Say NO to violence against women! Orange the World 2024

On the occasion of the UN campaign "Orange The World", the BlechenCARRÉ, the 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 Brandenburg Violence Prevention Centre, the Lila Villa Women's Centre, Opferhilfe Brandenburg e.V., the Cottbus Women's Shelter, the Leyla Counselling Centre, KiKO Kontaktstelle Brandenburg and other initiatives are organising an information day where professionals and all interested parties 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 illumination of the IKMZ will be a particularly visible symbol.

The Lord Mayor of Cottbus, Tobias Schick, will also raise the orange flag in front of the town hall at 2.30 pm on this day. The information event will then open in the BlechenCARRÈ at 3 pm. Take the opportunity to be there and set an example against violence yourself!