Webinar on digital gender violence and hate speech
On March 25, Solidarity with OTHERS organized an online panel discussion on online violence against women and girls, as a parallel event on the occasion of the 65th forum of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Moderated by Dr. Merve Reyhan Kayıkçı from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the event included presentations by […]
Demonstration at the European Parliament to commemorate Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu
On October 31, Solidarity with OTHERS organized a demonstration in front of the European Parliament in Brussels to commemorate Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu, Turkish ex-police officer and political prisoner who lost his life behind bars in northeastern Turkey in late August. The event featured a white plastic chair, which represented the one on which Kabakçıoğlu’s lifeless body […]
Roundtable meeting on the Uyghur cause
Roundtable meeting on the Uyghur problem: From the origins of the crisis to the consequences on the diaspora On Wednesday 4 December 2019, Fedactio, Intercultural Dialogue Platform and Solidarity with OTHERS had the pleasure of hosting Professor Vanessa Frangville, sinologue and researcher from the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), for a roundtable discussion on the […]
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – 2019
Yesterday, we celebrated the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The day was an occasion to raise awareness about the cases of rape, domestic violence and other types of violence that women around the world are subjected to. Here are some striking statistics on the matter: At least one third of the women in […]
World Children’s Day demonstration
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Solidarity with OTHERS organised a brief exhibition on November 20, 2019 at the Luxembourg Square in Brussels, prior to the European Parliament’s High-Level Conference on the Rights of the Child. The demonstration aimed to raise awareness […]