The flyer "What is a Women's Shelter?" is intended to reduce barriers to access to protection from violence. It provides important information for particularly vulnerable groups, such as women with learning disabilities, including: What is violence against women? What is a women's shelter? What is life like in a women's shelter? What should I bring to a women's shelter?
The flyer is currently available in German standard language and easy language as well as Arabic, English, French, Persian, Turkish and Ukrainian.
The study was conducted as part of the project "Inclusive Assistance System – Implementing the Istanbul Convention, Identifying Needs for Action" between November 2023 and April 2024 by the Tübingen Institute for Gender and Diversity-Conscious Social Research and Practice (tifs) on behalf of the Women's Shelter Coordination (FHK).
The results of this study are based on six group interviews with professionals from women's shelter teams located in various regions of Germany. The aim is to gain insights into inclusive processes in women's shelters through good practice examples and to provide suggestions for further work.
To download: FHK Study Inclusion
Easy Language includes good images, because good images make texts easier to understand for everyone. The images developed by the Women's Shelter Coordination Office were reviewed by a panel of experts and awarded the "Easy Reading" seal of approval for language level A2. The images on the topics of "Violence," "Protection," "Counseling," and "Support" can be downloaded and used free of charge by women's shelters.
To download: All easy pictures for Topic: Protection from violence
Effective networks are the result of careful consideration of which actors in the women's shelter community are important for supporting women affected by violence and their children. The newly published working material from Women's Shelter Coordination supports staff in women's shelters in identifying cooperation partners and recording expectations for the collaboration. A fold-out poster on the back provides sufficient space to enter the contact details of cooperation partners in the respective region.
To download: Network map for organizational development for women's shelters
For women with mental or cognitive impairments, access to protection can be particularly challenging. Supported by the fundraising campaign "Festive and Festive - Christmas with Jan and Olli," FHK has produced three videos that provide information about violence against women and women's shelters in easy-to-read language, German Sign Language, and standard German.
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The videos are also available on the FHK YouTube channel accessible free of charge.
We would be delighted if you would share these videos across your networks so that all women affected by violence are informed about support options!
Protection and needs-based support against violence must be accessible to all women. However, the reality in Germany is far from this. This FHK expert information explores what inclusive protection against violence can look like in practice and what is required to achieve it.
To download: FHK Technical Information No. 2 / 2023: "Inclusion – Protection from Violence for All Women"
The special qualitative analysis by FHK collects the opinions of professionals on the status of inclusive violence protection. The aim of the survey was to supplement the results of the nationwide Women's shelter statistics to complement current expert assessments and thus create a foundation for further development toward more inclusive women's shelters. The focus is on a human rights-based understanding of inclusion that promotes the full participation of all women and addresses institutional barriers.
Ten qualitative interviews were conducted with professionals from various violence protection facilities, including both urban and rural centers of various sizes, between June and August 2022. The interviewees emphasized that women who experience multiple discrimination, in particular, continue to face many barriers to access.
Due to the limited number of interviews, the survey can only shed light on selected aspects of barriers and needs
To download: Qualitative survey: Voices of professionals on inclusive violence protection
The information flyer "What is a Women's Shelter?" was created in cooperation with Lebenshilfe eV and explains in simple language what forms of violence exist, what a women's shelter is, how a woman can get into one, and what she should keep in mind. The flyer was designed as an insert in the magazine "Teilhabe."
To download: Insert flyer “What is a women’s shelter?”
The following federal associations are members of the Women’s Shelter Coordination Association
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