Sarah Schlitz, Belgium’s secretary of state for gender equality, equal opportunities and diversity, is currently working on banning conversion therapies in Belgium, RTBF reports.
We welcome the proposal as a unique opportunity to pave the way to a feminist Europe by committing the Member States to take ambitious and binding actions towards ending gender-based violence in Europe.
The federal ministers of justice and the interior, together with the state secretary for equal rights, held emergency meetings this week in response to testimonies from women who have been sexually assaulted by bar staff in Brussels.
The Belgian government will provide funding for women in Poland to access abortions abroad that are not permitted under one of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws.