Roundtable Discussion "Domestic violence in ‘mixed’ couples involving Asians"
08/12/2023
by Ma. Filonila T. Alcaraz-Arguelles (Third Secretary and Vice Consul, Embassy of the Philippines to Belgium and Luxembourg & Philippine Mission to the European Union); Pathompong Singhtong (Counsellor and Consul, Royal Thai Embassy, Brussels); Philip Lane (founder and executive director – Oasis Belgium); Yibo Li (Regional director and Case supervisor, NGO "AWDPI - Asian Women Development Plan International"); Weiwei Miao (Communication manager – NGO "AWDPI - Asian Women Development Plan International"); Michiko Kurita (journalist and writer); Jef Eelen (lawyer - RVC Advocaten); and BelMix research project team members: Cai Chen, Asuncion Fresnoza-Flot, Fleurine Hermand, Mari Kawase, Mimy Keomanichanh, Lucas Monteil, Aaron Raphael Ponce, & Laure Sizaire (EASt/LAMC, ULB)
This event is organized by the BelMix research team in collaboration with LAMC, EASt, MSH and Waseda Brussels Office
The aim of the event is not only to foster dialogues between researchers and social/state actors but also to find a common ground on which to prepare a toolkit to provide assistance (legal, psychological, practical…) to Asian migrants who find themselves in a situation of domestic violence in Belgium.
Friday 8 December from 2 pm to 5 pm
Room Kant - Institute of European Studies-IEE
ULB - Campus Solbosch
39 Av. Franklin Roosevelt
1050 Brussels
Limited seats available: registration here
Contact: belmix.ulb@gmail.com