongoing creative conversation or take action on an issue you care about. MAMA: Motherhood Around the Globe is an evolving and vibrant creative community that needs you to thrive!
The Pledge
Every 90 seconds a woman dies from complications of pregnancy and childbirth. IMOW partnered with Every Mother Counts to create a pledge to reverse these shocking statistics, and tell world leaders that women everywhere deserve safe and healthy birth. Thanks to the help of MAMA visitors and maternal health ambassadors we exceeded our goal of 10,000 pledge signatures! On September 25, 2012 in New York City, the names of 15800 men and women who signed the pledge were presented to UN Assistant Secretary General Robert Orr by Christy Turlington Burns, founder of Every Mother Counts. Your voices were heard!
Supporters
Major funding for the project is provided by Google Inc. Charitable Giving Fund of Tides Foundation and the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Media sponsorship is provided by Babycenter.com. See all project supporters >
Press
For press releases, images and media contact information please visit the MAMA media page.
For media inquiries, email: imow@globalfundforwomen.org
CONTACT US
Global Fund for Women
Main Office
800 Market Street, Seventh Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102, USA
New York Office:
1460 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 1.415.248.4800
Fax: 1.415.248.4801
Email: imow@globalfundforwomen.org
