The team

The Steering Group

Fatima Zibouh

Fatima (Sint-Agatha Berchem, 1981) is a Ph.D. student in Social and Political Sciences at the University of Liege. Mother tongue: French.

Joanna Maycock

Joanna (England, 1971) is British/Belgian. She has lived in Schaerbeek since 1992. Joanna has worked in international and European civil society organisations campaigning on poverty, migration and women’s rights.

Karen Hoehn

Karen is a consultant who helps nonprofits, foundations and international organizations influence public policy and mobilize resources. Belgian-American. Mother tongue: English

Loredana Marchi

Loredana is the director of Foyer vzw. She was born in Italy and has been working in Molenbeek since the 1980s. She is the founder of Dar al Amal (House of Hope, the women's work of Foyer). She has always been committed to the inclusion and emancipation of women. In 2011, she received the honorary title of "vredesvrouw/peace woman".

Katarzyna Szkuta

Kasia Szkuta is a sociologists by training (PhD) with more than 15 years of experience from European public administration, academia, NGOs and private sector. She currently works as International Policy advisor to the State Secretary for Gender Equality, Equal Opportunities and Diversity in the Belgian federal government. She moonlights as a feminist activist a.o. in Elles Sans Frontières asbl.

Tanja Gohlert

Tanja is German-American and has made Brussels her home since 2001. She works with civil society globally to mobilize and campaign on inequality, women’s rights & human rights. She also has experience in peace building and communications. She is a co-chair of the Brussels Women's March/Lights for Rights. Languages: English, French, German, Thai.