LeadHers Rise

Rochelle Courtenay, Founder of Share the Dignity

As the unstoppable force behind Share the Dignity, a national charity dedicated to ending period poverty in Australia, Rochelle Courtenay has a simple yet profound vision: a world where period products are freely accessible, and dignity is never compromised by menstruation. Her journey began in 2015, after reading about women using socks and newspapers to manage their periods.  Despite self-doubt and zero experience, this former personal trainer took action, believing from little things big things come.

With a reputation for fearless advocacy, Australia’s “Pad Lady” has spent the past ten years not only working to change policies and outdated ideas that don’t serve women and girls, but has created a cultural shift that shows with enough moxie and fire in your belly, you can ignite a movement and change lives on a national scale. With her eye on the next 10 years, Rochelle is ramping up Share the Dignity’s mission, evolving to tackle whole-person holistic wellbeing, addressing deeper systemic issues preventing people from living with dignity. If anyone can do it, Rochelle can.