How we organized a festival to celebrate women’s voice 🗣️

At the moment of looking for an internship, i had to find one that fit my involvement and my values as well as my aspirations to get more skills, notably in event management. 

I had known Empow’Her for a few years and had dreamt of their festival in a third place i had discovered in Paris. 

Knowing they were looking for someone in events management, I was thrilled I could participate to the organisation of such an event ! 

I was even more thrilled when I got the job : it was the beginning of 6 great and intense months, the first 3 being around the organisation of the festival celebrating women’s voices. 🗣️

The festival was born in 2020 with the idea to put women under the spotlight and give the mic to inspiring women : writers, entrepreneurs, artists, searchers, women of power… a festival tackling different topics during 3 days with conferences, workshops but also music and art! 

To organise such a festival, we were a small team working to prepare the place and its spatial organisation, find experts to intervene in panels around pre-defined topics, find small creators and women entrepreneurs for the market, recruit and train volunteers to help the staff during the 3 days and organise all the logistical aspects ⚙️

During summer we work regularly on the different aspects and everything goes faster in September… until mid-September when the festival is finally here ! 💥

We welcomed +5000 participants, +200 experts and partners, 130 volunteers and 40 creators 💪 

We welcomed french great names : Sandrine Rousseau, Assa Traoré, Camille Froidevaux Metterie, …

We tackled great subjects and especially surroundings around different identities : women in politics, being a black women nowadays, being a gen-z activist… but also hosted workshops on how to launch podcasts, how to create a third place, how to create a more inclusive workplace for trans people among other things. 

It was a delight to hear feminist perspectives  and meet incredible and inspiring women : they really are everywhere ! I am so glad I could participate in the success of this event and find myself so many role models. 

Women are power 💪💪🏽💪🏿

If you wanna learn more, don’t hesitate to discover Empow’Her’s work, NGO that empowers women all over the world through entrepreneurship. 

If you wanna see more pictures and follow my journey, I am on LinkedIn (Lucie Boutez) and instagram @lucie_boutez 🌼