The Canberra Liberals have committed to an $875,000 funding commitment over four years for Fearless Women if elected in October.

Fearless Women is a not-for-profit organisation which provides girls and young women in the ACT with a dedicated outreach and support service much the same as Menslink does for boys and young men.

Fearless Women receives no recurrent funding from the ACT government and is currently providing its services on a three-year philanthropic funding arrangement, which ends in June 2025.

Canberra Liberals Leader Elizabeth Lee said Fearless Women was an important local organisation that needs certainty and ongoing funding.

“Fearless Women not only visit schools throughout the ACT to talk to girls and young women about the importance of wellbeing, self-empowerment, and self-value but also offer a mentor program that focuses on personal, social and self-management skills,” Ms Lee said.

“Currently there are 60 young women paired with 60 mentors, made up of professional women volunteering their time with 130 more young women on the waitlist which highlights the need for this important organisation to remain viable into the future.

“In this calendar year alone, Fearless Women has also delivered training sessions free of charge to 80 schools but needs ongoing funding from the ACT government in order to continue providing this service.”

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