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A voice that refuses to be silenced Writer and slam poet Hind Eljadid has been awarded the 2025 Human Rights Award by the Liga voor Mensenrechten (League for Human Rights). The organization honors her for her uncompromising commitment to naming injustice and for her courage to speak out “regardless of the consequences.” The award stems from an incident in early 2024, when Eljadid was detained for six hours following an action during the official celebration of Belgium’s EU pr

The message is loud and clear: it’s time to finally move forward with the reform of Belgium’s abortion law. In an opinion piece, Raymonda Verdyck, chair of deMens.nu , urges politicians to stop looking away from the reality faced by thousands of women. “Those who are dealing with an unwanted pregnancy today cannot wait,” she writes pointedly. Ethical progress on pause Last week once again showed how fragile ethical progress can be. In Parliament, the proposals to relax aborti

In 'The Plea', Anton Van Dyck, founder of Compagnon , calls for an urgent amendment to the abortion law: The new abortion law? It's long overdue. Two legislatures ago, even. Why is she important? Because one in five women will need an abortion at some point. Because today is too strict, too short, too complicated. Because those who choose to terminate a pregnancy are still too often stigmatized. The problems are clear. There is social support for this. The majority too. Th