Luxembourg’s family planning service, Planning Familial, marked its 60th anniversary with a ceremony celebrating six decades of advocacy for sexual, reproductive and social rights on Wednesday 25 June 2025.
Luxembourg's Minister of Health and Social Security, Martine Deprez, and Minister of National Education, Children and Youth, Claude Meisch attended the event. Planning Familial noted that the evening offered a moment to reflect on the organisation’s key milestones and to reaffirm the strength of its vision for the coming years.
This anniversary also marks a symbolic moment for the organisation: after ten years of dedicated leadership by Ainhoa Achutegui, a change in presidency has been confirmed. Fatima Rougi has taken over as the new President.
Fatima Rougi is a Luxembourg-Moroccan cultural communications specialist and feminist activist. Born in Morocco and raised in Corsica, she has been living in Luxembourg since 2011. With a background in history and journalism, she began her career in media and worked for nearly eight years as a journalist. She later joined Kulturfabrik in Esch-sur-Alzette, where she managed communications and press relations for seven years. Since 2024, she has been serving as press officer at the Philharmonie Luxembourg. She is also the local coordinator for DemocracyNext, an international organisation promoting participatory democracy, and is currently involved in preparing a citizens’ assembly planned in Esch-sur-Alzette.
Planning Familial outlined several key priorities for the years ahead. These include calls for a national survey on sexual health that reflects diverse experiences and public health data, the constitutional inclusion of abortion rights and the removal of the “right to life” phrasing from the current abortion law. The organisation also advocates for extending the legal abortion period to fourteen weeks, eliminating the three-day reflection period and improving access to abortion medication and related procedures.
Additional priorities include strengthening sex education, expanding support for vulnerable populations, providing psychosocial care for minors exposed to violence and offering specialised training for professionals dealing with sexual violence. Planning Familial is also calling for official public utility recognition and reimbursement for condoms.
