Say NO to violence against women! Orange the World 2024

On the occasion of the UN campaign "Orange The World", the BlechenCARRÉthe Equal Opportunities Office of the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, the municipal Equal Opportunities Officer of the city of Cottbus and a large number of local actors, including the Fachstelle Gewaltprävention Brandenburg e.V., the Frauenzentrum Cottbus e.V., the Opferhilfe Land Brandenburg e.V., the Frauenhaus Cottbus e.V., the KiKO Kontaktstelle Brandenburg, the DGB Region Südbrandenburg/Lausitz, Frauenhaus Cottbus eV, KiKO Kontaktstelle Brandenburg, DGB Region Südbrandenburg/Lausitz and other initiatives are organising an information day where professionals and anyone interested can find out about violence prevention and counselling services in Cottbus.

According to the Federal Criminal Police Office's criminal statistics on intimate partner violence, 132,966 women were affected by intimate partner violence in 2023. The number of recorded victims has risen by 17.5% in the last five years and reached a new high in the current reporting year 2023! The number of unreported cases is much higher. According to so-called dark field studies, one in three women in Germany has been affected by violence at least once in her life. That is more than 12 million women, according to the BMFSFJ 2024. A new study on the dark field of gender-specific violence has been announced for 2025(LeSuBiA study by BMFSFJ, BMI and BKA).

BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg will be hoisting orange flags at its locations on the main campus, in Sachsendorf and in Senftenberg during the campaign period from the International Day to End Violence against Women on 25 November and Human Rights Day on 10 December . The orange-coloured lighting of the IKMZ will make a particularly visible statement.

The Mayor of Cottbus, Tobias Schick, will also raise the orange flag in front of the town hall at 2.30 pm on this day. This will be followed by the opening of the information event in the BlechenCARRÈ at 3 pm. You can find the entire programme here. Interviews and discussions with the participants at the stands will provide information and talk about the individual counselling and support services.

Moderation: Christian Müller, CSD Cottbus

Musical accompaniment: Manjari Reinhardt (jazz/rock/pop Singing, BTU student), Felix Fränkel (guitarist, former BTU music student)

Take the opportunity to be there and set an example against violence yourself!