CORPORATE SOCIAL CARE
The data on gender-specific violence against girls and women in Germany is devastating.
Statistically, in 2023 there were only four days on which no woman was killed.
In 2023, more girls and women were murdered for the third year in a row, and gender-based violence against girls and women also increased dramatically in all other areas of crime, without exception.
This makes Germany a hotspot of violence against women in Europe. The following sentence, spoken by the President of the Federal Criminal Police Office, Holger Münch, on November 10th 2020 at the annual presentation of the official police crime statistics on violence against women and violence in partnerships, is a political admission of failure: “It is a continuous trend since we started doing this [note: collecting genderspecific data], since 2015 we have increasing numbers every year,” a political confession of failure that continues to this day.
Further cuts are currently being made to the aid system, with serious consequences: every association, every project, every initiative that relies on federal funding in its efforts to combat violence against women is concerned about follow-up financing. This turns committed defenders of women’s rights into competitors. Desirable synergies are sacrificed due to a lack of planning security, and fundamental criticism of the systematic delay in implementing the Istanbul Convention by the German Federal Ministry for Women is withheld out of concern for one’s own existence.
The Femicide Observatory Germany replaces part of the obligation under the Istanbul Convention (Article 11 – Data collection and research), which the German government has ignored for over seven years.
The Femicide Observation Center Germany finances itself and its independence exclusively from limited private funds. If you value the work done by FOCG and would like to be a supporting part of this initiative, a variety of sponsorship packages have already been put together, You are free to choose.
We would be delighted if you would like to link our research, educational trainings and awareness raising to your company’s sustainability goals.
FOCG has been rapidly and widely alarming with evidence-based facts on violence against girls and women – now let’s start the collective awareness shift together: By upgrading your corporate DNA in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Give your employees, your customers and your business partners the opportunity to internalize the authenticity of your Corporate Social Care and to multiply it with joy.
Part of FOCG’s vision is that your logo also shines on our landing page: „Our strong supporters in the common fight against Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence“.
We are very happy to meet You soon.