Creating Mother-Centred Communities

We’re a social enterprise that advocates for gender equity and supports women’s matrescence.

We work with individuals and groups to develop and advocate for programs, policies, and planning that support mothers and families to thrive.

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Our blog and newsletter are where we engage with our community

and invite conversations about mother-centred thinking + action + support. 

 

“A theory of matrescence provides a lens for mothers of all kinds to identify, explore, cope with and shape their destinies according to their own individual differences” – Dr Aurlie Athan

mother support

gender equity

community

Together we can create a Mother-Centred Community.

We work with individuals and groups in Adelaide, South Australia, to develop and advocate for programs, policy, and planning that supports mothers and families to thrive.

For Mothers

MGM supports you to make positive changes for yourself, your family and your community.

Women’s Circle

Women gather to connect, share and reflect on motherhood, supporting one another to reconnect with themselves and our collective wisdom.

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Activism

We need to use our voices to advocate for a new way forward to make a change. We need a future that values mothers and mothering and dismantles patriarchal motherhood.

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Kidical Mass

Kidical Mass Adelaide is a grassroots movement advocating for safer streets for children and families who ride bikes.  

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mama rising

I am part of the Mama Rising movement started by Amy Taylor-Kabbaz. We are Matrescence activists creating the change we wish to see for all mamas everywhere.

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Meet the founder

Hello, I’m Sarah

I am a mother of two inquisitive and loving children.

I have 15 years of experience as a social worker and social planner in both government and community-based settings. I established MGM in September 2021 and now I’m a social entrepreneur. A title I am still growing into.

I am a trained breastfeeding educator and have facilitated groups for new mothers since 2018.

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Matrescence refers to the complete transformation of a woman as she moves through motherhood.

Why is this work important?

One in two mothers report experiencing discrimination in the workplace at some point during pregnancy, parental leave or on return to work.

One in five mothers have been made redundant, restructured, dismissed, or their contract was not renewed because of their pregnancy, when they requested or took parental leave, or when they returned to work.

Australian Human Rights Commission (2014)

One in three Australian women identify their birth experience as traumatic.

Australasian Birth Trauma Association (2021)

One in five mothers of children aged 24 months or less had been diagnosed with depression.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)

Suicide is the leading cause of maternal death in the first 12 months after birth for Australian mothers.

The Conversation (2019)

96% of mothers initiate breastfeeding. After that, exclusive breastfeeding rates drop off. Less than half of babies are still being exclusively breastfed to 3 months and less than one quarter to 5 months.

Australian Breastfeeding Association (2010)

Domestic and family violence often begins during pregnancy or, if violence already existed, increases in severity during pregnancy and into the first month of motherhood.

Australian Institute of Family Studies (2015)

Australia has the least generous statutory Paid Parental Leave scheme amoungst OECD nations; men continue to take less than 5% of parental leave in Australia.

Advancing Parental Leave Equality Network (2021)

Australian parents pay the fourth-most expensive out-of-pocket fees for childcare in the world.

Grattan Institute (2020)

80% of those with urinary incontinence in the community are women. Over half of these are aged under 50 years.

Continence Foundation of Australia (2021)

Separated-mother-headed families have the highest rates of poverty of any Australian family type, with 32% living below the poverty line.

ACOSS and UNSW Sydney (2018)

Mothers spend twice as many hours each week looking after children under 15, compared to fathers.

ABS (2017)

Older women are the fastest-growing group of homeless people in recent years.

Australian Human Rights Commission (2019)

Average superannuation payouts for women are around half those of men. As a result, women are more likely to experience poverty in their retirement years and be far more reliant on the Age Pension.

Australian Human Rights Commission (2009)

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