Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess has announced the launch of the “Stand Speak Rise Up!” organization to continue the fight against sexual violence in fragile environments.
Thank you for your everlasting support and help to the survivors!
The Stand Speak Rise Up! white paper is now available! Download it now and read the speakers and survivors most memorable remarks from the forum
Now is the time to RISE UP and act. Help survivors access care, justice and support for their initiatives through the Call to Action of Stand Speak Rise Up!
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RISE UP to end rape as a weapon.

The Stand Speak Rise Up! organization needs your support. Your donations will help us to organise our own independent initiatives in favour of victims of sexual violence in fragile environments. Together, let’s solve this problem. Rise Up to end rape as a weapon! Fondation du Grand-Duc et de la Grande-Duchesse

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Board members

Dr. Raphaël Pitti

Doctor and professor of emergency medicine

Professor Muhammad Yunus

Founder, Grameen Bank

Feride Rushiti

Founder and Executive Director, Kosova Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims

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Latest Tweets

@DenisMukwege is celebrating his 66th birthday today, and we wish him all the best for this new year ahead and in his fight towards a better world! Join him tonight and the @MukwegeFound - this event will raise funds that will go directly to support survivors of sexual violence. https://t.co/j92dks7pTR

@StandSpeakRise - Mar 1

@VasfijeKrasniqi elected to the Kosovo Parliament ! Survivor and member of the @SEMA_Network. We stand by her side in her fight for human rights, we thank her for raising the voices of the voiceless and we wish her all the best in her path to justice ! https://t.co/1xkeeKJepw

@StandSpeakRise - Feb 25

"De ce forum j'ai tiré plus de force et de détermination que je partage aujourd'hui autour de moi." Tatiana Mukanire- Survivante en RDC #StandUp #WithSurvivors

@StandSpeakRise - Feb 22

"Je voudrais aujourd'hui exprimer ma joie et gratitude pour avoir participé au forum Stand Speak Rise Up !" Tatiana Mukanire- Survivante en RDC https://t.co/fOdtZxgluz

@StandSpeakRise - Feb 22

Latest News

HRH the Grand Duchess and Stand Speak Rise Up! highlighted in ENGIE Foundation's activity report

The ENGIE Foundation and Stand Speak Rise Up! teamed up to continue the fight against rape in war and to protect women. Read the report about the Stand Speak Rise Up!, the Grand Duchess and our partner and SSRU administrator, Dr Mukwege.

HRH the Grand Duchess' intervention at the NATO Digital Dialogue on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones

«We refuse to believe that sexual violence is inevitable, inseparable from war or that it is collateral damage. Inaction is not an option.». Watch her full intervention at today's NATO Digital Dialogue on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones

HRH the Grand Duchess, speaker at NATO Digital Dialogue on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence - Press Release in French

Friday 19 June 2020 will be the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. On this occasion, the Grand Duchess will be a speaker of the "Conflict-Related Sexual Violence" webinar. Read more in the press release