Working Group on Violence against Women and Girls

The working group (AK) on violence against women and girls includes female experts who work with women and girls affected by violence in Bremen and Bremerhaven.

The working group addresses what appropriate women's, social, and health policies should look like in the state of Bremen in the area of ​​"violence against women and girls." In addition to professional exchange and networking, the working group's regular meetings also enable the development of cross-organizational concepts for women- and girl-friendly work in the field of violence prevention.

Since its inception in 2011, this has proven particularly valuable because the focus in institutions operating with limited resources is on daily operations on the ground. Key areas of focus have included the perpetrator-victim dynamic, psychotraumatology, and intercultural and transcultural competence in the workplace.

members
: Office against Discrimination and Violence at the University of Bremen (ADE), AWO Specialist Service for Migration, Focus on Violence against Women, Autonomous Women's Shelter Bremen, AWO Women's Shelter Bremen, Women's Shelter Bremen-North, Women's Counseling Center for Domestic Violence and Women's Shelter (GISBU) Bremerhaven, Women's Health Center Tenever, Girls' Shelter Bremen eV, New Paths – Ways out of Relationship Violence, Psychological Counseling Center for Raped Women and Girls, Schattenriss eV, Vielfalt eV, Bremen Police (Specialized Unit for Sexual Offenses), Wendo Network, Caritas Accommodation for Refugee Women and their Children, Child Protection Center, Stalking Kit, Counseling for Victims of Human Trafficking and Forced Prostitution (BBMeZ).
 

Meeting location
ZGF

Meetings are held
4 times per year.

Participation requirements:
Invitation and interest, professional staff who provide professional support to women and girls who experience violence

Working level:
State and local level

Cooperation with other working groups and committees:
yes, depending on the focus