About Fierce Females
Fierce Females is a female-led charity based on the Gold Coast. We combine an understanding of fear and human behaviour with practical protection skills, helping women and girls prepare for difficult situations and rebuild confidence after violence.
We tailor training to your goals, circumstances and abilities, in our studio and through workshops in schools, workplaces and communities.
Our founder Amanda Giblin partnered with Dr Sharon Mackenzie to build a program that offers a holistic solution to violence against women.
Our vision
We see a world where everyone has the knowledge and tools to write their own story and live a life free from violence.
Training tailored to you
Learning something new in an unfamiliar space can feel exposing, especially when the subject is violence. That's why women train with women here. We know how it feels to be the smaller or less physically strong person in a confrontation, and we teach from that place.
Practical self-defence is more than punching and kicking. What happens before, during and after a confrontation shapes how it plays out. Violence tends to follow recognisable patterns. Once you understand them, you can spot warning signs earlier, interrupt the freeze response and choose your next move, even when you're afraid.
No two sessions are the same. We tailor your training to your situation, your experience and what you want to walk away with, whether that's more confidence getting to your car at night or a plan for something you're already facing. You leave with tools you can use straight away. With regular practice, they become responses you can reach for under pressure.
Our studio is located on the Gold Coast, but our facilitators can train women anywhere in Australia.
What does it mean to be FIERCE?
Fearless
'Real' fearlessness isn't the absence of fear or avoiding feeling afraid. It is when we embrace and function with fear instead of aspiring to overcome it.
Independent
Irrespective of the fulfilling relationships around us, the relationship with yourself, your self-agency and your self-determination is a sense no one can take away from you.
Ethical
It is crucial to strive to behave in a way that avoids (where possible) activities that negatively impact the well-being of anyone, including yourself!
Resilient
Withstanding adversity, overcoming challenges, ethical behaviours and our spirit to 'bounce back' enables us to react, recover and respect ourselves.
Courageous
Courage is the ability to act on one's ethical beliefs despite potential danger or disapproval.
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Empowered
Empowerment happens when all of the FIERCE elements come together for our self-worth and wellness.
Support our work
Every paid session and workshop helps fund training for women who couldn't otherwise access it. As a PBI charity registered with the ACNC, we rely on donations, grants and partners to reach the women who need us most.
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