Women in Distress
Organisation name in original language
Femmes en détresse
Category of human rights structure
Civil society platform
Country
Luxembourg
Type(s) of body
Not applicableLegal source(s)
- Act of 7 August 2023 on non-profit associations and foundations (Loi du 7 août 2023 sur les associations sans but lucratif et les fondations)
Human rights capacity support
Not applicableFunctions
- Provides women, their children and young girls with effective protection against violence.
- Improves the living conditions of women by helping them to integrate into economic and social life.
Specific mandates
Not applicableStructured cooperation with partners at national level
- Ministry for Gender Equality and Diversity and its Committee for Cooperation between Professionals in the Fight against Violence and Prostitution
- Luxembourg Government
- Ministry for Justice and its Monitoring Committee on the Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings
- Ministry of Labour
- Ministry of Education, Children and Youth
- Ministry of Family Affairs, Solidarity, Living Together and Reception of Refugees
- Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning
- Judicial authorities, public prosecutors and courts
Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level
- Benelux, as part of Women in Distress’s Assistance Service for Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings
- EU Civil Society Platform against Trafficking in Human Beings
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