Together with the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation Philia delivered the third part of its Workshop Intensive for Empowerment and Leadership. The group of Afghan women, who are part of the FES Young Leaders Forum took part in this programme for a three-year period starting in 2018. The programme was delivered in Kabul, Afghanistan on International Women’s Day – …
The second part of a three-part series of the Workshop Intensive programme took place in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation Afghanistan. Female Leaders from Afghanistan gathered for the second part of the series „Powerful Peers“. Participants build on their experiences from the beginner course “Powerful You” by diving much deeper into learning the core of the …
This year Philia was so proud to be part of the Startup Innovation Festival hosted by Gründungsbüro TU & HS Kaiserslautern! The team in Kaiserslautern, Germany, did a fantastic job to place the topic of women in their own power at the front and centre of the event. Philia founder Nicole gave a lecture on the topic of power …
Philia teaches a method that supports women to identify their individual goals and developed a technique for women to be there for each other through peer support. The method has been implemented on four continents with women from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities. Philia was part of the impACT Islamabad International Conference organised as a consortium …
Philia supports the global impACT initiative, that supports fora in order to promote an ethical economy based on social entrepreneurship, globally. In Frankfurt, the startup ecosystem is vibrant and full of passionate citizens wanting to actively create a positive change for their country. Local and migrant entrepreneurs are deeply rooted within the startup community. Especially …
The last two days were one of our highlights of this year. We had the great honour to teach a workshop to 18 participants of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Afghanistan‘s Young Leaders programme. It was amazing to meet all of these talented Afghan women who will without a doubt have a positive impact on their communities. We feel …
The past six months have been an incredible journey for us. After getting the fabulous opportunity to teach our coaching method as part of initiatives such as Startup Valley and at the American University Kabul in Afghanistan as well as eHealth Africa in Nigeria it was about time to bring our insights to Europe. We …
At Philia, we believe that empowerment comes by speaking up and speaking out. Therefore, it was clear to us that a talk on female leadership in conflict zones needs to include female speakers, who live in conflict and post-conflict zones. On September 6th, 2017 we hosted a talk on this topic at the newly opened …
The last week of the Philia Peer Coaching Sessions has come. Nargis is participating in the Philia Workshops that have specifically been tailored for the AUAF students, who wanted to enhance their female leadership skills. Here are links to week one, week two and week three. Read on about Nargis’s experience of week four: The past …
Alex took part in our 8-week women’s empowerment course at eHealth Africa in Northern Nigeria. Originally, Alex is from Atlanta in the United States. For the past one and a half years, she has been working for eHA and supported their mission of bringing healthcare to underserved communities throughout Africa. Alex, it’s a sports prodigy …