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		<title>How a Woman Feels</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/06/16/guestblog-claudia-regina-how-a-woman-feels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This guest blog is a translation from the Portuguese article ‘Como se sente uma mulher’ written by Claudia Regina for the digital magazine for men ‘Papo de Homem’, published on May, 22, 2013, Brazil. It has been translated into English by Raphaël and re-posted from his blog Life near zero. We would love to thank Kimja, who brought this powerful piece of writing to our attention. The article was read by more than 600.000 people in less than two days and had more than 3200 comments that had to be limited by the website as they were overloading the server. &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/06/16/guestblog-claudia-regina-how-a-woman-feels/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter to Minister Turtelboom</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/06/14/open-letter-to-minister-turtelboom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Re-posted from Hollaback! Gent, June 12, 2013. Lees de Nederlandse versie. “Stop being ashamed, it is crucial. As a government we can only react properly when we, too, know you have been a victim,” said Minister Turtelboom at the press conference on June 10 2013 for the evaluation of the National Action Plan to fight partner violence and domestic violence. I suppose it is understandable that you want more people to file complaints so the (already horrific) statistics represent this problem even more accurately. But it is unforgiveable to say this without some sort of admission of responsibility from the &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/06/14/open-letter-to-minister-turtelboom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mary: &#8220;I got her back. She got mine.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/06/06/story-mary-bystander-lemonnier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today at Lemonnier, I saw that a guy was standing way too close from a girl, considering all the place there was on the platform. I thought it was sketchy, so I observed what was going on, ready to intervene if I had to. The girl moved a lil bit away from the guy and he followed. So she stepped further away and I asked her if she was okay. She stayed next to me and said &#8220;We can&#8217;t feel safe anywhere&#8221; so I told her that just in case, she wasn&#8217;t alone. We stood next to each other, waiting &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/06/06/story-mary-bystander-lemonnier/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Corrinne: &#8220;I walked off, felt humiliated and kept asking myself WHY?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/05/22/story-corrinne-rue-des-vierges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been over two months I have started a new job in the Anneessens area in the centre of Brussels. As I walked in the street today, a man started talking to me by saying how nice my face is, his friend is smiling a meter or two behind. I didn&#8217;t react, merely smiled, tried to avoid any confrontation, as the man that adressed to me had half a litre beer can in his right hand&#8230; Then, I don&#8217;t know why, I turned around, probably to check if things were cool. He talked to me again and as I &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/05/22/story-corrinne-rue-des-vierges/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nina: &#8220;some men immediately came on to us, try to dance with us&#8230;touched us, secretly took pictures of us&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/05/20/story-nina-cityclub-brussels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 23:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to go out on a Friday night with some of my friends to a club. Because I like to dance, and clubs are made for dancing, right??? But as soon as we arrived at the club, some men immediately came on to us, try to dance with us (while they were making some &#8216;sexual moves&#8217; with their ass), touched us, secretly took pictures of us, &#8230; But when I pushed them away and gave them some mean looks, they didn&#8217;t annoy me that much anymore. However, when we came back to the dance floor after taking a little &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/05/20/story-nina-cityclub-brussels/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sam: &#8220;I told him to stop..&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/05/14/bystander-story-sam-tram-92/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got onto a full 92 tram after work and ended up standing next to a seated couple who were visibly in a heated argument. The man was aggressively pulling on his partner&#8217;s hands and arms and verbally scolding her as she tried to get out of his strong-hold saying loudly &#8220;Let go of me!&#8221; &#8220;Stop it! You&#8217;re hurting me&#8221;. I felt the situation escalating and people continued to pretend not to see. Instead of putting any more unwanted attention on the woman, I simply interrupted the man, politely intervened &#8220;ca va?&#8221; And when he said &#8220;yes everything is fine &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/05/14/bystander-story-sam-tram-92/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Runner: &#8220;Thank you&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/05/13/story-runner-uccle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to the 51 tram driver who stopped for me and checked if I was OK as I ran away from a man late at night. I knew I was safe and would be OK because of you. Runner.]]></description>
