Episode 1
The silence she carried home
Series 3 Producer: Zoe Carides, Narrator: Jess Contos, NLM producer: Tanya Lee and CorriLee Foundation's Jess Brain
Chanel Contos | Founder of Teach Us Consent
Chanel Contos is an activist who founded Teach Us Consent, a campaign that mandated consent education in Australia and criminalised stealthing in multiple states. Chanel has a Master's in Education, Gender and International Development from University College London and a Master's in Public Policy from Oxford University. She was appointed by Julia Gillard to chair the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership’s Youth Advisory Committee.
In 2022, the BBC named Chanel one of 100 Inspiring and Influential women worldwide and she's been the recipient of the Australian Human Rights Commission's Young People's Medal. She now acts as the Executive Director of Teach Us Consent, and is the author of Consent Laid Bare - sex, entitlement and the distortion of desire.