Violence against women and domestic violence: Easy language

Istanbul Convention

Istanbul is a large city in Turkey.

The European Council met there.
The European Council is a group of politicians from Europe.

They have concluded a contract.
The contract states what they want to do together against violence.

Germany has signed the treaty.
The treaty has been in force since February 2018.

It's a long contract.
It's also available in plain language.

Round Table against Violence against Women and Children in the District of Warendorf

In the district of Warendorf there is a network against violence against women and children.

A network is a group of people.
They all work on one task.
They come from different organisations.
They have a common goal.

There is a website of the network.
The website is in difficult language.

Genital cutting

The vaginais a female sexual organ.
The vagina is between a woman's legs.
The vagina consists of several parts.
The labia and the clitoris.

In some countries, something is cut away from the vagina.
That is the custom there.

A group does something often and regularly.
This is called custom.
It is a habitual behaviour in a community.

Cat-calling

It's an English word.
It means cat-calling.

Cat-calling is harassment in public.
For example:

• Someone whistles at them in the street.

• They are insulted on the street.

• But they are not touched.

This is also called everyday-sexis-mus.

The word sexism comes from the English language.
Sexual innuendos are called out.

For example:

• horny ass
• kissing sounds are made

Cyber-mob-bing

These are 2 words from the English language.

Cyber is pronounced
zei ber
It means on the internet.

Mob-bing is a form of violence.
Mob-bing means mental violence.

For example:
Lies are told about Susanne.
What Susanne says are said to be lies.
Then many people think Susanne is bad.

People who do mo-bbing are bullies.
A bully makes someone else feel bad.

Hate-aid can help.
It's an English word.
It's pronounced like this
het eed
It means hate-aid.
We say better hate-aid on the internet.

Hate-aid is an internet site.
It is written in difficult language.

Sexism is violence.
People are treated worse because they have a certain gender.

A group of people are dealing with sexism.
They call themselves the Alliance Against Sexism.

They have a website.
There is a lot of information there.