On Friday blazed to the top of the Michels orange colors, as well as many other Hamburg churches, banks and shops. The women’s network, Zonta wants to put up with “Orange your city” characters against the all-too-everyday violence to citizens. The action is Even far away from the City, in the high-rise buildings of Steilshoop, lit some of the Windows such as warning lights.
“visibility is really important,” says Silke Jawara-Joof. The 56-year-old has tinkered orange Transparent in order to wind the lights, you glow on your balcony in the fourth floor. “All should know that We are there, we look, we listen.” Seven times the mother moved 15 years ago to Steilshoop, because housing was cheap and you had to leave your violent husband.
Silke Jawara-Joof at one Stop info booth
Today, the native low Saxon itself is dedicated to women who are victims of domestic violence. In the case of “Stop”, “districts without partner violence”. Stop-groups in Hamburg’s five districts, in Dresden and in Vienna. The social scientist Sabine Stövesand of the HAW Hamburg has developed the project; the public sector is funded in the city with around 170,000 euros in the year, in addition to donations. In a nutshell, Stop, Affected parties are encouraged, to Beat, Harass, and Threaten to talk in the own four walls are open, so that neighbors are aware of, and show solidarity.
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your Aha-experience was Pauli, the Professor once as a social worker in the port area of Saint. A mother confided to a kindergarten employee, that your husband put you in the brig and also the children occasionally. The employee to be heard discreetly and turned on the police, the husband had to leave the apartment.
bully neutralized his family, once he shot, even to the window. However, the neighbors guarded the apartment and set up a phone chain with a nocturnal stand-by service. A dock worker was in the supporters group even its shift plan: If he got free, should you use it.
in The end, the husband gave up. “His wife is one of the few survivors of domestic violence were able to remain in their familiar surroundings,” says Stövesand, “is a decisive factor for the helpful neighborhood.” Such neighborhoods should form themselves everywhere, that is the idea behind Stop.
Stop activist Ewgenia Falkenberg
the project is adopted in a quarter, it needs a well-networked people. In Steilshoop, for example, had impressed the Director of the youth house for Stop. With their help, a snow-ball system was in progress: the Imam, the Church staff, the Director of the school for parents, as well as town councils have been inaugurated and invited themselves to the Meeting. “This works best if you say: woman, Anyway is also,” says Stövesand. Today, a dozen Active come once in a month to the so-called kitchen table. In the case of self-cooked food, you share ideas, and plan actions.
violence against women On Sunday, 25. November, is the International day for the elimination of violence against women . The MIRROR is devoted to this topic with a focus week, the Concerned should give a voice to women beaten by their husbands or partners, abused or tampered with. It also identified ways of how victims of violence are able to escape – and what possibilities there are to deal with the Situation.If you have experienced in your partnership violence, you will find round-the-clock sub-08000 – 116 016 the help phone “violence against women” for free, confidential and anonymous Bahsegel contact and support . More about the telephone to learn here. To provide further information, such as consulting or self-help groups in your area, there are at the Federal Association of women’s counselling centres and women’s emergency calls.
especially Since the information stands. In the case of Solid in the quarter the women stand in their green Stop T-Shirts, distribute printed pens or bags and keep the plates high with sayings such as “men can argue otherwise – without the violence”. The harmless System. “It has no sense to ask a neighbor with a big eye: does your husband beat you?” the activist Jawara-Joof says.
The campaign “Orange your city” in Hamburg
the woman could sew, but in the hallway a Flyer, maybe you don’t trust yourself then to a Stop-and-Breakfast or a Café-afternoon. And who can hear from the apartment next door, suspicious noises, to connective best the kitchen apron, ring the bell and ask politely: “Would you happen to have some flour for me?” So it shows its presence without being aggressive, and can possibly prevent the worst from happening.
In outbreaks of violence between them, recommends the Stop-concept. Silke Jawara-Joof doing it anyway, “I’m trained,” she says self-consciously. The other day I fought a young Couple in a Tunnel directly next to your block of flats. She knew the two had addressed the woman on the problem of Violence from the fiance. The 18-Year-old but you had decided on: “Everything is good”.
Humiliated More to the point, the abused, women murdered, My Partner, my tormentor Domestic violence “If I don’t go immediately, Choked, would I survive here is not” violence in relationships, beaten, threatened with a knife the victim of relationship violence “He wanted to kill our son,” Domestic violence “The justice system is forcing mothers, their children to lie to” Domestic violence “, men often go from helplessness to” Partner with a “control freak” At the end, she was his prisoner
this Time the man grabbed correctly, the young woman screamed “stop it!” Jawara-Joof then mitgebrüllt. The man was drained of his fiancée and instead of the neighbor threatened: “I know your sons.” “And my sons, you know”, she countered. The battered woman lamented, it was all her fault, she provoked her husband. The Couple moved away Jawara-Joof followed suspicious: A corner of the young man struck again. The Stop-activist, has brought the police.
Afterwards she called a comrade-in-arms, “this is a burden on an already very”. Their adult sons would have laughed at the threat only. “But of course it is a risk,” says Silke Jawara-Joof. “What if a man retaliates?” Happened the never.
Stop doesn’t come for you anyway, out of the question. Currently the teacher for a Stop-group promotes the well-Poppenbüttel, where she works. Of the children you hear a lot about the violence that takes place behind the walls of this suburban settlement.
assistance, The young neighbor, the Jawara-Joof recently, has solved the engagement now.
