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Walloon Brabant is a province of Wallonia and Belgium. It borders on the province of Flemish Brabant and the provinces of Liège, Namur and Hainaut (Wallonia). Its capital and largest city is Wavre.
The Walloon Region, usually simply referred to as Wallonia is one of the three regions of Belgium—alongside the Flemish Region and the Brussels-Capital Region.
Hainaut, historically also known as Heynowes in English, is a province of Wallonia and Belgium.
Walloon is a Romance language that is spoken in much of Wallonia in Belgium, in some villages of northern France and in the northeast part of Wisconsin, US until the mid-20th century and in some parts of Canada. It belongs to the langue d'oïl language family, the most prominent member of which is the French language. The historical background of its formation was the territorial extension since 980 of the Principality of Liège to the south and west.
Jules Destrée was a Walloon lawyer, cultural critic and socialist politician. The trials subsequent to the strikes of 1886 determined his commitment within the Belgian Labour Party. He wrote a Letter to the King in 1912, which is seen as the founding declaration of the Walloon movement. He is famous for his quote "Il n'y a pas de Belges", pointing to the lack of patriotic feelings in Flemings and Walloons, while pleading for some kind of federal state.
The Walloon Union of Companies or Union Wallonne des Entreprises (UWE) is the Walloon employers organization.
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The history of Wallonia, from prehistoric times to the present day, is that of a territory which, since 1970, has approximately coincided with the territory of Wallonia, a federated component of Belgium, which also includes the smaller German-speaking Community of Belgium. Wallonia is the name colloquially given to the Walloon Region. The French word Wallonie comes from the term Wallon, itself coming from Walh. Walh is a very old Germanic word used to refer to a speaker of Celtic or Latin.
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The Union des Femmes de Wallonie was a Belgian women's association founded in 1912 by Léonie de Waha, assisted by Marguerite Delchef, to stimulate interest in Walloon culture and politics. Initially, it encouraged women to participate in the revival of Wallonia, especially in regard to the region's language and folklore. Following the organization's re-establishment after the First World War, more attention was given to women's emancipation. In the 1930s, the focus was on women's suffrage, higher education and professional opportunities for women, although some participants continued to stress the importance of the role of women in the home. From 1920 to 1936, the UFW published the journal La Femme wallonne which generally presented a feminist approach in support of overcoming traditional stereotypes and working towards universal suffrage.
The following lists events that happened during 1878 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
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- ↑ Lamotte, Philippe (2018). Portret van Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, de klimaatpelgrim. In: In het oog van de klimaatstorm. Berchem: EPO. ISBN 9789462671225.
- ↑ Lettre d'information de la Plateforme https://plateforme-wallonne-giec.be/lettre
- ↑ Web site of the Walloon platform for the IPCC https://plateforme-wallonne-giec.be/