Her Story Consulting

Her Story Consulting Her Story was founded because we saw gaps, inequalities, and injustices within the existing systems.

Her Story Consulting specialises in women's empowerment and addressing and preventing gender-based violence. Her Story offers strategic planning, program design, research services, monitoring and evaluation services, and specialist training packages.

The largest global study on perpetrators of child s*xual assault (CSA) highlighted the disturbing connection between CSA...
19/06/2026

The largest global study on perpetrators of child s*xual assault (CSA) highlighted the disturbing connection between CSA and intimate partner violence (IPV), linked through common themes of male entitlement, power, and control.
The study looked at WHY some men perpetrate CSA.
Many of these men used CSA as a form of revenge and control over their adult female partners, often because they felt a sense of entitlement to things like s*x, submission, or attention; or they wanted to exert power and control over them.
Our prevention efforts for CSA and IPV must address the drivers of both these forms of violence: gender inequality, driven by men’s sense of entitlement and rigid and harmful gender roles. It’s all connected, and so our solutions must be as well.

Almost one in ten Australian men have engaged in s*xual offending against children. This includes behaviours such as vie...
18/06/2026

Almost one in ten Australian men have engaged in s*xual offending against children. This includes behaviours such as viewing illegal material, s*xual communication, or physical contact with minors.
Half of these (5% of Australian men) admit ongoing s*xual feelings towards children. These men are more likely to be married, earn more, binge drink and use the internet heavily, including watching violent p**n (11 times more likely than men without s*xual feelings towards children). Most disturbingly, the men with s*xual feelings towards children are 3 times more likely to work with children than men without these feelings.
This is not a few bad apples. This is an ongoing, widespread issue that needs urgent attention.

Sources: https://www.instagram.com/p/DU4bedIDGqU/ and https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/
identifying-and-understanding-child-s*xual-offending-behaviours-a/

17/06/2026

We are extremely proud to share this film from our recent WEAVE Forum. The forum brought together First Nations women activists from across the country, with leaders and researchers from the WEAVE Collective. Across five days, these women connected and shared all their steadfast work on ending violence against women and children. We shared, listened, learned and connected through culture and collective care. And we asserted our collective goals and vision in a statement that we'll be sharing with you all soon.
Thank you to everyone who made this forum possible and we say again: We want safety but safety is not enough. We want joy.

The Aboriginal Land Rights movement officially began in the 60s with the Yirrkala Bark Petition being handed to Australi...
15/06/2026

The Aboriginal Land Rights movement officially began in the 60s with the Yirrkala Bark Petition being handed to Australian Parliament by Yolgnu people. Since then, many different forms of protest, lobbying, campaigning and legal action by Aboriginal people have advanced land rights:
✊ The Wave Hill walk-off led by Vincent Lingiari, which resulted in former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam giving land back and
opening an inquiry into land rights that led to the passing of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.
✊ The Barunga Statement presented to former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke by the Northern and Central Land Councils, as a powerful declaration of Aboriginal self-determination and land rights.
✊ The Mabo Case - a ten-year court battle which resulted in the concept of terra nullius being overturned and the passing of the Native Title Act 1993. Sadly, in 1998 the Native Title Amendment Act passed and reversed some of these land rights.
✊The Traditional Owners of the Noonkanbah station (WA), the Yungngora people, began lobbying against mining on their sacred sites and land in 1980 and eventually 27 years later were formally recognised as Native Title owners in 2007.

In the largest study of child s*xual abuse (CSA) perpetrators’ accounts ever conducted, a disturbing collection of commo...
13/06/2026

In the largest study of child s*xual abuse (CSA) perpetrators’ accounts ever conducted, a disturbing collection of common themes emerged: men feel entitled to s*x and submission from women and girls and if they don’t get it, they lash out. Many of these men perpetrate CSA as a form of revenge against their adult woman partner (the parent of their victim), with one man admitting, “there was a few times that I molested [my stepdaughter] out of being mad […] at [my wife for] […] not cleaning the house. Letting the dog s**t on the floor and nobody cleaning it
up”. Others blamed their anger towards the child as the reason: “she wasn’t being a nice little girl”.
Some men feel driven to perpetrate CSA because their adult partners aren’t doing what they want or expect s*xually (not “enough” s*x; won’t engage in specific s*xual acts), but also more broadly (not adhering to traditional femininity; not fulfilling the housewife/mother/s*xual partner fantasy). They see children as an opportunity to get what they want and feel entitled to take it from them without consideration for how this impacts the victim.
Some men perpetrate CSA because they say they are “in love with” the child, were “comforting” them, or wanted to “educate” them. More disturbingly, some believe that the child not only consented to the abuse (an impossibility for a child to consent) but ‘seduced’ and ‘manipulated’ them: “she was a little vixen”. A few even interpreted non-s*xual actions or trauma responses as signs that the victim was consenting/enthusiastic.
This research highlights the urgent need for policymakers and practitioners to strengthen efforts to combat misogyny, male s*xual entitlement, and patriarchal privilege and specifically tailor these efforts towards preventing CSA.
Sources: https://theconversation.com/worlds-largest-study-of-child-s*xual-abuse-perpetrators-reveals-why-they-abuse-275930?utm_medium=article_
clipboard_share&utm_source=theconversation.com and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15564886.2026.2615842

