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In the coming months, former 2021 Australian of the Year and Grace Tame Foundation CEO, Grace Tame, will be transitioning out of the CEO role to an impact and advocacy focused role within the Foundation.
As the Foundation enters its third year, it is launching its new 2025 – 2030 strategy, with a focus on expanding the core team, developing new educational offerings, and collaborating for national and global impact.
The Foundation is currently recruiting for a new CEO to work closely with Ms Tame and the Board in the delivery of its mission to reverse the power imbalance and normalisation of child sexual abuse, so it is prevented and disrupted.
“With this new strategy, I will transition out of the CEO role in the coming months. I will focus on my role as Founder and work alongside the new CEO, Board and team to deliver on our goals.
“My commitment to the success of the Foundation remains, and this new role will align with my energy and skills to maximise my impact. I invite anyone to join us in achieving our critical mission,” said Ms Tame.
In January 2021, Grace Tame became a household name when she won Australian of the Year for her efforts to raise awareness of child grooming, and for her contribution as the test case of the #LetHerSpeak campaign to overturn archaic gag laws that prevented child sexual abuse survivors from speaking publicly about their own experiences.
Ms Tame was the first female survivor of child sexual abuse to be granted the right to speak publicly in Tasmania.
Since launching the Grace Tame Foundation, which works to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse, Ms Tame has been instrumental in driving legal reforms nationwide and educating the wider community on child sexual abuse offending behaviours and attitudes.
1 in 4 Australians have experienced child sexual abuse, according to the recent Australian Child Maltreatment Study.
The Grace Tame Foundation aims to lead structural change to embed protections for child sexual abuse survivors, raise awareness of child sexual abuse and its impacts, as well as provide educational resources to equip the public with the information and language to identify and disrupt grooming patterns.