{"id":15184,"date":"2021-01-29T09:52:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T08:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bruxelles.unionsyndicale.eu\/?p=15184"},"modified":"2024-09-05T10:09:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T09:09:44","slug":"rape-in-brussels-sign-the-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bruxelles.unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/rape-in-brussels-sign-the-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"Rape in Brussels, sign the petition!"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_432d3f53\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4 class=\"mtl mbxxxl xs-mts xs-mbxs petition-title fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-fontsize=\"60\" data-lineheight=\"72px\"><em><strong>Stop rape and protect women around Parc du Cinquantenaire with more police presence<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p>On Friday 22nd January 2021 at 9pm, I was walking home alone when a man tried to rape me\u00a0on Avenue de la Chevalerie \u2013 close to Parc du\u00a0Cinquantenaire in Etterbeek, Brussels. Thankfully, I managed to get away.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, when I reported the incident to the police, they told me I was very lucky to have escaped. According to them, there are MONTHLY cases of rape and sexual assault around this area. These usually occur after the sun sets, and sometimes there is more than one man. As a new resident here in Brussels, this came as a huge surprise to me.<\/p>\n<p>When I asked them why there isn\u2019t more surveillance and control \u2013 since they know it\u2019s a hotspot for sexual assault and rape \u2013 they replied with regret that \u2018there aren\u2019t enough resources\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium has one of the highest income tax rates in the world. We have seen how funds can be allocated in times of need to important areas of social protection and care. The recent COVID pandemic is a prime example. This, I believe, is not a question of resources, but of\u00a0<em>priorities<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If Brussels \u2013 the heart\u00a0of the European Union \u2013 cannot protect women from being raped on a monthly basis in an area of the city that is quite literally on the doorstep of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruxelles.unionsyndicale.eu\/\">EU quarter<\/a>\u00a0where government officials work every day, what hope is left for women\u2019s safety elsewhere?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can sign the petition\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/etterbeek-commune-stop-rapes-and-protect-women-around-parc-du-cinquantenaire-with-more-police-presence-2a308d44-9f7e-46e3-bc99-484a8872244e?utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=custom_url&amp;recruited_by_id=62a9a530-73c7-11e6-8b27-bb96caea2080&amp;fbclid=IwAR0NgGMFD15UHsSz2mITwiK33baTO9u05zBRYITlfOUuF4sBc-0T244hWFY\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruzz.be\/samenleving\/vrouw-start-petitie-nadat-ze-bijna-verkracht-werd-aan-jubelpark-zo-kan-het-niet-verder\">Video<\/a>\u00a0from the national television broadcast (in Dutch).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop rape and protect women around Parc du Cinquantenaire with more police presence, sign the petition here !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"dossier-special":[],"class_list":["post-15184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rape in Brussels, sign the petition! 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