The Union of Luxembourg Women (French: Union des Femmes Luxembourgeoises, UFL) is a non-profit association which was created following the Liberation of Luxembourg during World War II.
[1][2][3] At the instigation of the Communist Party of Luxembourg, the association was established on 25 February 1945, at the first meeting of the organization's provisional committee, consisting of Catherine Balter, Bernard Lemmer, Fritz Schneider and Claire Urbany-Feltgen, who became the organization's president.
[1][4] Founded by women who had returned from concentration camps or from exile, the non-partisan union initially aimed to improve the status of women in society, to fight for peace and to work towards social justice.
In April 1973 it arranged the first of many Vietnam Basars which provided funds for constructing a medical centre for the protection of women and children in Hanoi.
No to austerity), it demanded a fair salary for women who do the same work as men and an adequate number of daycare centres.