Orange Day in Brussels: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Categories: Event
Date: 25/11/2018
Time: 0 h 00
Location: Brussels
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The City of Brussels launches its Orange Day campaign as part of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25th, 2018.

Each day of the week, the City brings new testimonies of victims or witnesses of partner violence.

Also, from 10 am to 6 pm, Manneken-Pis will wear his new costume of Orange the World (offered by UN Women and made by designer Gioia Seghers). In this way he celebrates the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

Testimony 1: No two hours went by without her partner calling her at work and seizing the opportunity to provoke yet another fight. She was terrorized and did not manage to concentrate on her work until the day she had to report absent for several weeks due to depression.

Testimony 2: 14 years ago I became a victim of partner violence, I was fortunate enough to have great colleagues at the time, and it was a colleague who took the initiative to arrange an appointment with an association that dealt with such issues. Afterwards, there were many who helped me from near and far to manage the difficult situation.

Testimony 3: The next day, I went back to work as if nothing had happened. It took me several weeks to tell my colleagues that my relationship was over and I was not living with my partner anymore. I kept it hidden at first because I refused to be included in the statistics. Even today I tell myself that I should have filed a complaint. But having no physical trace of what had happened, I thought it was useless.

Testimony 4: At work they did not know. I only told my colleagues after I had left him. They were amazed because I was always happy at work. I put on a mask every day to hide that I was unhappy.

Testimony 5: In our team she has found a lot of support but in vain. Almost every day we try to convince her to look for help, it’s a very difficult situation. I’m not exaggerating when I say that it keeps our whole team awake. We feel so powerless.