Cafe Forum

Cafe Forum – hosted by Zuzanna Radzik

10.30-11.30 Solidarity with Iranian women – meeting with Janina Ochojska, Member of the European Parliament and political activist Fariba Amirkhizi

11.30 – 12.00 Experience and challenges of systemic assistance to refugees from and in Ukraine. Perspective of the West Pomeranian Province 

12.00 – 12.15 coffee break

12.15 – 12.45 Fashion show from the collection of Irina Dzhus with commentary by the designer.

In the DZHUS show, the audience will see the mystery of outfit transformation. Ukrainian conceptual designer Irina Dzhus will radically modify clothes, including their metamorphosis into accessories. DZHUS proposes to rely on unified closet pieces to minimize physical shopping, while exploring an infinite number of potential outfits. In this way, DZHUS embodies a philosophy of conscious consumption without limits to self-expression. EYIBRA Music. Cruelty-free footwear provided by House Martin.

12.45 – 13.15 On helping during the war in Ukraine: testimonies – Oksana Litvynenko, Oleksandra Jacquemain from the Ukrainian Women’s Association

13.15-13.45 Being from Poland and Brussels – meeting with writer Grazyna Plebanek and opportunity to sign books.

13.45-15.00 lunch break

15.00-15.30 Oksana Zabuzhko – opportunity to meet the author and sign books

15.30 – 16.10 – Elles Pour Elles – break the silencedomestic violence helpline – Anna Szmit in conversation with Emilia Janisz

16.10 – 16.45 Sexual violence in peace and war – new legal tools in Belgium and the rights of refugee women – Agnieszka Sità in conversation with Emilia Janisz

16.45-17.00 coffee break

17.00-17.30 „I am the multiple diversity of the cosmos”  – book presentation by Paul B. Preciado, Living on Uranus by its translator Agata Araszkiewicz

17.30-18.00 Girl power center and women’s solidarity in Brussels – shall we begin? – a meeting with Agata Teutsch from the Autonomia Foundation, which runs the Girls’ Power Center and Solidarity Feminist Center in Krakow.