We change the conversation about moms: who they are, the value they bring society, and why we must invest in them
Moms First Summit
In May 2024, Moms First is hosting our first ever summit on motherhood, in partnership with Share Our Strength – and then we’re taking motherhood on tour! Check out our summit lineup here and stay tuned for more about how we’re bringing moms from the margins to the mainstream to raise awareness of the structural issues impacting mom.
Rewriting Motherhood: How TV Represents Moms and What We Want To See Next
Moms First, in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, released a groundbreaking report that examines the cultural portrayals of motherhood in television. and makes clear cut recommendations to entertainment executives to rewrite portrayals of American motherhood while also investing in workplace policies like child care, paid leave, and pay equity.
Our CEO, Reshma Saujani, was elected co-chair of the Global Future Council on Care, the first-ever council devoted to uplifting the importance of the care economy. Throughout the two year commitment, beginning in 2023, Moms First is driving a global dialogue that puts moms and care alongside the other most pressing issues of our planet, climate and artificial intelligence.
Podcast: Why Care? with Reshma Saujani and Care.com’s Tim Allen
Our CEO, Reshma Saujani, and Care.com CEO, Tim Allen, teamed up to host “Why Care?” a podcast on childcare that asks the tough questions to understand why we can’t—or won’t—take care of our own and what this failure is costing us all. Reshma and Tim talked to thought leaders, journalists, economists, employers, and those on the front lines as they try to decipher how we got here, and more importantly, how we can fix it.
