Part of the 2026WOMEN Tribunal — Brussels & Antwerp, 25-28 March 2026
Morning Inaugural Session
Breaking Silence: Rediscovering the 1976 Women’s Tribunal and its Impact
This opening panel brings into conversation several women who traveled to Belgium to take part in the original 1976 Tribunal. Their voices will guide us through the historical significance of this landmark feminist gathering, enriched by personal testimonies from those who experienced it first-hand.
The session creates a space for meaningful dialogue between past and present, offering a rare opportunity to listen to participants of this pivotal moment in feminist history. An extended Q&A with the audience will foster closeness and exchange. By limiting the number of morning panels, we preserve the commemorative focus on memory, justice, and collective storytelling.
Afternoon Programme
14:30–15:30 | Panel 1 – Living Archives: Memory, Media, and the Legacy of the Tribunal
This panel explores how archives, media storytelling, and documentary practices preserve and transmit feminist struggles. Revisiting the 1976 Tribunal, speakers reflect on archival strategies, memory politics, and the challenges of documenting feminist activism across generations.
Els Flour, AVG-Carhif — The 1976 Tribunal in the collections of Carhif-AVG: presence and absence (English)
Els Flour holds degrees in History (KU Leuven) and Archival Science (VUB). She has worked at Carhif-AVG, the Belgian archive center for women’s history, since 1995. Alongside archival collection work, she develops projects that make gender history accessible to wider audiences. She is active in the feminist organisation Furia and the gender studies network Sophia.
Kita Bauchet, Filmmaker — Why are video archives from the period so difficult to retrieve? (French/English)
A graduate of INSAS, Kita Bauchet directs fiction and documentary films. Her work has been screened and awarded internationally. After working for several years in television (RTBF, Arte), she returned to cinema with documentaries exploring memory and political struggles. Her latest film, Bandes d’hystériques, focuses on women’s liberation movements of the 1970s.
Milène Le Goff, ULB / University of Lille — How can we make the history of the 1976 Tribunal accessible to everyone? (French/English)
Milène Le Goff is a doctoral researcher in history. In 2023, she curated the first European exhibition dedicated to the 1976 Tribunal and organised an international conference. She is currently a visiting researcher at Georgetown University and has edited the French translation of the Tribunal’s proceedings in 2024. Her work contributes to preserving and transmitting feminist struggles on a transnational scale. She has published in March 2026 a new book about the Tribunal : “Le Tribunal international des crimes contre les femmes. Un événement fondateur du féminisme” (Hors d’Atteinte publisher).
15:30–16:30 | Panel 2 – From Personal Testimony to Political Action: The Legacy of Feminist Storytelling
This panel examines how personal testimony has shaped feminist political strategies from the 1976 Tribunal to contemporary movements. It reflects on the therapeutic, symbolic, and political power of storytelling in struggles for justice.
Gamze Güler, Independent psychologist — Title TBC (French)
Gamze Güler works on trauma, resilience, and narrative practices. She supports individuals and groups in processes of healing, with particular attention to gender-based violence. Her approach connects psychological care with broader social and political contexts, highlighting the transformative power of testimony.
Julie Michou, Université Paris Cité — “Click!”: From the Individual to the Collective – Stories of Feminist Awakening (French)
Julie Michou is a PhD candidate researching the reception of feminist ideas in the 1970s United States through readers’ letters to Ms. magazine. Her work explores how personal experiences became spaces of political consciousness and collective feminist engagement.
Madlyn Sauer, University of Zurich — You Listen to Me – And Then What? Why Symbolic Recognition Isn’t Justice (English)
Madlyn Sauer is a researcher and writer on civil society tribunals and a doctoral candidate in cultural analysis. For over seven years, she has studied self-organised tribunals initiated by social movements across several continents. Her work examines how communities imagine and practice justice beyond formal legal systems.
16:30–17:30 | Panel 3 – Feminist Futures: Social Justice, Technology, and Ecofeminism
Looking forward, this panel explores how feminist thought and activism must evolve to address AI bias, digital surveillance, climate justice, and ecofeminist struggles. It connects the legacy of the Tribunal to emerging 21st-century challenges.
Maria Teresa Braga Bizarria, Independent researcher — Entangled Lives: Ecofeminism, Gender Justice, and Multispecies Care (English)
A feminist geographer and scholar-artivist, Maria Teresa Braga Bizarria works on agricultural practices, intersectional justice, and more-than-human ethics of care. Her research combines embodied, posthuman, and decolonial feminist approaches.
Marion Olharan Lagan, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 — “Dark Enlightenment”: When Tech Leaders’ Rule Disempowers Minorities (English)
Formerly involved in designing the personality of Amazon’s Alexa for several European countries, Marion Olharan Lagan is now a PhD candidate researching contemporary performances of power and gender. She is the author of Patriartech: les nouvelles technologies au service du vieux monde (2024).Kata Dózsa, Brussels School of Governance (VUB) — Children, Girls and Women as Climate Activists (English)
Kata Dózsa is a postdoctoral researcher specialising in climate litigation, children’s rights, and intergenerational justice. She is the author of Children as Climate Citizens (Routledge, 2023) and has published widely on human rights and sustainability.