Natasha Stott Despoja AO has been appointed as the Commissioner of the Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence.

In July 2013, she was named the founding Chair of Our Watch, the national foundation to prevent violence against women and children. She was appointed life patron of Our Watch in August 2022.

Ms Stott Despoja served as national Ambassador for Women and Girls from 2013 to 2016.

She was a member of the World Bank's Gender Advisory Council from 2015 to 2017.

She is currently a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, and served on the United Nations High Level Group on the Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents.

A former Leader of the Australian Democrats and Senator for South Australia, Ms Stott Despoja is also the author of the book 'On Violence'.