Career
Durham served as director of international law, strategy, planning and research at the Australian Red Cross, and has worked as ICRC head of office in Sydney. She has a Doctor of Philosophy in international humanitarian law and international criminal law, and is a senior fellow at Melbourne Law School. Helen Durham was one of the participants at TEDxSydney in May 2015, where she explained that even in the worst conflicts, basic human values can prevail.
Durham is married to singer/songwriter Greg Arnold.
The couple have two children.