
FEMENA Network
2021 —An international association supporting artists and creatives in collective efforts to address complex challenges in the Global South.

Feminist activist · Gender & culture specialist · Social entrepreneur
Creativity as a tool for structural change.
I work at the intersection of gender justice, cultural production and institutional development. For more than a decade I have built platforms, funds and networks that give women and gender minorities across the Global South real access to the creative economy — not as beneficiaries, but as authors of their own work.
That work takes many shapes: a co-working studio in Tunis, a cross-regional network based in Belgium, artist residencies, research, mentoring, and a lot of conversations in rooms that were not designed for us.
Read moreAreas of focus
Research, advocacy and advisory work on gender equality in the music and visual arts industries across the MENA region and Europe.
Designing organisations, funding mechanisms and governance that outlive a single project cycle.
Residencies, mentoring and production support for early and mid-career women and gender-diverse artists.
Panels, conferences and closed-door sessions that turn difficult conversations into shared commitments.

An international association supporting artists and creatives in collective efforts to address complex challenges in the Global South.

An inclusive art studio and co-working platform supporting the next generation of creative entrepreneurs in Tunisia.

A cross-border programme connecting womxn artists, curators and organisers between Europe and the MENA region.

An ongoing artistic research practice on diaspora, memory and the politics of belonging.

Speaking
Artist residencies as infrastructure
WOMEX 25 · Tampere, Finland
Panels of the JMC — visibility for women in the music industry
Journées Musicales de Carthage · Tunis, Tunisia
The creation of FEMENA Network & female advocacy in the music industry
Amsterdam Dance Event — XP Conversations · Amsterdam, Netherlands