November 13 – 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Thematic
Intersectionality is a framework for understanding how various aspects of a person’s identity, such as gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status intersect and contribute to unique experiences of privilege and discrimination.
When?
On Thursday, 13 November, 2025, join us for an online event, from 10:00 to 12:00 CET with expert speakers and engaging discussions.
Moderator
Thibaut Lamoureux
Coordinator of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering at HEPL – Haute Ecole de la Province de Liège and co-creator of the Gender Equality Cell.
Speaker
Tindara Addabbo
Full Professor in Economic Policy, Department of Economics Marco Biagi UNIMORE and UNIgreen WP5 member.
Coordinator of the Marco Biagi Foundation Gender Equity Lab, funder and member of the Scientific Committee of the university start-up IDEM. She has coordinated the H2020 Project: LeTSGEPs.
Bastien Bomans
Gender and Equality Officer at ULiège.
His main tasks involves the coordination of ULiège’s Gender and Equality Advisory Board (GEAB), the information and the raising of awareness around issues of gender, equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as the monitoring of GEAB’s initiatives.
Bastien Bomans is also a PhD candidate at ULiège since January 2020 working in the postcolonial research unit CEREP. His thesis project sheds light on various novels from Trinidad and Tobago and its diaspora and aims at offering a multidimensional reading of these works through a lens that is simultaneously queer and intersectional.
Added to his professional career, Bastien Bomans is also a volunteer and the president of the “Maison Arc-en-Ciel de Liège” – a local LGBTQIA+ association.
Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir
She is an award winning campaigner, writer and feminist, originally from Iceland. She co-runs My Genderation, a film project that centres around celebrating trans lives and trans experiences. She is a columnist for the Metro UK and the co-author of the Trans Teen Survival Guide and Trans Survival Workbook. In 2019 they were on the BBC 100 Women List for the most influential women in the world. For the past 15+ years she has been an advocate for trans rights in Iceland, and was one of the creators of the Gender Autonomy Act in Iceland, which to this day remains as one of the most progressive legislation on trans rights in the world.
Agenda
- Welcome and introduction byThibaut Lamoureux
- Let’s Talk Intersectionality
- Q&A session
- Conclusion and closing
