Luxembourg

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa talks about the Stand Speak Rise Up! Forum to Point de Vue Magazine

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5th April 2019
During the Stand Speak Rise Up! International Forum, she organised on 26 and 27 March, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa gave an interview to French magazine Point de Vue to talk about her fight against the use of sexual violence in fragile environments. Grand Duchess Maria Teresa revealed that she had the idea of such a forum when she met Dr Denis Mukwege at a conference in 2017: “I was so upset…
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Grand Duchess Maria Teresa holds press conference to present "Stand Speak Rise Up!" international forum

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26th January 2019
On Friday, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa was joined by 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr Denis Mukwege and Céline Bardet, an international jurist for the NGO, “We are not Weapons Of War (WWOW)”, during a press conference to officially introduce the Stand Speak Rise Up! international forum. The Grand Duchess – who was very emotional – said that she was thankful for the…
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Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa attend Women’s Forum Global Meeting 2018

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20th November 2018
On 16 November, Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg were in Paris to attend the Women’s Forum Global Meeting 2018. Grand Duchess Maria Teresa made a speech at the event where she explained what she saw in her recent humanitarian trip to Lebanon last month and presented the actions she supports in favour of survivors of sexual violence in fragile environments. It was…
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Grand Duchess Maria Teresa makes humanitarian trip to Lebanon

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1st November 2018
Grand Duchess Maria Teresa made a two-day humanitarian trip to Beirut, Lebanon on October 29th and October 30th. The Grand Duchess made this trip as part of the forum “Stand Speak Rise Up – To end sexual violence in sensitive areas” that the Grand Duchess in organising in Luxembourg for March 2019. On the first day of the trip, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa met with Lebanon’s…
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