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THE MATRIARCHAL GRID
The Matriarchal Grid is a French non-profit organization commited to advancing the democratization of mental health and transforming care approaches across sociocultural and institutional contexts.
MENTAL HEALTH
CULTURAL TRANSMISSION
SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
International Women's day, National Council of Malian Youth in France
Our Work
The work of The Matriarchal Grid is rooted in a careful attention to cultural trajectories, inherited legacies and dynamics of transmission, particularly within African and diasporic contexts.
Who we are
We are a network of women commited to developing mental health models grounded in cultural, social and community realities.
Our actions primarily aimed at women, with particular attention to trajectories shaped by African diasporic experiences.
We create spaces for reflection, learning and intervention around psychosocial health, emotional well-being and the dynamics of cultural transmission, in order to contribute to more accessible mental health models.
The Matriarchal Grid collaborates with public, non-profit, cultural and private sector stakeholders on issues related to mental health, social cohesion and the transformation of social systems.
AREAS OF ACTION
- Mental health and psychosocial prevention
- Identity construction and dynamics of transmission
- Cultural heritage and intergenerational memory
- Trauma, emotional regulation and somatic work
- Self-expression, voice and creativity
- Empowerment and development of agency
- Social connections and life pathway support
Our Mission
The Matriarchal Grid trains and supports women in developing their leadership and contributing to the emergence of new governance models that are just, collaborative, and regenerative.
Through workshops and training programs, we provide tools for leadership, collective decision-making, and the transformation of organizations and communities.
Inspired by the principles of matriarchal societies and Indigenous governance, we work to restore forms of power based on cooperation, care, collective responsibility, and long-term vision.
We support post-colonial healing by promoting decentralized circulation of capital to strengthen the economic sovereignty of women, Indigenous peoples, and countries affected by colonial legacies, while developing sustainable and regenerative ecological infrastructures.
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Reinventing power and cooperation
Our Workshops
1. New Governance: Regenerative Leadership Workshop
Why participate: Organizations are often constrained by rigid hierarchical structures. This workshop helps explore alternative governance models inspired by matriarchal and Indigenous societies, creating more collaborative, sustainable and resilient structures.
Objective: Discover and experience governance methods that give everyone a voice and strengthen cooperation.
Content:
Governance beyond hierarchy and shared responsibility
Decision-making by consensus and distributed leadership
Circular and cooperative economies
Long-term planning (seven-generation perspective)
Methods: Practical exercises, case studies, discussion circles, collective problem-solving
Target audience: Organizations, institutions, businesses, and collectives
2. Women’s Leadership: Reclaiming Power and Collective Healing Workshop
Why participate: Too often, women face systemic obstacles and intergenerational trauma. This workshop allows them to reclaim their voice, restore their power, and strengthen networks of solidarity.
Objective: Reactivate cultural heritage and women’s power for lasting personal and collective impact.
Content:
Women’s leadership and relational intelligence
Transformation of internalized gender biases
Intergenerational and gestational healing
Trauma-informed leadership
Cultural reclamation and ancestral memory
Mutual support and mentorship among women
Methods: Talking circles, healing rituals, mentoring exercises, sharing ancestral knowledge
Target audience: Women in organizations, emerging leaders, women entering the workforce, women’s collectives
Training for transformation
Our programs
1. Women’s Leadership and Regenerative Governance (6 Weeks)
Why join: Many women seek to transform their professional and community spaces but lack the tools and methods. This program provides concrete skills and deep awareness for transformative leadership.
Objective: Develop women’s leadership, reactivate ancestral wisdom, and transform organizations and communities through regenerative governance.
Pillars:
Governance beyond hierarchy (consensus, distributed leadership, cooperative structures, multi-generation planning)
Women’s leadership and empowerment (voice, mentoring, solidarity, transformation of patriarchal conditioning)
Healing and flow restoration (trauma-informed leadership, reconnection to body and intuition)
Matriarchal principles and ancestral wisdom (matriarchal societies, Indigenous governance, oral transmission, social and ecological regeneration)
Methods: Theoretical and practical modules, case studies, reflection circles, mentoring exercises, applied tools
Target audience: Women seeking to develop their leadership and transform professional and community spaces
2. Regenerative Governance for Institutions (4–6 Weeks)
Why join: Institutions and businesses need more collaborative and resilient models. This program enables teams and leaders to implement concrete, sustainable, and inclusive practices.
Objective: Support institutions, businesses, and collectives in experimenting with regenerative and sustainable governance models.
Content:
Analysis of existing structures and identification of barriers
Introduction to distributed leadership and shared authority
Consensus-based decision-making processes
Circular and cooperative financial and organizational models
Long-term vision and multi-generation perspective
Trauma-informed leadership and organizational resilience
Methods: Participatory workshops, case studies, role-playing, personalized action plan creation
Target audience: Institutions, businesses, collectives and non-profits
Why The Matriarchal Grid?
The Matriarchal Grid is not about hierarchy or female domination. In line with anthropological understanding, it reflects a relational structure centered on care, responsibility, cooperation and shared responsibility. This relational approach exists across numerous cultures and lineages worldwide. It represents a shared heritage, now largely fragile.
San Sebastián Río Hondo, Oaxaca, Mexico
We assisted a community garden project in a village, aimed at sustainable cultivation awareness, reconnection to the land and transmission of ancestral agricultural practices.
Rooted in lived experience and fieldwork
Unlike traditional consulting firms, our approach is rooted in deep, embodied, on-the-ground work. We have worked in Mexico, Thailand, Bali, Australia, and more broadly across Asia and the Americas, engaging in profound memory work in collaboration with local communities from an ecological perspective, closely observing both real challenges and regenerative solution potential. Our methodology integrates Indigenous knowledge translated into a concrete, actionable institutional language, using relational intelligence as a measurable approach to organizational health. We do not simply advise: we demonstrate, transmit and co-create paths of transformation grounded in lived realities and an ecological understanding of the world.
San José del Pacifico, Oaxaca, Mexico
We supported the development of an eco-tourism park with local Indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Mexico, promoting local economies and traditional Zapotec agricultural knowledge.
Krabi, South of Thailand
We participated in a permaculture and sustainability project, involving local communities and tourists in ecological practices adapted to the territory and its ecosystems.
Through our tailored workshops and programs
Organizations and leaders are invited to experience our methodology firsthand, learning how to restore flow, strengthen relationships and build regenerative structures.
These programs also serve as a gateway into a growing vision of EcoHubs: Community-owned spaces we plan to establish in strategic regions of the world, particularly on Indigenous lands.
These hubs will reconnect communities with their land, culture and local economies, creating regenerative systems that circulate resources, cultivate leadership and foster resilient and thriving networks.
By participating in our programs today, organizations become partners and can engage with this vision, contribute to its development and help shape a future of lasting social and ecological impact.
From Organizational impact to Social impact
By participating in our programs and workshops, organizations not only strengthen their teams: they directly contribute to rooted, transformative community projects. Each collaboration reinvests in fieldwork, creating a living ecosystem where organizations and communities participate in real change. The Matriarchal Grid is not merely a consulting platform: it is a social movement and a reimagined ecology.
Our values
Rootedness
Relational and Ecological Justice
Regeneration
Sovereignty
Transmission and Memory
Co-Creation
Our intention
Healing relationships with oneself, others and the Earth is both a deeply political and profoundly human act.
The Matriarchal Grid is a threshold space:
A place to release, understand, transform and reinvent.
Repairing connection, so that other worlds become possible.