What issues matter most to mothers?

What Issues Matter Most to Women When it Comes to Motherhood? Identity. Work/life balance. Basic health. Infertility. These are just some of the issues covered in IMOW’s newest online exhibition Your Voices: On Motherhood.Explore the exhibition today, and see what creative work women around the world created on topics related to motherhood! And remember, Your Voices: On Motherhood is special sneak preview of our flagship exhibitionMAMA: Motherhood Around the Globe, launching in January 2012. Check out this new featured selection of stories from Your Voices: On Motherhood! Courageous Motherhood, Sasja van Vechgel (Tanzania): Sasja van Vechgel's photo seris shows how the HIV/AIDS pandemic affects mothers, children, and families, focusing on one community in Tanzania. Detachment, Maria Adela Diaz (Guatemala): This mother/daughter video performance explores how the mother-child relationship impacts identity and expresses the need for both mother and daughter to “detach” in order to grow as individuals. Breakdown in the Closet, Humaira Abid (Pakistan/USA): In her intricate wooden sculptures, Humaira Abid expresses the pain and disappointment that comes along with miscarriage—a frequently unspoken part of many women's experiences of pregnancy and motherhood. All Day, Alexia Nye Jackson (USA): Alexia Nye Jackson’s documentary illuminates the economic value of mothers’ work, and calls for policy changes in the U.S. that would allow women to balance both work and mothering. Agatha’s Wardrobe, Wanda Torres (France/Puerto Rico): Wanda Torres’ art piece reflects her conflicting emotions around having children while confronting the ticking of her biological clock and her persistent questions of whether or not children are right for her. There is No “I” in Mother, Catherine Haley Epstein (USA): Catherine Haley Epstein’s paintings touch on the many ways women’s identities shift and change when they become mothers. A Call for Freedom of Expression, Gail Silvan (USA): Gail Silvan expresses the indignity of being a working mother forced to pump breastmilk on the floor of a public restroom in this poem. Like your favorites on Facebook, and leave comments for the artist or to start a conversation with other visitors! More stories will launch soon. Join us in January when IMOW launches Mama: Motherhood Around the Globe, our new flagship exhibition featuring content from Your Voices: On Motherhood and more, and for a chance to vote for your favorite Community Choice story! Your Voices: On Motherhood is a curated online exhibition of over 30 extraordinary and compelling works by artists from 21 countries  across the globe on the topic of motherhood.  The exhibitionis the result of a global call for submissions, asking artists, writers, and journalists around the world to send us their stories related to modern motherhood. IMOW curated a selection of 34 stories from 600 submissions that came in from all over the world.