8th Women’s Congress
December 3, 2022
K1 CANAL Center Pompidou
Avenue du Port 1, 1000 Brussels
The Feminist Ukraine – a new geopolitical sisterhood
9.30 a.m Door openning
10.00 am The beginning of the meeting
Hosted by Emilia Janisz
Singng of the Anthem of the Women’s Congress
Welcome message: Nawal Ben Hamou, secretary of state of the region of Brussels
Opening: Kasia Redzisz, Agata Araszkiewicz, Agnieszka Matusiak
10.30 a.m – 12.00 a.m
- War and gender. Feminist militarisation and defence in herstory
Participants: Olena Apchel, Agata Czarnacka, Alexandra Hrycak, Alisa Kovalenko, Anna Nowakowska-Wierzchoś, Iryna Slavinska
Hosted by Agata Araszkiewicz & Katarzyna Szkuta
12.15 a.m – 1.45 p.m
- Ukraine on its way towards decolonial transformation : literature, culture and art.
Key note: Kasia Redzisz –presentation of the mural of Weronika Hapczenko in the dialogue with the artist
Participants: Olena Bondareva, Larysa Briuchovetska,Tamara Gundorova (wideo/video), Neda Nezhdana, Iryna Tishko,Oksana Zabuzhko
Hosted by Agnieszka Matusiak & Anna Kiejna
1.45 p.m – 3.00 p.m Lunch
3.00 p.m – 4.45 p.m
Hosted by Alexandra Suhodolska
- Our bodies, their battlefield. The armed conflict and sexual violence in Ukraine as a global perspective regarding war rape.
Key Note: June Kathryn Minix, Women for Ukraine
Participants: Leesa Gazi, Iryna Dovgan (SEMA Ukraina),Espoir-Kalambi Bisimwa Bulangalire, Monika Platek, Viola Rebecka-Davie
Hosted by Natalia Waloch & Katarzyna Ważyńska-Finck
5.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m
- Which Ukraine after the war? How to reinforce the feminist leadership in Central and Eastern Europe and create a feminist policy for all?
Participants: Barbara Godlewska-Bujok, Hrystyna Kit, Kseniia Smyrnova, Olena Shyngarova
Hosted by Inga Czerny & Magdalena Kula
6.30 p.m
- Closing remarks: Ewa Rumińska-Zimny (Polish Congress of Women) & Iryna Drobovych (Ukraininian Congress of Women)
7.00 p.m – 8.30 p.m Cokctail in Cafe Forum
7.15 p.m – Perfomance Silent Queen’s Robes ”Heads you lose, tails you lose”