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The Association
Members
The members of the Association of Women’s Shelters (FHK) comprise:
Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bundesverband e.V. (AWO), the Workers’ Welfare Federal Association …
What are women’s shelters?
Women’s shelters are especially safe places of protection and refuge that cannot be found in any address register. All women – be they with or without children – who…
Search for Women's Refuges and Counselling Centres
On this page you can search for women’s shelters and Counselling Centres throughout Germany.
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Women's shelters
Women’s shelters provide safe accommodation, counselling, and support for women who have become victims of violence, and for their children – at any time, day and night. They are…
Counselling Centres
Counselling centres for violence against women are specialised counselling institutions for women, emergency call facilities, as well as intervention centres. Women who are…
Nationwide Support Hotline
The nationwide support hotline “Violence Against Women" simplifies access to the support system for the persons concerned. It is primarily directed at women who have…
Funding the Support System
To this day, the support system for women affected by violence is characterised by serious shortcomings. For example, women who become victims of violence in rural regions…
Work with Perpetrators
FHK regards qualified work with male perpetrators who practice violence against women as an important element in the prevention work against domestic violence.
However, this…