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		<title>Melissa: &#8220;I ride so fast I can&#8217;t see their looks and they can&#8217;t touch me&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/05/06/story-melissa-bike-brussels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 07:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cycling is a huge part of my life living in Brussels. It helps me stay out of reach of a lot of the verbal street harassment plus I ride so fast I can&#8217;t see their looks and they can&#8217;t touch me. But, harassment in Brussels is stronger than most and I have had men take swings at me, kick at me and one guy stood in the crosswalk at Gare du Midi blocking my way. Melissa. Be our Hero/ine of the Day ? Sta je achter Melissa en wil je haar verhaal graag in het Nederlands vertalen? Dit kan je &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/05/06/story-melissa-bike-brussels/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anna: &#8220;someone came and grabbed me from behind..&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/05/05/story-anna-allee-des-amazones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 17:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I went running in Bois de la Cambre. Running is my time of the week where I like to be on my own, alone with my thoughts and some good music out in nature. These past few weeks, I have been training for a halfmarathon, which I already trained for 3 years ago but never got to run because I had an accident which disabled me for a while. It was shortly after 7 pm, it was still quite light out and many people were left in the park to enjoy the sun. While I was running along a &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/05/05/story-anna-allee-des-amazones/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Action: Rise against Belgian Rape Policy</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/29/call-for-action-rise-against-belgian-rape-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday April 30, there will be a demonstration against the lack of prosecution of rapes, that will take place at the Justitiepaleis / Palais de Justice (Place Poelaart) in Brussels. The demonstration will start at 8AM and will probably last a few hours. We won&#8217;t be moving from this location. For this day marks the start of the trial of the accused “T.A.”. He is accused of having raped 14 girls and women including 12 who were underage. Chief witness and victim, Céline Camps, decided to take it upon herself to pursue the case.We really want to show our &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/29/call-for-action-rise-against-belgian-rape-policy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>De sloppenwijken van Manilla: monsters en meisjes</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/29/guestblog-emilie-van-limbergen-manilla-monsters-en-meisjes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A guest blog by Emilie Van Limbergen. Re-posted from De Wereld Morgen (04/04/13). (Sorry, only in Dutch. Like to be our Hero/ine of the day? Feel free to translate this post in English or French in the comments! Eternal thanks coming your way!). We discovered Emilie Van Limbergen ‘par hazard’ with a blogpost she wrote in June 2012 about Hollaback! Brussels, and we’ve been reading her writings ever since. — I’m a journalism major who’s passionate about everything concerning women’s – and thus – human rights. The next three months, I’m doing an internship in the Philippines with the militant &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/29/guestblog-emilie-van-limbergen-manilla-monsters-en-meisjes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>#ShareTheStreets, Behind The Scenes. By Anna Claire.</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/24/sharethestreets-behind-the-scenes-by-anna-claire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A guest blog and #ShareTheStreets report by Anna Claire, one of our current rock star volunteers!! Re-posted from her blog Go Away Everywhere (23/4/2013).   I became a volunteer for Hollaback! Brussels after I went to the second of their two sessions with the students in my program, sessions organized by our fabulously thoughtful and sensitive coördinator Chloé. Several students in the fall had approached her about incidents of harassment they’d experienced in Brussels and how to cope with it, and she, having heard of Hollaback, went to then four (now six!) Hollaback organizers — Julie, Anna, Ingrid, Angelika, Quentin &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/24/sharethestreets-behind-the-scenes-by-anna-claire/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>#ShareTheStreets. Anna Claire: &#8220;The thing I’ve come to love most about Brussels..