Women's Day in Belgium
Women's Day in Belgium is held on November 11. This event in the second decade of the month November is annual. 
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In addition to the Armistice, which celebrates the end of the First World War, November 11 is also Women's Day in Flanders. The choice of this date is directly linked to a certain Simone de Beauvoir.
In 1972, members of the newly formed Comité de Concertation des Femmes went to Paris for a women's day. Impressed by the prevailing atmosphere, they decided to organize such a day in Belgium.
They came into contact with one of the most important feminist theorists: Simone de Beauvoir, author of "The Second Sex" and spouse of the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.
The members of the Committee invited her for the first Belgian edition of this day. There was only one free date left in Simone de Beauvoir's agenda: November 11. It was 1972, and the event made history: the first Belgian Women's Day was celebrated in Brussels, at Passage 44. Its success exceeds all expectations, with no less than 12,000 people attending.
The City of Brussels organizes a series of activities to raise public awareness of the role of women in society. From March 6 to 13, 2022, the City of Brussels organizes the Women's Rights Week.
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