Bremen Advisory Board is looking for brave members - take part!

Bremen Advisory Board is looking for brave members - take part!

Bremen, Deutschland - The Bremen Advisory Board urgently is looking for new members to continue the important work in the fight against gender -specific violence. Consisting of ten members who have experienced different forms of violence themselves, the advisory board is committed to better protecting women and children in Bremen and facilitating access to help offers. Michelle Woelke, 28 years old, has been volunteering on this advisory board for four years and has experienced sexualized, digital and psychological violence in her youth. The aim of the advisory board is to check and assess measures to protect those affected, such as the violence protection clinic at the Bremen-Mitte Clinic, which was opened in April 2022 to help people experience domestic or sexualized violence.

Since the opening of the violence protection outpatient clinic, over 200 affected people have registered, with 87% of them being women. This outpatient clinic is part of a comprehensive state action plan with a total of 75 measures to implement the Istanbul Convention, of which 71 should be realized by the end of 2023, as the women's senator Claudia Bernhard emphasizes. There is also a plan of a violence protection clinic in Bremerhaven and the desire for a further facility in Bremen-Nord. Even if a registration office for HATE Speech was considered by the police, it could not be implemented for financial reasons.

active participation and future challenges

On the round table for the Istanbul Convention, which met on June 21, representatives discussed: Inside from various institutions, the current measures of the state action plan and experience with the protection of violence. The Bremen Advisory Board sent four representatives to this important meeting. The topics and comments mentioned are available for download for those interested and offer insights into the ongoing activities to implement the Istanbul Convention.

The high demand for the model of the Bremen affected advisory board on nationwide and international level impressively shows how important and effective such initiatives are to improve victim protection. In order to continue this valuable work, new volunteers will be sought by June 30th who were affected by gender -specific violence and would like to actively contribute their experiences. The prerequisite for an application is that the experiences are processed and those interested are at least 18 years old.

a model for other federal states

Bremen is the only federal state with a advisory board for the implementation of the Istanbul Convention. This makes the city a pioneer in the area of ​​violence. The commitment and initiatives of the advisory board help to improve the protection of women and children and to raise awareness of the topic in public. Further information and developments are provided under the "Bremen Set" heading.

Overall, the work of the Bremen Advisory Board illustrates how important it is to involve those affected in the decision -making processes and give them a voice.