Difference DAY - 2 MAY 2025
Speak Freely, Listen Respectfully, Different Opinions Matter
Difference Day saw the light in 2015, ten years ago. Difference Day 2025 is celebrating its first decennium with a festive edition that will take place at Bozar on Friday 2 May 2025 - a day before the World Press Freedom Day. The theme of the event is 'Speak Freely, Listen Respectfully, Different Opinions Matter': the general heading under which Difference Day first took the stage.
Difference Day always takes place on World Press Freedom Day, which was declared by the United Nations in 1993 to raise awareness of the importance of press freedom and remind governments to respect their duty to uphold the right to freedom of expression. In 2025, Difference Day therefore continues to honour people, institutions and organisations that make a difference in propagating and promoting freedom of expression, but without absolutising it.