Minister Barbara Steffens and the Representation of the State of North Rhine-
Westphalia to the European Union are pleased to invite you to the discussion

Refugee Women on the Move
Wednesday, 16th November 2016 from 19h00 onwards, Rue Montoyer 47, 1000 Brussels
At least half of the refugees worldwide are women. Like men, women flee from war, prosecution, torture and poverty. They are however confronted with human rights violations and dangers that exclusively or very often affect women in particular, such as genital mutilation, forced marriages or rape. They are in search of protection, security and a better life for them and their children. Often they are on their own and experience
unimaginable things on their flight. When they arrive in Europe, they are often traumatized. The accommodation in crowded and provisionary housings not infrequently leads to anew exposures to violence and the worsening of their situation. Desperate and strong at the same time, these women seek a better future and fight for their survival on a daily basis, some already for a few years. North Rhine-Westphalia takes diverse measures to improve the reception, support and integration of refugees. The different services of support focus on the group of traumatized refugee women, a group that particularly deserves protection.
Keynote:

No protection – anywhere Refugee women and children on the move
Maria von Welser, journalist and publicist

Panel discussion:
Ulrike Lunacek, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Co-Chair of the intergroup LGBT rights and leader of the delegation of the Austrian Green Party;
Dr. h. c. Esther Mujawayo-Keiner, Sociologist, trauma therapist, author from Rwanda, co-founder of the association Widows of the Genocide April 1994;
Dagmar Schumacher, Director UN Women Brussels Office;
Barbara Steffens, Minister for Health, Equalities, Care and Ageing of the State North Rhine-Westfalia
Moderation:
Ralph Sina, WDR/NDR, Head of Studio Brussels
Please register by sending a mail to: event.nrw@lv-eu.nrw.de
The event will be simultaneously translated (EN-DE, DE-EN).
Refreshments respecting different diets will be offered after the discussion.

De 45ste Vrouwendag strijkt neer in Antwerpen! Het evenement staat in het teken van actuele feministische debatten: de veelheid aan relaties en samenleefvormen, het werk dat vrouwen doen, het geweld dat ze ervaren en hoe universeel dat al dan niet is. Gastspreekster is de Nederlandse Philomena Essed, professor aan Antioch University (V.S.) en activiste. Ze is een toonaangevende stem in het debat over discriminatie, racisme en feminisme.

Daarnaast ook een slotevent met bekende en minder bekende genodigden over feminisme. Onder meer hoogleraar Critical Race, Gender and Leadership Studies Philomena Essed, genderdeskundige Anaïs Van Ertevelde, schrijver Heleen Debruyne, Change Agent Kirsten van der Hul, eMANcipator Jens van Tricht, theatermaakster Jessa Wildemeersch en Europarlementariër Petra De Sutter. Illustrator Shamisa Debroey voorziet dit slotmoment van de vrouwendag van visueel commentaar.

Tussendoor workshops over relaties, werk (betaald én onbetaald) en geweld.

Datum: 11 november 2016  | 13:00 > 19:00
Plaats: Zuiderpershuis, Timmerwerfstraat 40, Antwerpen
Inkom: 5€ (korting:3€ )

Alle info op www.vrouwendag.be en http://www.deburen.eu/nl/programma/detail/whos-afraid-of-the-f-word-vrouwendag.

In het kader van de succesvolle reeks ‘who’s afraid of the F-word’ organiseert het Vrouwen Overleg Komitee en deBuren op 25 oktober 2016 een avond rond kinderloosheid.

Steeds meer vrouwen blijven kinderloos, soms maar vaak ook niet uit eigen keuze. In een samenleving die zichzelf als breeddenkend beschouwt, blijft dit thema toch in een taboesfeer hangen. Dat betekent niet dat mensen er geen behoefte aan hebben van gedachten te wisselen over hun levenskeuzes, hun twijfels, hun eventuele rouw en hoe ze ermee omgaan. Tijdens de avond wordt de documentaire De OK-vrouw getoond, waarin Gülşah Doğan Halina Reijn volgt en met haar praat over haar leven en over kinderloosheid.​

Datum: 25 oktober 2016  | 19:30 > 22:00
Plaats: deBuren, Leopoldstraat 6, 1000 Brussel
Inkom: gratis, mits inschrijven: http://www.deburen.eu/nl/programma/detail/whos-afraid-of-the-f-word-de-ok-vrouw

Mis de kick-off van de HeForShe-campagne niet (10 november, 9u-13u)! Inschrijven kan via https://webapps.ugent.be/eventManager/events/heforshe.

Bekijk hier de trailer van de campagne: https://youtu.be/xvks6qOoieQ

UGent – International Days – 24 en 25 oktober 2016

The Department of Languages and Cultures of Ghent University (Gent, Belgium) is holding the yearly Internationalization @Home Event on Tuesday, November 22nd 2016. This is a one-day event.

This event’s theme is International Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality, and it is organized by the Centre for Research on Culture and Gender (CRCG) in collaboration with other research centres. It is open to academic and public audience and is meant to bring in together different perspectives on gender and sexuality from different areas, disciplines and cultures.

The event is open to public and includes coffee breaks, lunch, evening reception and dance performance.

The event is free but registration is required. Detailed programme and registration at:  UGhent InternationalizationDay

All lectures and session are in English.
22 November 2016
Ghent University, Department of Languages and Cultures
Centre for Research on Culture and Gender (CRCG)
Jozef plateaustraat 22, 9000 Gent
J. Plateauzaal

Wegebeschrijving:

The Permeable Stage is a 10-hour long performative conference dedicated to
investigating sexuality as an expanded field of research. It’s a space to collectively
uncover existing, or propose new, intersections between the sexual, the social and the
political. The 10-hour long duration is thought as a time for experimenting with how
theoretical, practical, artistic, social and political concerns mix, touch and influence
each other to generate conversations.

https://www.kaaitheater.be/en/agenda/organized-by-mette-ingvartsenThe Permeable Stage