Felicity's mission is simple:

Empower Parents and GBV Victims. Build Safer Workspaces. Inspire Social Change and Law Reform. End Economic Abuse.

Felicity Guest helps parents navigate the family court system with confidence, supports workplaces in creating safer and more inclusive environments, and delivers keynote talks that inspire empathy, accountability, and lasting social change.

What Felicity Does

Empower Parents

Are you facing challenges with maintenance, protection order applications, divorce, or co-parenting? Book a peer-to-peer coaching session to get the support and guidance you need to navigate these complex situations with confidence.

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Safer Spaces Workshops

Reduce employee turnover by creating a legally compliant environment that prioritises employee safety. Enhance employee happiness and retention by fostering a secure atmosphere, leading to a more productive workforce.

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Keynote Speaker

Book Felicity for a thought-provoking keynote speech focused on addressing gender-based violence. Felicity will inspire your audience to take actionable steps towards fostering a more inclusive and secure environment for everyone.

About Felicity Guest

Award-winning activist, speaker, survivor advocate, and Internationally Accredited Financial Abuse Specialist (Standards International).

Founder of the influential peer-to-peer support group Child Maintenance Difficulties South Africa (CMDSA) with 91,000 members, creator of Child Support Awareness Week, contributor to law and policy reform, trainer, coach, mentor, victim advocate, and mother.

Felicity Guest transforms her decades of lived experience navigating the family court system into action. For over ten years, Felicity has guided and supported parents applying for child maintenance and protection orders. Her trauma-informed, victim-centric approach to corporate training is invaluable to companies intent on preventing abuse in the workplace and supporting employees experiencing family violence. Felicity advocates for systemic change to laws and policies with the aim of economically uplifting vulnerable South Africans, particularly women and children, in the pursuit of gender equality.

Recognised with the Human Rights Award (2018) and Mail & Guardian Women of Power (2024).

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Why Work With Felicity

Lived Experience

Felicity is at the forefront of GBV advocacy and has experience through the court system, with a focus on maintenance and domestic violence.

Through her peer-to-peer support network, Felicity is at the grassroots fighting against systemic injustice in the court system.

Expert Authority

Recognised nationally and internationally for her groundbreaking work, particularly on economic abuse and GBV.

Moderator for the The Global Summit on Economic Abuse 2025 session titled "Fixing Child Maintenance: Advocating for Fairer Child Support".

Global Impact

Felicity has assisted thousands of parents in applying for child maintenance and numerous companies in training to build safer businesses.

Felicity is a thought-provoking speaker and knows how to captivate an audience.

Testimonials

I thank my lucky stars that I found Felicity when I did in my maintenance journey. Felicity was an invaluable peer-to-peer coach who understood the maintenance system better than my attorney, who was largely uninterested in assisting me. Felicity saved me thousands of rands, and I was able to secure an interim maintenance order with her help.

- Kim, mother to an AuDHD child

Featured In

Felicity Guest has been featured in leading publications, including News24, IOL, GroundUp, and the Mail & Guardian, for her groundbreaking work on child maintenance reform, economic abuse, and advocacy for gender-based violence.