Revolution of women's rights: Together against violence and discrimination!

Revolution of women's rights: Together against violence and discrimination!

On December 10, 2024, the International Human Rights Day, ÖGB Vice President Korinna Schumann urgently called for the immediate termination of violence against women. She emphasized that "all people are the same in dignity" and that this means much more than mere words. As part of this year's campaign "16 days against violence against women and girls", she explained that violence has many cruel faces, with women often being the main suffering. "Women who have experienced violence are more than victims - they are our sisters, mothers, partners and friends," said Schumann. She also called for improved training and further education opportunities as well as a secure income for women to guarantee her financial independence. "Financial independence is the foundation for a self -determined life," she emphasized, making it clear that the connection between human rights and women's rights is essential to achieve equality.

Report on gender -specific violence in Germany

At the same time, the German Institute for Human Rights published the first periodic report on gender -specific violence in Germany on December 3, 2024. In this report, the implementation of the Istanbul Convention is comprehensively analyzed, with developments from the period from 2020 to 2022 being documented. The reporting agency for gender violence presents the first results of its continuous domestic reporting. The focus is on how the federal and state governments meet their human rights and what progress has been made in combating gender -specific violence. This report represents an important step in raising awareness of the challenges with which women are faced in Germany and to strengthen the efforts to combat this violence, as the institute reports.