How and under what conditions a person affected by violence receives support in Germany depends significantly on their life situation and where they live. After all, each federal state and each municipality is still free to decide whether and how much to invest in the protection of women and children affected by violence. The funding of support services is therefore a vast—and patchwork—of problems.
The FHK expert information helps understand the complex financing landscape: Who finances women's shelters and how? Which victims have to pay themselves? And what does domestic violence cost us compared to violence protection? We also ask: What does the "patchwork of violence protection" mean in practice for staff, but especially for women seeking protection and their children? And what can we hope for from the announced Violence Assistance Act?
Violence against women and all those affected by gender-based violence must have no place in our society. Consistent implementation of the Istanbul Convention is still lacking in Germany. Protection and counseling in cases of violence must be accessible to all those affected and their children, because a violence-free, self-determined life is a human right!
FHK, together with the ZIF extension and the bff Campaign materials have been created to promote the Act Against Assistance to Violence. All materials are free to use.
To download:
Sharepics for social media, posters and postcards for self-printing
We'd be happy to send you the postcards by mail. Please send an email to: info(at)frauenhauskoordinierung.de
The following federal associations are members of the Women’s Shelter Coordination Association
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