1. Diversity within the Women's Movement The case of Belgium Nadine Plateau SOPHIA Mundos de Mujeres Madrid 2008

2. Outline 1. Introduction 2. Three Areas of Enquiry -Women’s minority groups -Women’s dominant movement -Conditions for dialogue and action 3. Conclusions

3. 1. Introduction 1.1 Context 1.2 Still ongoing research 1.3 Partial results 1.4 questions raised

4. 2. Areas of enquiry 2.1 Claims of minority women’s groups 2.2 Reception of those claims by the dominant women’s movement 2.3 Conditions for dialogue & action

5. 2.1 Claims of minority women’s groups -Who are those women? young educated girls -What are their claims? -Refusal of an imposed model -Claim to set up agenda -Religion= means of emancipation -What are their aims? empowering

6. 2.2 Reception of the claims by the Women’s Movement Feminist organisations vary within and across ethnic, community, regional, philosophical and political lines Role of national and international authorities

7. 2.3 Conditions for dialogue & action First condition= no condition Second condition= mutual respect

8. 3. Conclusions New opportunity for women’s movement to respond to diversification of Belgian society