Our Purpose.

HerSpace is the first not-for-profit organisation specialising in providing trauma-informed wellbeing, mental health and trauma recovery services to women survivors of exploitation in Australia. There is an urgent need for women survivors in Australia to receive specialised therapeutic support. These women are currently at risk of falling through the cracks of available wellbeing, mental health and trauma recovery supports.

Exploitation (also known as modern slavery) includes all forms of sexual exploitation, human trafficking, slavery and slavery-like practices such as servitude, forced labour, debt bondage, deceptive practices to obtain labour or services and forced marriage.

We believe that every woman has the right to the opportunity to recover from adverse experiences to go on to live a life of purpose and hope. The recovery journey for women who have experienced exploitation can be long, painful and difficult. We take a holistic approach to supporting survivors of exploitation in Australia to recover their wellbeing and purpose. Our programs are designed from the lived experience of women survivors who have healed from trauma and gone on to live happier and safer lives.

We also focus on translating our learnings into training, education and advisory and research and advocacy on the issues of exploitation in Australia and best practice responses. We offer expertise in the application of trauma-informed frameworks to all areas of modern slavery prevention and response, including survivor care.