2025

1st half

  • Introduced Empowerment Self-Defense programs for Ukrainian refugees.

  • Started as Adjunct Faculty  at the Faculty of Philosophy at Charles University to teach semester course for future social workers. 

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  • Partnered with the Duke of Edinburgh Awards to prepare Train the Trainer of Empowerment Self Defense.

  • Teamed up with Chance for Children to provide Empowerment Self-Defense training for orphanage staff as part of an Erasmus project with Albania. 

Previous Year Activities

Innovation, Leadership and Accomplishments

  • Implemented Empowerment Self-Defense as a preventive measure against occupational violence in customer service departments
  • Launched the “Give Security, Not Only Flowers” campaign in honor of International Women’s Day
  • Won the CzechCrunch Startup Rise Academy with the X-Learning Technology Platform
  • Established a partnership with Škoda Auto University
  • Collaborated with Charles University providing workshops for staff and students
  • Delivered online presentations of Empowerment Self-Defense for companies as part of the November Orange the World Campaign
  • Presented Empowerment Self-Defense as a preventive method against violence targeting women entrepreneurs in Belgrade
  • Developed Empowerment Self-Defense programs tailored for individuals with autism
  • Participated in the Riga Security Summit Conference
  • Participated at the Train the Trainer Level Up Conference in Albania
  • Attended the Warsaw Summit as part of the Erasmus Project and prepared Express to Protect Project

Awards

  • Nominated for the Diversity Role Model CEE at the Central European Startup Awards
  • Received the O2 Courage for Million Award for Entrepreneurs
  • Won Startup Punch Wild Card as Promising Social Enterprise

Innovation, Leadership and Accomplishments

  • 3rd Women Entrepreneurial Mission to Israel
  • Expert accompanying Czech businesses delegation of the Speaker of the House H.E. Marketa Pekarova Adamova to Israel
  • Supporting 9 projects for Women in Tech
  • Preparing 11 students from Neuron Foundation for internships in Israel
  • Stolperstein ceremony for Anna Posner
  • Empowerment Self Defense workshops for corporations, schools, orphanages, and seniors
  • 7 opponent reviews for Technology Agency
  • Participation at 3-2-1 Accelerator
  • Forbes interview
  • Attended ESD Global Train the Trainers Advanced Seminar in New York
  • Launched “Empowerment Self-Defense for Nurses and Medical Staff” in collaboration with Prague International Business School
  • Presented Empowerment Self-Defense at the Women Impact Summit
  • Partnered with the Civil Service Administration to conduct workshops across Czechia
  • Introduced Empowerment Self-Defense programs for FMCG employees

Awards

  • Nominated for the Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Award by the Nordic Chamber of Commerce

Innovation and Leadership

  • Women in Tech project (together with VUPI, Chamber of Commerce and Huawei)
  • Project Czech – Israeli Innovation Internships for Neuron Foundation and IOCB Tech
  • Podcasts on innovation, femtech and women Entrepreneurship
  • Establishing ESD Czechia as a startup
  • Organising Empowerment Self Defense Train the Trainer Program for trainers from all over the world – 31 participants, 21 nationalities
  • Teaching ESD in Czechia, Slovakia, Austria and Kenya
  • 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence – workshops and lectures

Awards

  • Nomination for Woman of the Year 2022
  • Empowerment Self Defense awarded as ♥️ project of City of Prague
  • Semifinalist in Awards given by Association for Social Responsibility

Innovation and Leadership

  • 1st Czech-Israeli Hackathon on Social Affairs
  • 1 Publication outlining current Czech-Israeli relations
  • 4th Czech Women Leaders Meeting Israel Mission
  • 30 Women Leadership Workshops
  • 10 Innovation Workshops
  • 6 Workshops preparing Czech civil servants for EU Presidency
  • High-school regular class lecturer “Israel as a Start-Up Nation”
  • 40 Interviews for Czech and Slovak Leaders Magazine
  • 10 Expert articles

Certificates and Pro-Bono Support

  • Global Innovation Leader Participant
  • Empowerment Self Defence Instructor
  • 1000 Voices Fellowship Program Participant
  • Summer Entrepreneurial Camp for Children of Underprivileged Backgrounds Speaker
  • Violence Prevention Education Conference 2021 speaker
  • Charity collection to support hospital staff
  • Advocacy on Women and Technology theme
  • Re-elected as an Executive Board Member of Czech-Israeli Chamber of Commerce
  • Advancing the theme of Empowerment Self-Defense for People with Disabilities

Innovation and Leadership

  • Czech-Israeli Women Accelerator Founded
  • 3rd Czech Women Virtual Entrepreneurial Mision to Israel
  • Charles University Atlas of Today‘s World Project Mentor
  • Israel as a Start-Up Nation e-Learning Program
  • 3 Israeli Companies Supported on the Czech Market
  • 4 Podcasts and Interviews
  • 8 Expert Articles (Jerusalem Post, Deník N, Info.cz)
  • 10 Webinars (available on Czech-Israeli Chamber of Commerce and EPALE platform)
  • 37 Interviews for the Czech and Slovak Leaders Magazine

Pro-bono Activities

  • Nomination for GIFEW Global Award
  • 2 Hackathons mentored
  • Violence Prevention Education Conference 2021 preparation
  • Empowerment Self-Defense Global 2020 Pitch Competition jury member
  • 2nd Peer-learning workshop in Women Entrepreneurship participant
  • Partnership between Access Israel and National Council for People with Disabilities established
  • PC collection to help single parents
  • DSP Hagibor and social care institution Christmas donation
  • 1 Women Entrepreneurial Mission Organized
  • 1 Global Development Program Graduated
  • 11 Business and Charity Projects Supported
  • 25 Conferences Attended, Presented and Moderated
  • 27 Articles and Interviews Written

November 8-16
2nd Women Entrepreneurial Mission, Israel

July 7-19
Big Idea Camp for Kids and Teens in Israel

June 14-16
The Ashoka Visionary Program, Vienna

June 13
EU WEgate Networking Event, Brussels

June 6
Minerva Club Meeting

May
Women in Tech: Deborah Project Launch

May 20-26
Innovation Week Czech Republic

May 14-16
EU Peer-to-Peer Learning for Women Entrepreneurship

May 12-14
6th Annual Global Female Leaders Summit, Berlin

May 9
Wunderman Conference – Together For Innovation

April 11
TEDx UNYP Talks

March 29 – 30
Equal Pay Day

  • 1 Women Entrepreneurial Mission Organized
  • 4 Women Networking Breaskfasts Organized
  • 12 Conferences Attended
  • 44 Articles and Interviews Written

December
4th Women Networking Breakfast

October 12-20
Women Entrepreneurial Mission, Israel

September
3rd Women Networking Breakfast

Summer
Stages Global

June 10-13
AJC Global Forum

June 3-5
5th Annual Global Female Leader Summit, Berlin

May
Visegrad 4 Women Startup

April
2nd Women Networking Breakfast

April 26-29
EUPJ Biennial Conference

March 8
1st Women Networking Breakfast

March 2-4
Election Women Academy, KDU-CSL

Ongoing through the year
Minerva 21