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 on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence 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 vagina is a female sexual organ.
The vagina is located 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.

You have experienced physical violence.
There are marks on your body, for example bruises.
This is evidence.
If a report is to be made to the police, evidence is needed.

Sometimes you first have to decide whether you want to make a report to the police,
This can take a few days, weeks or months.
Then there is no evidence left.
Therefore, the evidence must be photographed and described immediately.
This has to be done in a special way.
This can be done by securing the evidence.
It is very important.

In the Warendorf district, women can go to Franziskus Hospital in Ahlen.
Men can go to Elisabeth Hospital in Beckum.

They know exactly what to do there.
You secure the evidence.
You can think about it in peace.

Information is available on the Warendorf district website.
These are also available in various languages.
They are still being developed for men and in plain language.

The police have counted criminal offences against women in 2024.
They have summarised the figures.

Violence against women and girls has increased.

The figures can be found at
on the website of the Federal Criminal Police Office.
There are reports for 2023 and 2024.

There is a page in plain language for the work of the Federal Criminal Police Office.

The reports are not in plain language.