programme - Make Mothers Matter

MMMCONFERENCE“MOTHERS&HEALTH”
EuropeanEconomicandSocialCommittee
VanMaerlantbuilding-RoomVMA3-2rueVanMaerlant,Brussels
Monday7March2016
MOTHERSANDTHEIRHEALTH
12:30 Registration
13:00 Welcomeandintroduction
Anne-ClairedeLiedekerke,PresidentofMMM.
MadiSharma,MemberoftheEESCandsocialentrepreneur.
13:20 Speakers
Prof.Dr.MarleenTemmerman,Chair,Dept.Obstetrics&Gynaecology,AgaKhanUniversityEast-Africaand
former WHO Director, Department of Reproductive Health and Research: From Millenium to Sustainable
DevelopmentGoals:GlobalStrategyforWomen’s,Children’s&Adolescents’Health2016-2030
IreneNkosi(SouthAfrica)fromtheNGOmothers2mothers,“Fromvictimtosurvivor”.
14:00 Debate
14:30 Coffeebreak
15:00 Goodpracticesandtestimoniesfromfield’sactors
Memisa(Belgium),MedicalassociationpresentinDemocraticRepublicoftheCongo,IndiaandBurundi
promotingprimaryhealthcareforall.
MamePentruMame(Romania),NGOsupportingnaturalbirth,mothersandchildrenrights.
Otitsara(Madagascar),NGOsupportingwomen’spersonaldevelopmentathomeandattheworkplace.
Aide à la Jeunesse Africaine Défavorisée - AJAD (Ivory Coast), NGO supporting young and vulnerable
mothers.
RuralReconstructionFoundation(Bangladesh),facilitatingaccesstodignity&self-generatingactivities
forvulnerableandpoorpopulations.
AIMS(Ireland),NGOfocusedonmothers’advocacyandwomensupportduringpregnancy.
16:10 Debate
16:45
Concluding remarks by Hélène Bonhomme, entrepreneur and founder of the blog
“Fabuleusesaufoyer”.
17:00 End
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Tuesday8March2016
MOTHERSANDTHEIRCHIDREN’SHEALTH
08:45 Registration
09:00 Welcomeandintroduction
09:10 Speakers
LaurenceBosteels,PresidentofMMMBelgium:“FindingsoftheEUresearchprojectDORIANonthe
lifelongimpactonchildrenofobesityduringpregnancy”
Dr. Evelyn Depoortere, Research Program Officer in Public Health Sector, DG Research, European
Commission.
Dr.OctavianBivol,DeputyDirectorEUoffice,UNICEF.
Dr. Marie-Laure Frelut,Pediatrician, founding member and former President of ECOG (European
ChildhoodObesityGroup).
09:50 Debate
10:15 Coffeebreak
10:45 Goodpracticesandtestimoniesfromfield’sactors
Vivons en forme (France), NGO promoting health prevention and training of health professionals:
‘VIFprogrammepreventingchildobesity’.
1001 critical days campaign (Great Britain), NGO working to ensure a healthy first 1000 days for
mothersandchildreneverywhere.
Women Initiative for Peace and Good Governance – WIPGG (Nigeria), aims at empowering
women:“StrengtheningcaretothebenefitofchildrenaffectedbyHIV”.
EnfancesansDrogue(France),preventingdrugabusewiththesupportofthefamily.
Mama Cafe (Netherlands) Network of meeting places for mothers to exchange their experiences
aboutchildren’shealthandeducation.
11:15 Debate
12:15 ConcludingremarksbyAnne-ClairedeLiedekerke,PresidentofMMM
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14.00-17.30
ANNUALGENERALASSEMBLYOFMAKEMOTHERSMATTER
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