Er is nog een hele weg te gaan. 40 jaar feministische reflecties
There is still a long way to go. 40 years of feminist reflections
Book presentation in memory of Kitty Roggeman
- i.c.w. EPO Uitgeverij
- i.c.w. Furia vzw
- i.c.w. BOEH!
- i.c.w. AVG-Carhif
Er is nog een hele weg te gaan. 40 jaar feministische reflecties
There is still a long way to go. 40 years of feminist reflections
Book presentation in memory of Kitty Roggeman
- i.c.w. EPO Uitgeverij
- i.c.w. Furia vzw
- i.c.w. BOEH!
- i.c.w. AVG-Carhif
Kitty Roggeman (1945–2025) was one of the driving forces behind the feminist movement in Flanders from the 1970s onwards. For her, writing and activism were one and the same. She combined a lifelong commitment to left-wing feminism with an open-minded approach to the many different strands within the women’s movement. She was not only the driving force behind the ‘fem-soc’ movement and the magazine Schoppenvrouw, but also chair of the ‘Vrouwen Overleg Komitee’, now known as Furia. She was also active for many years on the women’s committee of the ACOD, and, as a staunch atheist, co-founder of BOEH! (Baas Over Eigen Hoofd).
Kitty Roggeman was a versatile writer of articles, essays and opinion pieces. Analytical insight, sharp wit, humour and kindness characterise her work. Er is nog een hele weg te gaan brings together Kitty’s collected works and covers a wide range of topics: feminism and the women’s movement, the austerity policies of the 1980s, friendship between women, the meandering battle for abortion rights, and, of course, the oeuvre of Simone de Beauvoir, with which she engaged in a lifelong dialogue.
On 19 January, EPO, Furia, BOEH! and the Archive and Research Centre for Women’s History will present the book, featuring a conversation between feminists from different generations.
Oumaima Kastit will talk with Ida Dequeecker, a long-time companion of Kitty’s, Samira Azabar (co-founder of BOEH! and professor at Hasselt University) and Sarah Bracke (Professor of Gender and Sexuality at the University of Amsterdam) about Kitty Roggeman’s legacy, her significance for the women’s movement and the relevance of her ideas to contemporary feminism.
Duwoh – singer Anke Hintjens and accordionist Bernard van Lent – will provide a musical interlude.
