_{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)