The NETWORK – Women Supporting Women
Published June 12, 2022
The NETWORK has been Connecting, Empowering, and Engaging women in the business world for 30 years by organising events and talks and providing advice for women in the business world. Although The NETWORK’s membership is exclusively for women, men are invited and encouraged to attend events and join the conversation. These events provide a space for men to learn how to help build a gender-inclusive environment in Luxembourg.
Four Pillars
The NETWORK’s four pillars are at the core of everything they do:
- Personal growth
- Professional development
- Philanthropy
- Networking
Events about how to negotiate your salary as a woman, financial empowerment, cross-cultural awareness, women role models, and even the regular membership meetings are all designed with those four pillars in mind.
The NETWORK’s members can be found throughout Luxembourg and include uni.lu alumni. Lisa Smits received her PhD from uni.lu in 2019, joined the NETWORK in March 2021, and is now the Membership Coordinator. She joined because of the community, saying: “In the NETWORK it is easier to speak up and it feels like everyone is in the same boat. Many of us are women at the start of our careers, and we understand each other."
Uni.lu Alumni Network and The NETWORK
The NETWORK is a founding partner of the uni.lu Alumni Network. As part of the GradPack, new graduates who join The NETWORK will enjoy their first year’s membership free of charge. To benefit from this offer, new graduates should contact members@thenetwork.lu, mentioning the code for The NETWORK received with their alumni network registration.
We asked uni.lu alumna @Jazmin Campbell (2019-Master en Histoire Européenne Contemporaine) why alumni should join:
"The NETWORK is an inclusive and safe environment where professional women in Luxembourg - regardless of where they are in their careers - can come together and learn from one another. I first got a taste of what the organisation was about by reporting on events in my role as a journalist; I later took the leap and joined the communications committee (right before the pandemic!) and have since expanded my professional and personal network, advanced my career and enhanced my CV, all the while spending time with wonderful, like-minded women from diverse backgrounds."
To learn more about The NETWORK and their upcoming events, visit their website.
FUN FACT
The original name of The NETWORK was actually “The INTERNET”. Only later did they decide that this new technology might mean that they needed to change their name!

The NETWORK held their Pearl (30th) Anniversary Gala. Photo by Ali Sahib / Chronicle.lu