Pink Monday

Make breast cancer negotiable in the workplace

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Awareness

Companies across Belgium are turning Blue Monday into Pink Monday

5,961 euros and around 150 corporate initiatives across Belgium and Luxembourg. That is what Pink Monday achieved. On January 19, 2026, the fifth edition took place, with a wide range of companies, organizations, and self-employed people doing their best to make breast cancer a topic of discussion in the workplace. In this way, they turned Blue Monday (read: the gloomiest day of the year) into an impactful day full of optimism and support.
Aftercare
Work resumption
Reintegration
Work resumption

Working as part of healing

About 2 in 3 cancer patients resume work in whole or in part within 1 to 2 years of their diagnosis. With a customized reintegration plan, working is part of healing. However, according to professor of occupational medicine Lode Godderis, patients are not helped enough in their return process. With Pink Monday , Pink Ribbon is bringing attention to the problem.
Aftercare
Work resumption
Work resumption
Actions & projects
Testimonial

Pink Monday: Leen Hendrickx went back to work 2 times

Leen was just 34 when she first faced an aggressive form of breast cancer. Five years later, fate struck again and even harder. Courageously, she testifies before our editor Martine about her illness and return to work.
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