Female Empowerment Dinner

Eat. Empower. Repeat.

Female Empowerment Dinner

Special evenings for women who shape their world.

We host Female Empowerment Dinners in selected cities across Germany and internationally. Every evening is a special night, with its own venue, its own theme and women who support, inspire and empower each other.

Women laughing and raising their glasses at a long dinner table

Can a dinner change your life?Yes, it can.

It all started in the summer of 2022, at a dinner with friends. Between tapas and good wine we did what we always did: we advised each other on everything life brings. Relationships, careers, goals and ideas, money, health.

That evening the idea was born. What if there were regular dinners where more women could join, share and be supported?

That is how the Female Empowerment Dinner began. So many women around me were looking for spaces with real connection and inspiration. I could not find them anywhere, so I decided to create them.

Melanie Heym, Founder

Every dinner is a special night

Each Female Empowerment Dinner is its own evening: a carefully chosen venue, a theme, inspiring impulses and a table full of women you will want to meet again. We gather in Cologne, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Munich and beyond.

Dinner dates 2027 will be announced soon.

Guests talking at a candlelit dinner in a brick cellar A guest applauding during a dinner talk Dessert and glasses on a dinner table in warm light
Melanie Heym, founder of the Female Empowerment Dinner, holding a microphone and smiling

Melanie Heym

Founder, Female Empowerment Dinner

Melanie is a personal branding strategist from Cologne with more than 20 years in media, marketing and communications. She started the Female Empowerment Dinner because she believes that the right conversation at the right table can change the course of a career, and sometimes of a life.

She curates every evening herself: the venue, the theme, the speakers and the mix of women around the table.

More about Melanie

Our mission

We empower women by creating a space for real connection, diversity and personal growth. Through shared experiences, inspiring impulses from speakers and honest exchange, every evening becomes a safe space where women support, inspire and empower each other.

Brands that sat at our table

  • Lillet
  • Babor
  • Dr. Massing Cosmetics
  • KOHO
  • Lotta Ludwigson
  • JGB edition noblesse

Let’s talk

You would like to partner with us for a special evening, or you have feedback and ideas? Write to us.

femaleempowermentdinner@gmail.com