Most importantly, MIRCI exists to provide a community for like-minded scholars who research and work in the area of mothering and motherhood.
[2]The central activities carried out by MIRCI are published scholarly journals and works, and holding international conferences.
Founded in 1998 by Andrea O'Reilly[7] through York University, Toronto, MIRCI was initially called 'The Association for Research on Mothering' (ARM).
[9] The Australian sister organisation, founded by Dr Marie Porter, was originally named ARM-A, and was also renamed to AMIRCI in 2010.
Peterson, E., Martin, B., Hill, N., et al., 2015, 'Communicating Motherhood/Mothers Communicating in Popular Culture and Social Media', Journal of the Motherhood Initiative (MIRCI), Volume 6.1.