Welcome
Welcome to Femshare, a small consulting agency based in Victoria, Australia. Femshare offers personal, organisational and community development activities and support. We use feminist principles of equality, solidarity, inclusiveness and respect for nature and each other to share knowledge, experience, skills and tools: femshare.
Femshare Consulting
Capacity Strengthening Workshops, Tailored Gender Assessments, Wellbeing Support and more
Photographed by Hilary Stock Photography (www.hilarystock.co.uk)
Who we are
Gender & Development Specialists
Outdoor Adventure Leader
Femshare Consulting offers capacity strengthening workshops, evaluations, organisational development advice, gender assessments and other services to women's organisations, NGOs, and other development agencies. We also provide personal wellbeing and resilience support for women's rights/gender equality activists.
We also facilitate Outdoor Wellbeing Adventures in Victoria, Australia, for people wanting to address a personal or professional challenge while being active outdoors.
Our work is done with a feminist, participatory approach, inspired by values of equality, social justice, respect for nature and for each other, and is based on the belief that we are stronger together.
Principal consultant Manon van Zuijlen has more than 30 years of experience working with women's organisations, social service sector NGOs and development agencies of all sizes on issues relating to gender equality and social justice. Manon has lived and worked in the Netherlands, India, Burma/Myanmar, Thailand, Guatemala and Australia for extensive periods of time. She has also worked short-term in Cambodia, Fiji, Nepal, Solomon Islands and Turkey. While Femshare Consulting's office is based in Australia, we offer services anywhere our expertise can be used effectively.
An experienced hiker and keen climber, Manon recently studied Outdoor Leadership in Australia and now also offers personal outdoor wellness adventures in nature through Femshare.
NEW INTRODUCTION OFFER:
We are starting a new activity in Australia - wellness hikes and weekends. Based in the spectacular Grampians, Femshare invites you on a lightly challenging hike or climb, followed by time for relaxation and personal reflection, with the option of camping at our home base in Black Range. Your first outdoor wellness adventure will be offered with a 25% discount!
Contact Manon at femshare@proton.me for more information.
What we do
Activities, initiatives, possibilities
For organisations
Consultancy services
We offer various types of consultancy services, including training/capacity strengthening, organisational development advice, participatory gender assessments, evaluations, policy briefings and proposal development.
For individuals
Outdoor Wellness Adventures
Using nature as an inspiration and resource, Femshare invites you to challenge yourself on a bushwalk or rock climb, and get some guidance to address a professional or personal issue that you are struggling with. We will offer as much or as little guidance as you'd prefer during this experience. You can also book a wellness weekend, including an overnight camping experience on a fully equipped tranquil private site.
Building connections
ZOOM meetings
Imagined as a platform to build connections among women's rights/gender equality activists and share experiences, information and resources. Four to six-weekly informal, confidential ZOOM meetings are hosted by Femshare Consulting on Saturdays. Email us to get a link sent to your inbox.
Ask Femshare
Tailored services
With a broad experience and a strong network with other gender and development specialists in Australia and Southeast Asia, Femshare Consulting can develop tailored support for you or your organisation. Contact us for further discussion!
What our guests say about Femshare:
"I can recommend Manon as a wonderful walking guide. If you want to have a tailored walking experience that works for you, get in touch. She knows all the beautiful places in the Grampians." (Yolande, SA)
Gallery
These images communicate some of what we do and value.
Copyright: Shutterstock, GLSSA, Yolande Morris.
All other photographs by Manon van Zuijlen.
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Femshare has a regular newsletter with updates about our activities, reviews of our work, reading suggestions and more. If you are interested to be put on the mailing list, please email us with your details.
Myanmar earthquake survivors need help:
On March 28, 2025, Myanmar was hit by a 7.7 earthquake, with devastating consequences for a population already suffering from four years and counting of civil war. Until now, support is mostly organised and provided by civilians and local organisations. Please donate generously to sustain the long-suffering people from Burma/Myanmar. Funding going directly to community groups is the best, for example: https://gofund.me/c210efcc
