Agenda
Circle: responsibility & accountability with Hugo
22/01, 19/02 
19:00-21:30. 
Grands Carmes – Rue des Grands Carmes 20-22, 1000 Brussels
Let’s gather again to continue exploring Responsibility and Accountability together.
Each participant is invited to bring a personal situation/experience they want to reflect on in relation to gender-based violence and discrimination. Together we will:
- Analyse the dynamics contributing to these issues.
- Explore concepts that help us understand them.
- Brainstorm concrete actions for accountability.
Facilitator: Hugo Mega (all participants contribute).
- Thursday 22nd of January, 19:00–21:30, Grands Carmes (max. 15 participants, registration required).
- Thursday 19th of Feburary, 19:00–21:30, Grands Carmes (max. 15 participants, registration required).
- Thursday 19th of March, 19:00–21:30, Grands Carmes (max. 15 participants, registration required).
This circles are for men*.
*We invite all men to participate in our workshop, without distinction of age, beliefs, origin, sexual characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family situation, HIV status, disability, or any other personal characteristic.Non-binary people who were socialized as boys and who may still today benefit from certain privileges associated with masculinity are also welcome.
Tactility workshops (beginner & intermediate) with Andrée
25/01 (B), 22/02 (I), 29/03 (B), 26/04 (I), 31/05 (B), 28/06 (I). 14:00-18:00. Commons Hub – Rue de La Madeleine 51, 1000 Brussels
These recurring workshops explore tactility as a somatic, social, and relational practice.
Rooted in embodied experience, they approach touch as a space where habits, norms, and relationships can be felt, observed, and gradually transformed.
The cycle alternates between beginner and intermediate sessions, allowing participants to progressively deepen both personal practice and collective reflection.
Audience
Open to anyone who has been educated or socialised as male, regardless of whether they currently identify as a man.
Beginner Workshop
An accessible entry point into tactility between men. Through guided movement, simple tactile exercises, and reflection, participants explore touch, boundaries, and bodily presence. The focus is practical: how to approach touch, give and receive it, stay attentive to sensations and limits, and relate to others with clarity and respect. No prior experience required.
Intermediate Workshop
For participants who have attended the beginner sessions or have prior embodied practice. This format is more collaborative and reflective, focusing on how touch between men is talked about, negotiated, avoided, or silenced in everyday life. The group shares practices and explores how insights from the workshop can translate into concrete changes in language, behavior, and relational culture beyond the studio.
Facilitation
Facilitated by Andrée Chapatte, artist and therapist in perceptive pedagogy.
Co-responsible contraception workshop with Ringo and Hugo
29/01. 18:30-21:30. Grands Carmes – Rue des Grands Carmes 20-22, 1000 Brussels
What if taking responsibility for your sperm could be a concrete act of gender justice?
Across the world, abortion rights are under attack. From the reversal of Roe v. Wade in the U.S. to increasingly restrictive legislation in Europe, reproductive autonomy is being eroded.
Meanwhile, nearly one third of pregnancies in Europe are unintended, and one in three women will have at least one abortion in their lifetime.
Too often, these debates place medical, emotional and political burdens on women and people with uteruses. But unintended pregnancies do not happen without sperm.
What does it mean to take responsibility for your fertility if you produce sperm?
This workshop invites men* to shift the focus from controlling women’s bodies to assuming accountability for their own reproductive power.
In this workshop, participants will:
- Explore the socio-political dynamics that produce the unequal distribution of contraceptive responsibility;
- Develop a clearer understanding of their own reproductive system, as well as that of people typically bearing the contraceptive burden;
- Become familiar with existing and emerging ‘male’ contraceptive methods;
- Engage in a collective dialogue about what it means (practically, politically and ethically) to be contracepted.
This is not about guilt or moralizing. It is about responsibility, agency and rethinking masculinity where contraception, consent and care are central, not optional!
Contribution: 10€ / 15€ / 25€
*We invite all men to participate in our workshop, without distinction of age, beliefs, origin, sexual characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family situation, HIV status, disability, or any other personal characteristic.Non-binary people who were socialized as boys and who may still today benefit from certain privileges associated with masculinity are also welcome.
Guided tour: Art X Gender with Albe
28/02. 15:00 – 16:30 Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium – Rue de la Régence 3
What if we explored masculinity through an artistic lens this time?
Join us for an interactive discussion that invites reflection on and deconstruction of masculinity at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
This guided visit of the ART x GENDER exhibition invites participants to examine how gender norms and stereotypes are constructed, reinforced, and transmitted through artworks. Using an interactive and participatory approach, the tour opens a critical space for dialogue, highlighting how art, like museums themselves, is never neutral, but deeply embedded in cultural, social, and political frameworks.
This activity is open to all. Costs for admission+tour are around 15 euros per person.
About the tour guide:
Albe (they/ them, ael) is a certified art therapist with a Master’s degree in Conservation of Cultural Heritage from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. As an official guide at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and the Magritte Museum, they regularly lead tours in English, French, and Italian.
You can read more about the exhibition here.
Accessibility: All galleries of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium are accessible for visitors with reduced mobility. You can find more information here.