&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The thing I’ve come to love most about Brussels is actually inexplicable, indescribable, in any words available to me in my measly two languages. Many other people not native to the city share the same sentiment. These people — such as myself — they come to Brussels to study for a semester or for a temporary job, end up staying for a year, end up finishing their degree here, end up getting a master’s, a long-term job, meeting a partner, starting a real life for themselves. When they talk about living in Brussels, they mention when they first got here &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/13/sharethestreets-anna-claire-thing-i-love-about-bxl/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>#ShareTheStreets. Angelika stares back.</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/12/sharethestreets-angelika-bystander/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One day, in Brussels. My friend and I were excited and happy, looking forward to the concert we were about to attend. Sitting in the tram we were chatting along when I saw from the corner of my eye a man in the opposite seat. My friend was wearing a skirt and tights, which was *sarcasm on* apparently such a revolutionary new view to this man *sarcasm off* that he kept staring at her legs. Both of us felt uncomfortable, but neither of us said anything, we just went on talking. But when it was our time to leave, I &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/12/sharethestreets-angelika-bystander/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Femanifest #1: The spark</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/11/femanifest-1-the-spark-guestblog-by-annaclaire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A guest blog by Anna Claire, one of our current rock star volunteers!! Re-posted from her blog Go Away Everywhere (11/4/2013). People: Anna, it’s disturbing to be bombarbed with articles on rape, daily. Me: It’s disturbing to deal with rape culture,daily. Yer move. — Anna Claire (@annaclaireweber) 8 avril 2013 This is the first installment in a series I have every intention of continuing on this blog. I’m sick of being silent. I’m sick of talking until I’m blue in the face and not being heard. I’m sick to the teeth. They’ll be a bit wordy, and they won’t always &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/11/femanifest-1-the-spark-guestblog-by-annaclaire/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>#ShareTheStreets. Karin: &#8220;Thank You, stranger&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for telling me about my shoelace. You saved me from falling. * I remember that time I forgot my last tenner in the cash machine. I was all the way across the square when you found it. I was listening to high music, and didn’t hear you screaming. You had to run quite fast to catch up with me. You ran fast, and you caught up with me. Just to give me back my last tenner. * I still get lost in Brussels every now and then. But I am never lost for long. Every time my face &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/11/sharethestreets-karin-thank-you-stranger/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>#ShareTheStreets. Ingrid: &#8220;ingrijpen, reageren, NU, was wat mijn instinct me zei..&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/10/sharethestreets-ingrid-verhaal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Een zondagse wandeling met mijn moeder door de straten van Brussel. Op zo’n dag wanneer de lente er bijna is, maar de winter weer doorbreken wil. We bewegen ons al pratend doorheen het verkeer tot onze weg plots afgesloten wordt door een gigantische meute van mensen. Anspachlaan. Wat is er gaande? Betoging? Iedereen staat in een soort ‘trance’ naar iets te staren. Het verkeer staat bijna stil, claxons, file. En dan een luid agressief geroep dat opdiept uit de verte, geluiden waar je liever weg van wil vluchten. Ik kom dichterbij. Twee auto’s lijken op elkaar gebotst te zijn. Er &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/10/sharethestreets-ingrid-verhaal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>#ShareTheStreets. Jo: &#8220;quite pleased with a friendly comment&#8221;.</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/09/sharethestreets-jo-and-friendly-comments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two little comments from strangers on the street&#8230;. Two little different tales that happened to me both near &#8220;De Brouckère&#8221;. There can indeed be friendliness amongst strangers on the street with no strings attached. We can respect each others personal space and say a kind word now &#38; then. 1. Walking to the station early in the morning, it&#8217;s pretty deserted as it&#8217;s so early, and I&#8217;m singing to myself quite loudly, as usual. A guy is waiting at the lights to cross the streets. He looks at me and I&#8217;m a bit nervous about what he might say. He &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/09/sharethestreets-jo-and-friendly-comments/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>#ShareTheStreets. A reflection by Anna.