“ We must do everything we can to fight and prevent sexual violence in fragile environments. The bodies of women and young girls are not battlegrounds. We cannot ignore this any longer. ”
Today, in at least 19 different countries, women’s bodies are used on a mass scale as weapons of war. More women are displaced by conflict, persecution and natural disaster, than ever before. There has never been so great a need to act.
Where there is inequality, someone stands up.
Where there is violence, someone speaks up.
Where there is hope, someone rises up.
Think, understand and act alongside survivors and visionary representatives of the international community. Design innovative, long-term prevention strategies that can be scaled for global impact.
Join us, because sexual violence is everyone’s problem.
STAND UP with survivors. SPEAK UP for justice. RISE UP to end rape as a weapon.

26-27 March 2019
Luxembourg City

On 26 - 27 March 2019, at the inaugural Stand Speak Rise Up! international conference in Luxembourg, HRH The Grand Duchess will convene leaders from the national and international community and from public, private, NGO, legal and academic sectors. This event will create a platform to connect stakeholders and survivors of sexual violence to build new partnerships, scale existing efforts, and identify innovative and lasting solutions.

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Our speakers

Doris Schopper

Professor, University of Geneva and Director, Center for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action

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Atifete Jahjaga

President of the Republic of Kosovo (2011-2016)

Fulvia Chunganá Medina

National Coordinator, Red de Mujeres Víctimas y Profesionales; Member of SEMA, the Global Network of Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Rape, Colombia

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Latest Tweets

Watch HRH The Grand Duchess explain about the #StandSpeakRiseUp conference and the motivations behind it, joined by @celinebardet of @notaweaponofwar https://t.co/oLFCv0TNXR @courgrandducale

@StandSpeakRise - Mar 21

Thank you for joining us. Visit https://t.co/hzLrharqS2 for more information and live streaming next week. Follow us for live updates. #StandSpeakRiseUp to end #sexualviolence in fragile environments. https://t.co/aIW6D68zi7

@StandSpeakRise - Mar 21

@StandSpeakRise #BackUp facilitates access to services to survivor's wherever they are by signaling themselves on an app. We set up local network of first responders on zones 1/3 #StandSpeakRiseUp

@NotAWeaponOfWar - Mar 21

@StandSpeakRise #BackUp enables survivors and others to provide any information, photos, videos, statements etc and have them saved in a secured cloud. Preserved and analysed, it helps to prepare judicial cases #StandSpeakRiseUp Using Blockchain and #AI, #BackUp accelerate justice

@NotAWeaponOfWar - Mar 21

Latest News

Survivors Are Crucial to Ending Rape as a Weapon of War

I STAND UP with survivors, will you too? #standspeakriseup

Show us your photos and videos standing up with survivors on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The time is now to recognise, acknowledge and support survivors of sexual violence in fragile environments.

RTL Radio interview with HRH The Grand Duchess of Luxembourg and Céline Bardet

The conference on 26-27 March will take place at:

European Convention Centre Luxembourg (ECCL)

4 Place de l'Europe

1499 Luxembourg

The Gala event on the evening of 26 March will take place at:

Philharmonie Luxembourg

1 Place de l'Europe