Asmaa GUEDIRA


System Change and Intersectionality Explorer. Regenerative Advocate. Recovering Nomad


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Asmaa speaks about the new economy and future of work, digital
social innovation as well as gender equality, inclusion and diversity



Adapt NSW forum - Oct 2024



Intersectional leadership: Why intersectionality matters in climate adaptation.. Guided by Asmaa Guedira from Women's Environmental Leadership Australia, learn how to build impactful programs and partnerships that celebrate multiple legacies, support grassroots efforts, and foster a new generation of environmentalists dedicated to contributing to an equitable and inclusive future for everyone.



International Peace Bureau - June 2024



On June 7, the International Peace Bureau (IPB) in Berlin hosted a hybrid event with the Middle East Treaty Organization (METO) and Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, focusing on METO’s mission to create a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction. Speakers highlighted the importance of regional security, gender inclusion, and peacebuilding, drawing on the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative.



House of beautiful business - May 2024



In Tangier, we’ll hear from experts who are particularly attuned to these stereotypes. Hyper-gender activist Asmaa Guedira has built a personal and professional identity on rejecting conventional labels of male and female. Instead, after struggling with how to categorize herself and her sexuality, she has found a satisfying sense of selfhood by embracing complete fluidity. This self-directed investigation has been the foundation of a successful career as a facilitator and advisor to organizations including the UNDP in New York. What will she say about the role of difference-based feminism today?


Women 's Environmental Leadership Australia (WELA) 2021 - 2025



At WELA, I have designed and facilitated sessions on leadership development, Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI), and systemic change through Indigenous wisdom. These workshops and retreats empower women leaders to foster inclusive practices, embrace diverse perspectives, and drive transformative environmental and social change.



Style and presence - Nov 2020



Style & Presence invites us to join together for a potent celebration and exploration into our self worth as womxn and how this relates to the worth of the world. We are living in a world of distortion and destruction, and at the same time beauty and possibility.


Mediterranean women digital summit, tunis - Sep. 2019



Hosting activists, social entrepreneurs as well as academics from countries of the southern Mediterranean region, the Mediterranean Women Digital Summit aims at providing a platform to explore the opportunities digitalization offers to women empowerment..



african crossroads, mombasa Dec 2019 /marrakech, dec 2018



Organized by Hivos, African Crossroads convenes a yearly, cross-continental and multidisciplinary gathering for African artists, entrepreneurs, computer scientists, designers, researchers, and philosophers to exchange knowledge and to positively shape the future of African societies.



REPUBLICA ACCRA, GHANA - DECEMBER 2018



re:publica Accra is a celebration of digital cultures and freedoms, a critical reflection of digital developments and a get together of some of the brightest minds on the continent.



The Future of Manhood, WASHINGTON DC - April 2018



I was honoured to be part of the Avdisory Board for the 20th anniversary ceremony of of Promundo-US as a gender expert advisory board member.



Women & inspiration, casablanca - may 2018



Women empowerment conference (in French) to inspire on how to move from an ordinary to an extraordinary life.



Atlantic Dialogues, Marrakech - Nov 2017



The Atlantic Dialogues, is an annual high-level gathering of influential public- and private-sector leaders from around the Atlantic Basin for open, informal discussion on cross-regional issues..



Womanity Foundation: +30 events in MENA 2016 - 2019



From April 2016 to December 2018, I hosted a series of discussions and workshops in arabic speaking countries,, on leveraging new media and innovation to change social gender norms in these societies.. Screenings and debates happened in Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt,, UAE, and Syria.



Hyper-Gender Talk
TINCON, BERLIN JUNE 2017



TINCON is a Festival for Digital Youth Culture, similar to re:publica. but for a younger audience.. Over three days +1000 young people between 13 and 21 years old will come together celebrating youth culture..



Masculinities in the Arab World
UN WOMEN - Beirut May 2017



The International Men and Gender Equality Study in the Middle East and North Africa (IMAGES MENA) study’ findings were launched at an event in Beirut, Lebanon, on 2 May, as part of the “Masculinities in the Arab World” conference co-organized by UN Women, Promundo and Abaad, a national NGO working on gender equality and women’s empowerment.



GENDER and t he city
ouishare fest Paris 2017



I hosted a panel discussion: :onGender in the city:, how to create safer and more inclusive urban environments for women, I also hosted a workshop:, using Social Presencing Theater from the Presencing Institute to explore identity and gender dynamics in the city.




Pavillon des cultures Arabes, Genève - April 2017



Roundtable discussion on “Arab Women and the Media: A Cultural Revolution” in the Arab Cultures’ Pavilion at the Geneva book and Press Fair held at Palexpo.. The panel was discussing how the presence of women in the Arab media disrupts the media and political landscape..



COLABORAMERICA, RIO DE JANEIRO, NOV. 2016



On this three days conference in Rio De Janeiro, 3000 entrepreneurs, business leaders, policymakers and citizen from the whole region, came together to rethink and lead Latin America toward a more conscious development model.



women in the sharing economy - WISTEM Conference, , DUBAI OCt. 2016



WiSTEM is one of the core Programs of the Meera Kaul Foundation. The Conference's objective is reaching relevant messaging to a desired target audience for addressing key issues being faced by professional women worldwide, whether related to entrepreneurship, placements, re-starting careers or establishing start-ups.