</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/09/sharethestreets-anna/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love seeing the seat giving up and the stroller-helping that goes on in Brussels all the time.  It reminds me that there is a lot of sweetness here and motivates me to transfer that sweetness beyond elders and babies&#8230;. to everyone. Anna. #ShareTheStreets , #EndSHWeek]]></description>
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		<title>Ellen: &#8220;He threatened to beat the living daylights out of me to teach me a lesson..&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/08/story-ellen-brussels-antwerp-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[- Certain men calling me sluts while I walk down the street of Brussels or Antwerp, threatening and sleazy glares, spitting on the ground in front of me,&#8230; They are commonplace and I feel I have become desensitized. I know now that it is not my fault for wearing a skirt, or showing some cleavage. Now all I feel is anger, no fear, no sadness, no shame, just raw anger. I try not to lash out as I wouldn&#8217;t feel responsibility for the consequences. It is all because being subjected to this treatment is something I have grown up with: &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/08/story-ellen-brussels-antwerp-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>#ShareTheStreets. Angelika &amp; her friendly helper.</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/08/sharethestreets-angelika-and-helper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was evening, I was at Gare du Midi metro station &#8211; and I had a problem: My purse was gone. I had used the last remaining ride of my ten-rides ticket (which I kept in my pocket) in order to take the metro from Arts-Loi, and now I didn&#8217;t know how to get back, with no money &#8211; not even 2,50 €. I was 99% sure that my purse must be at my work place (close to Arts-Loi) &#8211; but of course I wanted to be 100% sure. And I knew that I should hurry up with getting back: &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/08/sharethestreets-angelika-and-helper/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>#ShareTheStreets. Anna Claire&#8217;s story.</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/07/sharethestreets-anna-claires-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know the stereotype of the sleazy construction worker bothering women passing his site. It’s an unfair stereotype, to be sure, as all stereotypes are. Yet it’s prevalent enough to be used in a segment of “What Would You Do?” featuring actors portraying construction workers who cat-call at passersby. I was recently out for a run and saw, up the sidewalk, a construction truck parked on the side of the street and a worker controlling a crane which was moving objects from the truck to the cobblestones. I slowed down, not sure whether I should pass on the narrow &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/07/sharethestreets-anna-claires-story/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>#ShareTheStreets. Let&#8217;s do this!</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/07/sharethestreets-begin-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[International Anti-Street-Harassment Week 2013 (April 7-13) is going GLOBAL today! Here in Brussels WE #ShareTheStreets. Wanna join us? Share your bystander story with us&#8230;.  On the site! or tweet us @hollabackbxl with the tag #ShareTheStreets. Bring some &#8220;gifts&#8221; and come to our #ShareTheStreets walk on April 13! Holla-hugs, Your Hollaback! Brussels team: Anna, Quentin Angelika, Ingrid, Julie &#38; Jo. AND the current #ShareTheStreets Volunteer Team: Anna Claire, Elizabet &#38; Karin.]]></description>
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		<title>My choice, Not yours.</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/01/my-choice-not-yours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We stand for unconditional respect for the right of an individual to make the choices in her/his life, big and small: profession, marriage, observance of cultural traditions and religious precepts, expression of her/his beliefs – and most certainly which parts of the body to show or to keep hidden. No person and no government can interfere with those individual choices. For it is My choice, Not yours. Hollaback! Brussels believes it&#8217;s high time for the silent majority to take a stand. The &#8220;right of free choices&#8221; should once again become a real right. This is why we have signed the &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/04/01/my-choice-not-yours/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cassia: &#8220;il avait verrouillé la porte et menaçait de m&#8217;emmener &#8220;en balade&#8221; comme il avait fini son service..