Women with Disabilities and disabilities are highly affected by violence. They often experience physical, psychological and sexual violence from caregivers or carers, both in their homes and in institutions. Women with Disabilities not perceived as victims of violence and their right to self-determination is questioned.
Women’s shelter coordination, the Federal Association of Women’s Advice Centres and Women’s Emergency Hotlines and the Weibernetz association have Guide for initial contact with women with disabilities who have experienced violence The guide is specifically aimed at employees in women's shelters, women's counseling centers, women's emergency hotlines and intervention centers and aims to support them in their counseling work with women affected by violence. disability facilitate.
For the concerns of women, lesbians and girls with Disabilities and impairments is particularly prevalent in Germany Women's Network eV as a political interest group.
Violence against women and girls with disabilities, Website of the Federal Association of Women's Counseling Centers and Women's Emergency Hotlines – Women Against Violence eV (bff)
Guide for initial contact with women with disabilities who have experienced violence, published by the Federal Association of Women's Emergency Hotlines and Women's Counseling Centers – Women Against Violence (bff), Women's Shelter Coordination eV, Weibernetz eV – Federal Network of Women, Lesbians and Girls with Disabilities, 2011
"Living situation and burdens of women with impairments and disabilities in Germany“, representative study by the University of Bielefeld on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, 2012
The following federal associations are members of the Women’s Shelter Coordination Association
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