A new report from the Office of the Children’s Commissioner has found that 29% of all children in care in the Northern T...
12/06/2026

A new report from the Office of the Children’s Commissioner has found that 29% of all children in care in the Northern Territory (NT) were the subject of at least one alleged harm notification in 2024/25 - more than double than in the previous reporting year.
More than half of those children were allegedly harmed by the person responsible for their care. And over 80% of those children were the subject of multiple notifications.
Aboriginal children are disproportionately impacted and represented, making up 89% of all children in care in the NT (but only 7% of the national youth population).
Despite all this, the NT government recently tightened laws to make it easier for them to remove Aboriginal children from their families. These “child protection” law changes will make it easier for Aboriginal children to be placed permanently with non-Indigenous carers and/or in group homes.
Aboriginal children grow up strong and healthy when they stay connected to their Culture, kin, and identity. Not when they are removed from their families and enter a fundamentally flawed and broken “child protection” system.
Sources: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-02/almost-one-third-nt-children-in-care-harmed-commissioner-report/106747302 and https://
childrensground.org.aufirst-nations-children-are-still-being-removed-from-family-at-deeply-disproportionate-rates

Indigenous children are grossly overrepresented in the Australian criminal justice system, making up over 65% of impriso...
06/06/2026

Indigenous children are grossly overrepresented in the Australian criminal justice system, making up over 65% of imprisoned children.
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has expressed ‘grave concerns’ around the treatment and incarceration of Indigenous children, highlighting the systemic and institutionalised racism that places Indigenous kids across Australia as young as just ten years old in torture-like conditions of solitary confinement and the use of spit hoods on children, whilst facing adult penalties, despite
global recommendations to increase the minimum age of criminalisation to 14 years.
This is modern-day colonisation and ongoing racism, violence, and discrimination against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families.
Indigenous children deserve equal rights, safety and freedom, and more than that: connection to family, Culture, Country, and JOY! 💔

Source: https://humanrights.gov.au/about-us/media-centre/media-releases/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples/call-for-urgent-national-action-after-un-raises-grave-concerns-about-treatment-of-indigenous-children

What an incredible week we’ve had spending time in Wadeye and Peppimenarti A huge thank you to the Thamarrrurr Developme...
05/06/2026

What an incredible week we’ve had spending time in Wadeye and Peppimenarti

A huge thank you to the Thamarrrurr Development Corporation for engaging with us and creating space for meaningful conversations, connection and shared learning 🤝🏾🌿

It was truly inspiring to witness communities filled with such passion, strength and resilience 💪🏾🔥

We are so grateful for the stories shared, the laughter, and the opportunity to continue walking alongside strong community leaders and families 🫶🏾✨

Thank you for welcoming Her Story into your communities — we look forward to what’s ahead 🙏🏾❤️

Tuvalu is a small Pacific island nation where the climate crisis is not a concept, but a lived reality that threatens th...
04/06/2026

Tuvalu is a small Pacific island nation where the climate crisis is not a concept, but a lived reality that threatens the entire country. As one of the lowest-lying countries in the world, with some parts of the islands only metres wide (and the highest point only 4.5 metres above sea level), regular flooding is destroying massive areas of land due to rapidly rising sea levels.
In 2023, Australia and Tuvalu signed the historic Falepili Union treaty — a world-first climate migration and economic security agreement allowing Tuvaluans to permanently relocate to Australia through a special visa pathway. Up to 80% of the population has applied.
At the same time, the country is undergoing a land reclamation project to increase land mass and create more space and safety for its people.
It’s all about duality: Australia is one of the country’s biggest supporters, funding the land reclamation project and providing permanent visas for the country’s climate refugees. But it’s also one of the world’s largest fossil fuel exporters, directly contributing to the climate crisis which is destroying Tuvalu.
Australia, it’s time to commit to prevention. An entire country is under threat.

Do you know the history of NAIDOC? Here’s a brief summary of activism from the 1920s to 1975 - although Aboriginal and T...
03/06/2026

Do you know the history of NAIDOC?
Here’s a brief summary of activism from the 1920s to 1975 - although Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been advocating for their rights since colonisation ✊✊✊
Stay tuned for more NAIDOC history, from 1975 onwards

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