&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/03/27/histoire-cassia-tram94-bus71-cimetieredixelles-avenuelegrand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voilà la deuxième partie&#8230; - Deux incidents me sont arrivés avec le même homme à près d&#8217;un an d&#8217;écart, en 2011 et en 2012. Les deux fois, il a profité du fait que les transports en commun étaient bondés pour frotter son bassin contre mes fesses. La première fois, je n&#8217;ai rien osé faire et il est de toute façon descendu quelques arrêts plus loin. J&#8217;étais dans le 94 en direction de Louise et il a commencé à se frotter à moi vers l&#8217;arrêt Buyl. La fois suivante, j&#8217;étais dans le 71 en direction de De Brouckère le long de &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/03/27/histoire-cassia-tram94-bus71-cimetieredixelles-avenuelegrand/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cassia: &#8220;Je me suis réfugiée dans ma chambre et là, il a commencé à littéralement se jeter et se frotter contre la porte.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/03/27/histoire-cassia-kotsulb-avenue-toison-dor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Je voudrais partager avec vous plusieurs incidents qui me sont arrivés à Bruxelles sur plusieurs années. Comme mon récit &#8220;circonstancié&#8221; est un peu long, je vais le soumettre en deux parties. - D&#8217;abord, quand je vivais en kot à l&#8217;ULB, j&#8217;ai commencé à passer de moins en moins de temps avec les autres étudiant-e-s parce que j&#8217;écrivais mon mémoire et je faisais des démarches pour aller faire un Master complémentaire à l&#8217;étranger, ce qui mobilisait tout mon temps et toute mon attention. Ca a déclenché une véritable campagne de harcèlement de plusieurs de mes voisins et voisines en qui j&#8217;aurais &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/03/27/histoire-cassia-kotsulb-avenue-toison-dor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 2. #ShareTheStreets</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/03/24/chapter-2-sharethestreets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hollaback! Brussels is having its first (symbolic) anniversary&#8230; On March 24, 2012, we pre-launched with a Chalk Walk. We were only 4 then. We were strangers to each other. And Hollaback! brought us together. We decided that if we were gonna go for this adventure, we had to get rid of all the breaks and do some sort of start-up initiation together. We each wrote down a story about the street harassment we experienced (Ingrid, Anna, Angelika, Julie), mapped it and then went back to the place where it had happened, only to reclaim the spot with chalk in our &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/03/24/chapter-2-sharethestreets/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lisa: &#8220;Dit moet stoppen!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/03/24/verhaal-lisa-voldersstraat-brussel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 09:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elke dag hetzelfde verhaal.. Auto&#8217;s vertragen en inzittenden roepen allerlei zaken. Voorbijgangers slingeren je vanalles naar het hoofd en volgen je. Dit moet stoppen! Lisa. Be our Hero/ine of the Day ? Do you have Lisa’s back and you feel like translating his story into English? You can do this by simply publishing your translation as a comment! Vous voulez soutenir Lisa et traduire son histoire en français? Vous pouvez le faire simplement en publiant votre traduction en commentaire!]]></description>
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		<title>We #ChalkWalk</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/03/16/we-chalkwalk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This March 2013, we’re letting the Chalk Walk loose upon the world! We created a new tumblr for all people &#38; Hollaback&#8217;s worldwide to connect, to support each other to reclaim the streets, and do their own Chalk Walks! Some of us know, no matter who you are or where you come from, that the simple act of walking in public can get scary at the drop of a hat. We’ve been followed, insulted, harassed or even assaulted by people who do what they do because they think we don’t belong on the street. Well, they’re wrong, and we deserve &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/03/16/we-chalkwalk/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Zo oud als de straat.</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/03/11/guestblog-emilie-van-limbergen-zo-oud-als-de-straat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A guest blog by Emilie Van Limbergen. Re-posted from De Wereld Morgen (11/03/13) . (Sorry, only in Dutch. Like to be our Hero/ine of the day? Feel free to translate this post in English or French in the comments! Eternal thanks coming your way!). We discovered Emilie Van Limbergen ‘par hazard’ with a blogpost she wrote in June 2012 about Hollaback! Brussels, and we’ve been reading her writings ever since. &#8212; I’m a journalism major who’s passionate about everything concerning women’s – and thus – human rights. The next three months, I’m doing an internship in the Philippines with the &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/03/11/guestblog-emilie-van-limbergen-zo-oud-als-de-straat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>HOLLAWho? Meet Brussels.