1985	The first edition of the Mother Center Book is published by Goldmann Ratgeber in Germany.
1989	Mother Centers are founding members of GROOTS (Grassroots Women’s Organizations Organizing Together in Sisterhood).
1995	Mother Centers participate in the UN World Conference on Women in Beijing, China.
1995	Inauguration of the Huairou Commission at the Grassroots Tent during the NGO World Conference on Women in Huairou, China. Grassroots groups are officially invited for the first time to partner with the UN.

1996	Mother Centers partner with the Foundation for the Support of Women’s Work in Turkey to organize childcare at Habitat II in Istanbul, the first ever childcare offered at a UN International Conference
1997	The UNCHS Scroll of Honor Award goes for the first time to Germany - to the Stuttgart Mother Center. 1999 The National Network of Czech Mother Centers is founded, coordinating over 150 Mother Centers in the Czech Republic.
2000	The SOS Mother Center Salzgitter becomes registered world-wide project of Expo 2000. Mine is founded and registered in Munich, Germany. Members of Mine initiate the Grassroots Women’s International Academy (GWIA) at Expo 2000.
2001	The first Mother Center in Africa is founded in Nairobi, Kenya.
2002	The first Aboriginal Mother Center is founded in Vancouver, Canada. Mine receives the Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment.
2003	Mine engages in start up support and documentation of the first 3 Mother Centers in Bosnia-Herzegowina. Mine initiates the Nest! Project: a study on urban development on the basis of Mother Center principles.
2004	Mine is selected for the UN Habitat Best Practices exhibition at the Cultural Forum in Barcelona