Community Guidelines

Last updated: August 2026

HerSpace was built on one belief: every woman deserves a place where she can be honest without being judged. These guidelines protect that promise.

✦ The Heart of HerSpace

We are not a debate platform. We are not a therapy group. We are a sisterhood — a place where women can drop their armour, share their truth, and find others who understand.

🌸 What We Champion

• Radical empathy. Assume good intent. Respond with kindness.
• Zero judgment. No one's pain is "too small" or "too dramatic" here.
• Anonymous safety. Protect others' anonymity as fiercely as your own.
• Survivor wisdom. Share what helped you — not what "should" have helped.
• Boundaries as sacred. If someone isn't ready to hear advice, don't give it.

🚫 What We Do Not Allow

• Victim-blaming in any form ("Why didn't you just leave?")
• Minimising pain ("At least it wasn't worse")
• Unsolicited advice or "tough love"
• Comparisons that dismiss someone's experience
• Sharing someone else's story without permission
• Hateful language — toward any gender, religion, race, or background
• Recruiting for other platforms, services, or causes
• Self-promotion or commercial content

💙 The Lighthouse Flare

Lighthouse Flares are for our hardest nights. When you send one, a mentor reaches out. Please use this feature genuinely — our mentors are real women who volunteer their time and heart.

🔒 Anonymity is Sacred

Never try to identify who someone is. Never share screenshots from HerSpace elsewhere. What is shared here, stays here.

🛡️ Our Moderation

Every post and Echo entry passes through our Zero-Judgment AI before reaching others. Our AI is specifically trained to catch victim-blaming and judgment language — not just profanity. Human moderators review flagged content.

⚠️ Reporting

If you see something that violates these guidelines, please report it in-app or email safety@herspace.ayeshaakhtar.com. We review all reports within 24 hours.

💌 A Note from Ayesha

"I built HerSpace because I needed it. Because I've sat in rooms where my pain was met with comparisons, unsolicited advice, and silence. I want HerSpace to be different — to be the room I wish I'd had. Protect this space. It belongs to all of us."