#BalanceTonbar: hundreds of women have mobilized to boycott Brussels bars
According to the estimate of the Brussels-Ixelles police, around 400 to 500 people, mostly young women, mobilized on Friday evening from 8:00 p.m. Albertine in Brussels to boycott bars and nightclubs and denounce theSexual assaults with the use of drugs that are there.According to the estimate of the organizers, there were up to more than a thousand people at the height of the event.All of them have pointed out the absence of taking into consideration of the problem by the managers of the night places.
The mobilization was quite sober and took place in peace.Representatives of movements at the initiative of the rally and the victims (or "survivors", as they call them) have noticed.Albertine's place was filled.There was no incident, according to the first police echoes.The mobilization has extended in the evening.The boycott was launched at the call of the feminist Union Senthélée (UFIA).
►/ A feminist collective calls for the boycott of bars and clubs this Friday evening
By asking girls to desert night places, his idea is to touch the prisoners of those in charge to get them to take measures in order to combat sexual assault.They want to get them out of silence."We will start again as many times as it will be and we will organize other actions to be heard", promises Laura, co-founder of the feminist collective "implied them.e.s "" ", included in ufia."We do not intend to stop there, because sexual violence is a systemic problem.”Following denunciations in October of assaults with drug use in bars in the Ixelles student district, two young girls published a testimony on the Instagram account"" " Balance your bar ”in which they say they have alerted members of theFuse staff concerning a possible sexual assault in the toilet of the nightclub on Saturday evening of October 30.They deplored the little consideration of the problem, even aggressiveness in response to their insistence.The fuse reacted by ensuring that training on sexual harassment is provided, but that the surveillance system was going to be reinforced, in order to identify these dangerous behaviors and to prohibit entry to people in question crappy on a black list.
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Friday, Brussels by Night Federation announced that members of the Brussels Night Council are currently working to make more inclusive, safe and benevolent in Brussels nights.They hope to lead to first measures by the end of the month."The middle of the night acts in his corner to try to wash his image but, as long as they will not put people on the table at the table with them, they will not understand the problem," reacts Laura."Because putting caps on glasses is not a solution.It is again to bring women the responsibility of their security, when we want the problem to be taken in the other direction and that we are targeting the attackers."" "
The UFIA has sent a letter to mayor to submit proposals to them and intends to do the same with players in the middle of the night, but notes that all the solutions cannot come from volunteer collectives and calls for a plus handlingbroadcast.
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■ A report by Anaïs Corbin, Adeline Bauwin, Loïc Bourlard and Martin Celis
