Last fall, we took advantage of Collectif Marthe's presence at our festival with their excellent show “Tiens ta garde” (Keep Your Guard Up) to initiate the first “Defend yourself” activities: a thematic thread to explore the different sides of feminist self-defence.
This spring, together with our partners, we are proposing a new series of meetings and workshops to continue diving into this vast and exhilarating field. The programme will in particular focus on the issues specific to two communities: women over 50, and deaf and hard of hearing people.
Activities will take place in different forms, either in a mixed group or chosen mixity, depending on the content.
Agenda:
Friday 22 April 2022
For Feminist Self-defence: Meet Mathilde Blézat
French journalist and author, Mathilde Blézat publishes in 2022 “For Feminist Self-Defense”: a survey of women who participate in self-defence courses. Young or older, able-bodied or disabled, working class or richer, targeted by racism or not.
- At Livre aux Trésors (Liège), from 18:30 to 20:00.
Info & Registration (in French)
Saturday 23 April 2022
Workshop for deaf and hard of hearing women with Mathilde Blézat
A space for sharing experiences and resources to defend oneself on a daily basis, led by Mathilde Blézat – half-deaf oralist – in oral French and accessible in French Belgian Sign Language.
- At the Cafétéria Collective Kali (Liège), from 10:00 to 12:30.
Info & Registration (in Frencch & LSFB)
Monday 16 and Tuesday 24 May 2022
Self-defence workshop for women over 50
A two-day course led by the CVFE (collective against domestic violence) following the Seito Boei method (legitimate self-defence of women) combining technique, information and exchanges.
- At the Espace George Truffaut (Droixhe), from 10:00 to 16:30.
Info & Registration (in French)
Saturday 4 June 2022
Self-defence workshop for deaf and hard of hearing women.
A workshop led by the non-profit association Garance focusing on response to (micro-)aggressions, in public or in the private space, and to establish prevention strategies.
- At La Chaufferie - Acte 1 (Liège), from 9:30 to 16:00
Info & Registration (in French)
