The Federal Association for Perpetrator Work in Domestic Violence (BAG TäHG) supports the demand to establish a Federal Government Commissioner for Ending Violence Against Women. In an article for DIE ZEIT, actress Natalia Wörner wrote: The fight against violence against women requires a central point of contact and coordination at federal level. The Commissioner would have to be based in the Chancellery, as it is a cross-departmental task and only in this way could the necessary public attention be achieved. Furthermore, cooperation with non-governmental bodies must be expanded. “Because it is clear: Without the involvement of civil society, violence against women cannot be pushed back, let alone ended.”
BAG TäHG would welcome the establishment of a position within the Federal Government that, with sound professional qualifications, focuses on ending or curbing violence against women and their children, in cooperation with all other ministries. All information necessary for the implementation of the Istanbul Convention, ratified by Germany in 2018, could converge and be coordinated here. In the article, Ms Wörner emphasises that good prevention in this area is necessary. This means, in BAG TäHG’s view, that children must also be brought into focus, as they are also affected by the violence of fathers against their mothers. BAG TäHG expresses its high regard for Ms Wörner’s statements.
BAG TäHG is the pro-feminist German umbrella organisation for institutions working with perpetrators of domestic violence in inter-institutional cooperation alliances. BAG TäHG now includes 83 institutions from almost all federal states, as well as from Switzerland, and is a member of the European association of perpetrator work institutions WWP EN, as well as the Istanbul Convention Alliance and the CEDAW Alliance Germany.
For the Federal Association for Perpetrator Work in Domestic Violence (BAG TäHG)
Roland Hertel
