We bring a high-level Culturally Grounded Advisory Capability to the global humanitarian and development sphere. We provide the "Malu" (shelter) for all stakeholders - protecting the donor's investment while safeguarding the community’s sovereignty across APAC and Southeast Asia.
The Malu Difference:
International Development & Regional Advisory
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- Participation Plans aligned to donor, safeguard and human rights requirements
- Community-led engagement frameworks (Indigenous Peoples, women, youth, marginalised groups)
- Integration of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) across the program lifecycle
Relational Diplomacy & Partnership Stewardship:
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- Community-led strategy development aligned to development objectives and local aspirations
- Governance and institutional strengthening (national, sub-national, community)
- Policy, framework and operating model design
Strengthening Regional Strategy and Governance Systems
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- Program and initiative design grounded in Indigenous and community worldviews
- Theory of Change and outcomes framework development
- Alignment of design with participation, inclusion and consent commitments
Program Design and Theory of Change
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- MEL system design aligned to donor and reporting requirements
- Integration of participation, inclusion and FPIC indicators
- Support for adaptive management and learning cycles
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) through the Malu Lens
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- Independent advisory to donors, governments and delivery partners
- Design and coordination of complex, multi-party negotiations
- Translation of technical, legal and commercial inputs into decision-ready advice
Executive Advisory and complex negotiations
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- Advisory during program start-up, transition and scale
- Governance and delivery oversight during critical phases
- Support embedding systems into long-term practice
Program Mobilisation, Scale-Up & Transition Support
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Malu Matriarchs Collective acknowledges the First Peoples of Australia as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters and skies. We acknowledge that Country is not a resource to be owned, but a living authority — holding Lore, knowledge, kinship systems and responsibilities that have guided communities for tens of thousands of years, and we honour their ancestors whom they walked before them, their Elders present and the next generation of leaders. We recognise their deep enduring connection to this place, and their sovereignty that has never been ceded.
We also acknowledge the Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific, Southeast Asia and beyond, whose cultures, customary governance systems and relational ways of being continuing to shape their lands and communities. We honour the shared strength, resilience and wisdom of Indigenous peoples across the region.
Wherever we work, we commit to walking respectfully, upholding cultural authority, and ensuring our practice strengthens — rather than extracts from — the communities and Countries we engage with.