</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/03/09/hollawho-meet-brussels-ingrid-hollaback/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-Posted from Hollaback! HQ (March, 6, 2012) Meet Ingrid. (She&#8217;s the one on the right, wearing the long flowery white dress on the photo). One of the 6 team members of Hollaback! Brussels. Interview by Lauren Bedosky. When did you start your holla? Our Hollaback! started right after the Brussels’ Slutwalk in September 2011, launched unintentionally in March 2012 and officially in April 2012. Why did you start a HOLLA and what does Hollaback mean to you? I was living for a while in Stockholm, and there was this moment when I was walking alone, in a slow pace, at &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/03/09/hollawho-meet-brussels-ingrid-hollaback/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hollaback! Offline N#1</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/03/07/hollaback-offline-n1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AllRightie, need an excuse to get away from the facebook world and go ‘offline’? Come chat with us in our 1st Hollaback! Offline!* (or in other words a casual Holla Coffee Meet-Up&#8230;) Why? Cause it’s International Women’s Day :-) Cause it would be AmazinG to sit around a table and do something truly revolutionary: share our stories. We wanna be in the same room with (possible) volunteers, supporters, fellow ladies and lgbtq folks, or simply curious people. This is a casual gathering for people who experience or wanna end street harassment to vent, share tips, swap stories, and just laugh &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/03/07/hollaback-offline-n1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quentin: &#8220;je sais que mon action seule n&#8217;éteindra pas l&#8217;incendie, mais au moins, je fais ma part..&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/02/25/histoire-quentin-team-member-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On commence souvent les histoires par &#8220;il était une fois&#8221;, mais en ce qui concerne le harcèlement de rue, on a plus souvent envie de dire &#8220;il était encore une fois&#8221;&#8230; mais bref, voici mon histoire. Pas celle d&#8217;une fois, mais celle d&#8217;une partie de ma vie. J&#8217;ai 27 ans, et la première fois que j&#8217;ai été confronté à ce type de violence, j&#8217;avais 13 ans. Je me baladais simplement avec ma soeur, de 7 ans, mon père et son compagnon (oui vous avez bien lu :p) dans le centre-ville de Bruxelles, une ballade en famille tout à fait banale &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/02/25/histoire-quentin-team-member-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hollaback, Behind the Scenes N#2</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/02/22/behind-the-scenes-n-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hollaback! brussels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[YEP. Three crazy days make one heck of a crazy week! But before we embark on our train of thoughts, we&#8217;re pleased to announce Hollaback! Brussels has NEW team members! HOORAY! Jo and Quentin, two already regular volunteers, are joining the Brussels&#8217; Holla ranks, bringing their own different voices to the team and making way for change &#38; more badass-ness! Hollaback To the NEXT level, here we go! And so &#8230; On February 12, Angelika sat on the panel in the EU Parliament for the discussion/debate; “Is it a man’s world?” The Sexism Debate in Germany and Beyond. The other &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/02/22/behind-the-scenes-n-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Yesterday You Rose. One Billion Rising!</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/02/17/yesterday-you-rose-one-billion-rising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hollaback! brussels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brussels, so it was.. You rose.. You danced.. You shook it.. It was arctic freaking cold. Nature had decided that if we were gonna shake something into awareness, it had to be at least minus 5 degrees Celsius. Yet You materialized, gloves &#38; hats on, in colorful mode.. At 12 pm, You rose &#38; warmed up this city at Place de Luxembourg. At 5.30 pm, You along with a Thousand cut loose &#38; broke the chain at Place de La Monnaie. At 6.30 pm, You spoke up in the &#8216;Street Circle of Women &#38; Those that Love Them&#8217; at La Bourse. &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/02/17/yesterday-you-rose-one-billion-rising/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>“De Standaard” talks about sexism … and Ilse from Hollaback! Gent reacts …</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/02/06/de-standaard-talks-about-sexism-and-ilse-from-hollaback-gent-reacts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hollaback! brussels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Re-posted from Hollaback! Gent (06/02/2012) What are you supposed to do with an article that claims to discuss sexism and is filled with sexist clichés? Because that’s exactly what that first article about &#8216;Sexism in Flanders&#8217; in the newspaper De Standaard of 4 February 2013 has become. A poor excuse for an impartial article in a series that claims to unravel the clichés. But maybe that’s just the problem: the sexist discourse is so deeply ingrained in our culture that even a “quality newspaper” like De Standaard falls for it. I have a couple of problems with that article. Firstly, it reduces the problem of &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/02/06/de-standaard-talks-about-sexism-and-ilse-from-hollaback-gent-reacts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Conny: &#8220;Dit is dus blijkbaar de reactie die je krijgt als je voor jezelf opkomt.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/02/04/verhaal-van-conny-leuven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Een goed anderhalf jaar geleden is het intussen. Een vriendin had een afscheidsfeestje gegeven in een café op de Oude Markt in Leuven, omdat ze voor langere periode op reis vertrok. Omstreeks drie uur besluiten we met de overblijvenden naar een ietwat rustiger café te gaan om een slaapmutsje te drinken. Met een twaalftal personen vertrekken we dus richting dit andere café en ik liep achteraan, samen met een vriendin. We waren gezellig aan het tetteren en al snel liep de rest van de groep een pas of tien, vijftien op ons voor. Op een bepaald moment kruisen we twee &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/02/04/verhaal-van-conny-leuven/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When a man with power becomes a hunter of women.</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/02/04/when-a-man-with-power-becomes-a-hunter-of-women/</link>
		<comments>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/02/04/when-a-man-with-power-becomes-a-hunter-of-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A guest blog by Marlene. A re-post from the original article (28/10/12) on her blog: &#8216;Brussels is Love&#8217;. Click here for the Dutch or French version. Marlene, a freelance teacher, translator and writer, finds Brussels to be a fascinating place to call ‘home’. With her blog, she first started exploring &#8220;the local phenomenon called ‘indifference’, and reflecting on what it would take to get us out of this lethargy&#8221;&#8230; - &#8211; - - Not long ago, I got contacted by a man whom one can consider a public figure, and who therefore has a certain degree of power and influence. &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/02/04/when-a-man-with-power-becomes-a-hunter-of-women/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rally to STRIKE, DANCE, RISE!</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/01/28/rally-to-strike-dance-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/01/28/rally-to-strike-dance-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hollaback! Brussels welcomes you all to CREATE a change, RECLAIM the streets and DANCE to shake this world into awareness so we can end violence against women now! One out of every three women worldwide has been or will be a victim of violence in her lifetime… this means that one billion women have been or will be raped, abused and/or beaten. This number imposes silence, astonishment, rebellion… On February 14th, a movement will rise across the world in order to protest against this global crisis, demanding an end to violence against women &#8211; through dancing, singing and art. One &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/01/28/rally-to-strike-dance-rise/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Censor Gay No Way !</title>
		<link>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/01/25/censor-gay-no-way/</link>
		<comments>http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/01/25/censor-gay-no-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hollaback! brussels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 22nd of January, Hollaback! Brussels stood up in solidarity for LGBTQ &#8211; organisations and people in Russia. With our OUTRAGE! friends and  several Belgian, European, LGBTQ &#8211; &#38; Human Rights &#8211; organizations &#38; their allies, we demonstrated in front of the Russian Embassy in Brussels. The Russian Federation is about to vote on a law that would ban &#8220;homosexual propaganda&#8221; on a national level. Just last year, in Saint Petersburg, a similar proposal successfully passed on a city-wide level. If this new law passes, the Russian Federation will be able to hand out fines up to 12.000 Euro&#8217;s or &#8230; <a href="http://brussels.ihollaback.org/2013/01/25/censor-gay-no-way/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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