In 26 & 27 March 2026, the 2026WOMEN Collective reunited once more for the opening of the historic edition of the 2026WOMEN Tribunal on Crimes Against Women. In this vibrant music-theatre performance, 36 women from Antwerp, Marseille, Barcelona, and Rotterdam, performed a piece inspired by courage and hope.

While their previous sold-out performance Simawe | See my Way confronted violence head‑on, ‘صوتي | Mijn Stem’ shifted the focus. Participants embraced the power of standing, dancing and singing together, refusing silence and celebrating joy as a form of resistance. The result was a multilingual, multidisciplinary piece that moves fluidly between poetic, explosive and deeply intimate moments.

Credits:

Staging and Acting Directon: Alix Konadu

Musical Direction: Céline di Maccio

Choreography: Katja Pire

Costumes: Pauline Gaeremynck, Annemie Weijm

Decor: Pauline Gaeremynck, Selin Aydinol, Diana Lazurenko, Annemie Weijn

Light: Mdina van der Linden

Sound: Gaia Lufrano

Production: Sien Martens

Musicians:

Céline di Maccio – Bass

Dina al Jamal – Violin

Sarah van Impe – Percussions

Suheir Abdul Rasol – Piano

2026WOMEN performers:

Antwerp: Annie, Deborah, Elis, Iraide, Jarmila, Leen, Leen, Maria Teresa, Nadia, Petra, Shabnam, Wally.

Barcelona: Ayla-Marina, Laura, Manep, Rita, Violeta.

Marseille: Ariadna, Didia, Ibtissem, Karima, Lady, Lena, Marie-Claire, Olivia, Sonia, Yadanar.

Rotterdam: Cynthia, Fester, Josephine, Maria, Juliet.

Photos: Anna Kestens

‘صوتي | Mijn Stem’ emerged from a four‑day artistic residency in Dworp, Belgium. Participants co-created a piece rooted in shared experience based on scenes scripted by Alix Konadu, choreographies from Katja Pire and songs composed by Céline di Maccio. Voices from the groundbreaking 1976 Tribunal echo through the performance, meeting the voices of 2026 to reveal the struggles that remain and contemporary forms of violence.

Photos: Anna Kestens

From 25 to 27 March 2026, Madame Fortuna brought together 45 feminist organisations from Belgium, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Mexico, Brazil and Angola for a marathon of solidarity! Fifty years on from the 1976 International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women, we joined forces to speak out against persistent inequalities and gender-based violence.

The Tribunal was opened by 2026WOMEN’s performance ‘صوتي | Mijn Stem’, followed by panel discussions, film screenings, exhibitions, workshops and creative experiences centred on art, gender and empowerment. On 28 March, discussion tables provided a space for participants to share and reflect on grassroots solutions to violence in various contexts and scales. A public procession and artistic intervention brought this historic event to the attention of the public at Theaterplein. The event concluded at Arenberg with ARTivist performances and music celebrating the power of sisterhood!

Photos: Anna Kestens

Our second single is out! Enjoy ‘Revolution is Female’, one of the soundtracks of Simawe (2024).

In November 2025, the 2026WOMEN were invited to close the activities of the Feminist Day – organised by Furia vzw, in Antwerp. Their singing performance marked the official launch of the Tribunal26 – a historic event to honour and give continuity to the legacy of the women who gathered in 1976 to denounce patriarchal violence in a popular tribunal.

This was the first public presentation of ‘Ma Voix’ – one of the leading songs of the 2026WOMEN Performance at the Tribunal26 in March 2026!

After months of creating, recording, singing, laughing and growing, we lauched our first official music video! As usual in our artivist practice, everything in this project was homemade, by and for women: lyrics, melody, costume design and video editing. ‘Simawe (See My Way)’, as a sound (and now visual) language, stands for connection, intuition, and the courage to see our way – and to be seen.

One of the outcomes of our recording session at Trix Studio, Antwerp, is already launched! Simawe (See My Way) is the first single of the 2026WOMEN Soundtrack Album. Listen, enjoy and share!

In 22 & 23 November 2024, 40 women of the 2026WOMEN project stood up, sing, acted and told their stories during a fantastic and confrontational show! A show about women’s rights around the world, their daily struggles and the never-ending strength of women.

Driven by their desire to raise awareness and empower girls and women to take action, these women brought multiple testimonies of violence and concerns to the stage. Their cathartic performances are meant to trigger a collective reflection on transforming patriarchal structures, cultures and behaviours!

After a year of gatherings within safe spaces built in Antwerp (Madam Fortuna), Marseille (BecauseUArt) and Rotterdam (Dona Daria), 40 women came together in Antwerp to unite their voices against gender violence. Simawe | See My Way was an artistic tribute to the First Tribunal on Crimes Against Women, held in 1976.  The performances took place at Het Oude Badhuis, and are a call for the Second Tribunial on Crimes Against Women, that will take place in 2026.

Photos: Anna Kestens & Kim Karnas

Photos: Anna Kestens & Kim Karnas

Simawe is a multidisciplinary and participatory performance being written by the socio-artistic collectives based in Antwerp, Marseille and Rotterdam who give body and voice to the 2026WOMEN. This is a diverse and growing intergenerational group of women who come from different social backgrounds, origins, religions.

Through their exchange on topics related to the status and experiences of being a woman, they form a community where they can freely and safely share their stories. Inspired by the Tribunal for Crimes against Women that took place in Brussels in 1976, they are building up their way for a Second edition of the Tribunal in 2026.

In October 2024, they gathered to film the teaser of the show, bringing together the conceptual elements that set the atmosphere for their public performances in November, in Antwerp.

Alongside the Simawe | See My Way performance, the 2026WOMEN collective also organised the exhibition ‘Silhouettes’, with paintings made by the members of the group. The paintings were exhibited together with collages made by the three groups at Het Oude Badhuis, during the performance days, and at Heilige-Familie-en-Sint-Corneelkerk during the Deep Democracy workshop organised by Beweging.net.

Photos: Anna Kestens & Kim Karnas

Photos: Clément Vial

In collaboration with the association En Chantier and Acua foundation, the women from Becasue U Art have joined the ‘Pilon’ (Pestle), a co-production from Théâtre La Criée and Les Grandes Tables.

Pilon is a group of women from Marseille, Cali and Cotonou, and musicians from Marseille and Bogota, who came together to tell the story of cooking gestures in a sound and culinary experience in which the pestle takes centre stage. A symbol of their culinary heritage, the pestle is the expression of a shared future in question, with women at its heart. As the guardians of the know-how associated with this object, women have nurtured an extraordinarily fruitful relationship with this everyday kitchen utensil. From this observation, the Pilon project has developed an artistic approach as a critical, even political response to the position of the pestle in the kitchens of three communities of women in three countries.

Based on an original idea by Marie Josée Ordener, with Eléonore Bovon (creation of vocals) and Christian Bini (creation of percussion).

Photos: Emily de Boey

After a year and a half of gatherings within a safe space, twelve women came together over five and a half afternoons to improvise scenes that transformed their testimonies into artistic pieces. Guided by the Tribunal on Crimes Against Women, they created and presented three public performances of their showcase. These performances took place at Madam Fortuna and at the cultural center Het Oude Badhuis.