About
The feminist consulting collective is an organisational consultancy, expert network and think tank. We founded the collective in 2022 to support organisations and individuals with feminist, power-critical and diversity-sensitive approaches.
In the feminist consulting collective, we bring together our many years of experience from civil society, development and socio-political, social and activist fields of work. Our work is influenced by feminists from around the world, by different movements and feminisms, locally and transnationally. We have expertise in consulting, training, management and leadership. Depending on the concern and topic, we support you individually or in a team.
The feminist consulting collective is an organisational consultancy, expert network and think tank. We founded the collective in 2022 to support organisations and individuals with feminist, power-critical and diversity-sensitive approaches.
In the feminist consulting collective, we bring together our many years of experience from civil society, development and socio-political, social and activist fields of work. Our work is influenced by feminists from around the world, by different movements and feminisms, locally and transnationally. We have expertise in consulting, training, management and leadership. Depending on the concern and topic, we support you individually or in a team.
Founder and executive director
Daniela Gierschmann (she/her)
Organisational consultant and coach,
trainer and facilitator
Daniela is a political scientist and systemic organisational consultant. She has been working in civil society and development contexts for 15 years, in Germany and in the Global South. She has developed programmes in the field of sexualised violence and gender justice and supported the development of feminist initiatives and organisations. She has experience in leadership, consulting and training …
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… and knows that inclusive, collective and solidarity-based processes can change everything. Feminist leadership as a personal and political concept for action has inspired her work for many years.
She creates space for dialogue and learning to jointly shape and strengthen the capacity of individuals and institutions to act.
FOCUS AREAS
- Organisational and team development
- Strategy and concept development
- Feminist leadership
- Conflict and communication
- Transnational cooperation
- Gender justice and gender-based violence
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- Political scientist (MA)
- Systemic Coach
- Systemic organisational development consultant
- Conflict trainer
- Further training in management, facilitation, communication, mindful organisational culture, stress and trauma sensitivity
Founder and executive director
Dr. Bele Grau (she/her)
Facilitator, coach
and organisational consultant
Bele has been working in German and transnational civil society and political activist contexts for over 20 years. As a social worker and anthropologist, she also has research and teaching experience at various universities. With her counselling skills, she accompanies and supports activists and civil society actors at home and abroad who work for human rights and social justice.
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She creates space for individuals and groups to reflect on differences and power dynamics and to engage in change. Political and social analysis is just as important to her as looking at individual issues and collective approaches. Her sources of strength are equal parts political activism and meditation.
FOCUS AREAS
- Organisational and team development
- Discrimination-sensitive consulting
- Health and self-care, stress and resilience
- Violence in gender relations
- Political action and civil society negotiation processes
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- Doctorate in Anthopology
- Postgraduate course in African Studies
- Social Worker
- Embodied Social Justice
- Mindfulness-based systemic coaching
- Systemic organisational development
- Further training in (project) management, conflict management, mindful organisational culture, dealing with the consequences of violence and traumatisation, trauma counselling, etc.
Founder and cooperation partner
Maria Zemp (she/her)
Trainer, coach and supervisor
Socialised in the second wave of the women’s movement in Switzerland and Germany, enriched with experiential knowledge from working with colleagues and fellow activists from the Global South, she is confident that a better world is possible. With her feminist view of the world, she encourages people to critically question power and gender relations …
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… and to approach social and individual processes of change with confidence and courage.
Through her nationwide and international activities, she has a great insight into institutions within the social and health sector, in organisations and projects of international cooperation, and in civil society action contexts.
FOCUS AREAS
- Organisational consulting on staff welfare
- Stress and trauma sensitivity in the context of human rights violations: Gender-based violence, flight, (multiple) discrimination and racism
- Staff Care and MHPSS Consultant in crisis areas
- Coaching, supervision and facilitation of development and change processes
The collective is growing
The feminist consulting collective is a growing network of experts. A space in which we exchange, reflect, complement and inspire each other, explore organisational issues from feminist perspectives, develop and pilot new approaches. More partners will join the collective shortly.