International Women's Day 2020

11 March 2020

For International Women's Day, queen Mathilde had a meeting with succesful and inspirational women from the province of Vlaams-Brabant.

- Former olympic athlete turned fashion designer Elodie Ouedraogo.
- Film director Maaike Neuville
- CEO of Java Coffee, Kathleen Claes
- Rika Taeymans, director of Cirkus in Beweging
- Scientist Femke De Backere
- Founder of UNDIVIDED, Nozizwe Dube.
- Chantal Mathieu, Head of Endocrinology at UZ Leuven.
- CEO of Oak Tree Projects, Danaë Van den Bossche.
- Katia Verhaeren, director of Villa Clementina, an inclusive day care centre for babies with & without special needs.
- Film director Cecilia Verheyden.
- Contemporary art curator Karen Verschooren.

The meeting took place at the Provinciehuis of Leuven.

They talked about ambitions, rolemodels, prejudices and challenges.