STOPPING THE BRAIN DRAIN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP - RE:PUBLICA 2016, BERLIN



In this session, hosted by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), I was discussing along with key drivers of the entrepreneurship and startup scene from Egypt and Kenya our initiatives, the challenges we've faced but also how our approaches have helped create opportunity and can offer long-term perspectives for young people in our home countries.



Hyper-Gender Salon 1.01 - Agora, Berlin Aug. 2016



This evening was the first of a collective exploration of how participants experience, embody and envision Hyper-Gender. The "Hyper-Gender Salons" aim at creating spaciousness to build a conversation and movement beyond gender stereotypes.



#I4POLICY, KIGALI - OCT 2016 Collaborative economy



The #i4Policy platform set out to bridge innovation and policy making communities in an effort to accelerate digital and social transformation across Africa. #i4Policy is initiated in a collaboration between innovation hubs from all over Africa,



Art-Earth-tech gathering - La Cheraille, France, July 2016



I was happy to bring the Hyper-Gender topic with conversations and workshops at the Art-Earth-Tech first gathering with farmers technologists, researchers, lawyers and artists. AET is a community of people seeking a wiser world. We do this by providing space, a network and knowledge.



OuiShare Fest Paris 2016
HYPER-GENDER: THE END OF HIERARCHIES?



The OuiShare Fest is the main 3-day conference gathering 2,000 creative leaders, entrepreneurs, movement builders, purpose-driven organizations and communities from across the globe to explore the edges of the economy, society and ourselves. This was the first time we had Gender as a topic in this conference.



Digital Nomads And Co-living, OuiSHARE FEST 2016 PAris



I was keen on hosting a conversation on our experiences and projects about digital nomadism, and global communities coworking and co-living across the globe. We gave an overview of this "trend" and challenges we are facing today, on an individual level and project wise.



switchmed , Barcelona - Oct 2015
oCOLLABORATIVE BUSINESS MODELS IN MENA



Launched in October 2015, SwitchMed Connect is an annual gathering of Mediterranean stakeholders to build synergies, exchange knowledge, and scale up eco and social innovations. Annually, leading start-ups and entrepreneurs, industry agents, change agents, policy and financial institutions working on applications of productive, circular and sharing economies in the Mediterranean come together in Barcelona. I gave a talk and facilitated a workshop about collaborative business models in MENA.



Atelier ARt COP21, La Gaite lyrique - Paris , Nov. 2015



For the COP21 in November 2015, ArtCOP21 connected hundreds of thousands of people to the climate challenge through an extensive global programme of over 550 major events taking place right across Paris and in 54 total countries worldwide. I facilitated a workshop built around an exchange of good practice, claims to strengthen intersectoral dialogues and multi-player. It also aims to highlight the need for support and targeted funding arrangements from the public sector to provide leadership to the cultural sector in sustainable development.




being lost and found - opening Keynote ouishare fest2015



As co-chairs of the OuiShare Fest (3 days conference of 2000 pioneers - see below) in 2015, Francesca Pick and I opened the conference with a speech about our theme "Lost in Transition", reflecting on the different transitions ongoing in our era, at all levels, economic, organizational, political, environmental and individual.



Keynotes at Oslo Business region and DNB - Norway, Feb. 2015



I gave two keynote speeches about the collaborative economy at the Startup-Day as well as the DNB bank in Oslo.



iseg ANnual seminar - Paris, march 2015



I was invited to give a keynote speech on the annual gathering of the business school ISEG, on the topic "Institutions, companies, brands, products, will the future be collaborative?"



Innovation week - city of lille, nov. 2014



The innovation week is organized every year by the City of Lille and has about 1500 visitors. I was invited to give a keynote about the collaborative economy in the 2014 edition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts.



GES 14 Marrakech



The Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Novembre 2014 was the fifth edition and the first one in Africa, where Joe Biden was the opening keynote speaker. The theme of the Summit, “Harnessing the Power of Technology for Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” explores the positive impact of technology on innovation and entrepreneurship. I spoke about how collaborative economy presents entrepreneurs with enormous opportunity.



La sorbonne - jan 2015, paris



I was invited as a lecturer for the Master Management Associations at La Sorbonne in Paris on the theme: Solidarity and collaborative digital economy: what role for associations ?



Exhibition wave - paris september 2014



Drawing on a wide range of concrete examples, the WAVE exhibition explores the major currents on every continent: co-creation, the sharing economy, the maker movement, the inclusive economy, and the circular economy. These examples feature people from all walks of life who share a positive vision of the world of tomorrow. I organized a public day showcasing majors projects in Paris around this topics through the OuiShare community.



Building bridges through collaboration and inclusion



Photo credits: Renee Dixson & Stefano Borghi Cartier





ASMAA GUEDIRA