Guide: Women Affected by Violence
I am a woman and a victim of violence
Specific Rights for Women Affected by Violence
Are you threatened or affected by forced marriage, violence by your partner, crimes committed in the name of honour, female genital mutilation (FGM/cutting), forced prostitution, or rape? If so, you are entitled to appropriate support.
Violence against women is prohibited in Germany. No one is allowed to beat a woman or force her to do something against her will. Persecution due to your gender and lack of protection from violence and coercion within the family can also be grounds for protection status in the asylum procedure. It is important that you inform them before your asylum interview that you wish to be interviewed by a specially trained officer (special representative). You should present your personal reasons during the interview. You have the right to be interviewed without your husband. In the interview, state clearly that no one – including family members – should be informed of what you have shared.
Your Specific Rights
- Consideration of gender-specific grounds for persecution in the asylum procedure
- Option to choose between submitting your own asylum application with personal reasons or a joint family application with your husband
- Before the asylum interview: express the wish to be interviewed by a woman and to have a female interpreter
- Safe accommodation for you and your children
- In cases of domestic violence: women in Germany can live independently and receive financial support for themselves and their children, regardless of their husband
- And many more
Counselling Centres for Asylum-Seeking Women
Saida – Counselling on female genital mutilation (FGM/cutting)
Email: beratung@saida.de
Phone: 0341-2474669 und 015901667763
Counselling centre for female genital mutilation
Helpline “Violence against Women”
Phone: 116116 (available in many languages)
Contact with specialised counselling centres:
https://www.gewaltfreies-sachsen-anhalt.de/frauenhaeuser-und-frauenberatungsstellen/#stenda
Women’s refuge for refugees in Halle
Counselling centres for victims of sexualised violence:
„Miß-Mut"
Counselling centre for victims of sexualised violence of the German Red Cross (DRK)
Bruchstraße 1, 39576 Hansestadt Stendal
Phone/Fax: +49 3931 210221, Mobile: +49 176 52115290
Email: miss-mut.stendal@web.de
Wildwasser Dessau e. V.
Psychosocial counselling centre
Counselling centre for victims of sexual and physical violence
Törtener Straße 44, 06842 Dessau-Roßlau
Phone: +49 340 2206924, Fax: +49 340 5198193
Email: wildwasser-dessau@t-online.de
Wildwasser Halle e. V.
Association against sexual violence towards children and women
Große Steinstraße 61-62, 06108 Halle (Saale)
Phone: +49 345 5230028, Fax: +49 345 5483406
Email: wildwasser-halle@t-online.de
Wildwasser Magdeburg e. V.
Association against sexualised violence.
Counselling, training & prevention, public awareness & networking
Ritterstraße 1, 39124 Magdeburg
Psychosocial Centre for Migrants (PSZ)
The PSZ offers trauma therapy for refugees.
Email: kontakt@psz-sachsen-anhalt.de
The collected information was compiled and provided by the SENSA project. The project is funded by the European Union (AMIF), co-funded by the state of Saxony-Anhalt, the Free State of Thuringia, and UN Refugee Aid.
