Flying team against violence Combating honour related violence and forced marriage

1. Flying team against violence Combating honour related violence and forced marriage Good practice Germany: Anonymous shelter and counselling Cyprus June 15th 2012

2. Problem • Girls and young women affected by honour related violence and • forced marriage cannot turn to the regular help system • They are often in danger if they leave their families • Many of them suffer from isolation and strong limitations by • their families •  Therefore they need specialized help offers

3. Target Group Crisis Shelter • Girls and young women (13-21 Years ) • Migrant background • Who fear, after leaving their families to be sanctioned or even • murdered by their families (not only the core family but the • whole clan)

4. The approach Crisis Shelter • Anonymity – safe and hidden housing • Fast and unbureaucratic intake • A protected space to stabilize and empower the girl or • young women

5. Anonymity Crisis Shelter • Secret adress and telephone number • No Mobile Phones • Stay of the girls/young womens own choice (voluntary) • Placed in a big city, in a quiet living area (no problem areas or areas with high migrant population)

6. Intake Crisis Shelter • Reachable around the clock • Professionals in the shelter decide about intakes • Fast intake without prior clarification with the sponsor • Able to take in girls/young women of any legal status

7. Inside the shelter Crisis Shelter • Familiar athmosphere (max. 10 places) • Around the clock care • Clear daily structure and strong set of rules • Intercultural, multilingual, professional, women-only-team

8. Inside the shelter Crisis Shelter • Resource-oriented, empowerment, at the side of the girl/young women • Goal of the stay: enable the client to decide individually, autonomous and from as many options as possible • Family contacts are escorted and reflected with the client • Duration of the stay: As long as necessary, as short as possible

9. Target Group Counseling and advice • all people who are confronted with HRV, FM and their implications • the victims themselves • friends or partners of victims • professionals

10. Approach Counseling and advice • Easy toaccess e.g. byinternet • Safe andanonymous • Byexperienced, multilingual professionals

11. Accessability Counseling and advice • Knowledge about help offers – advertisement at places • the target group frequents (school, youth centers, public • transportation, press, doctors, especially gynecologist, etc.) • Using ways of communication the target group (can) use: E-Mail, • Chat, Phone, Sms, etc. • Low-threshold access trough Internet-café, school etc.

12. Secure and anonymous Counseling and advice • A secure internet platform ensures the anonymity and safety of the • help-seeking person • Anonymity enables the target group to speak open about taboo- • issues • High level of self-determination

13. The Counselors Counseling and advice • Professionalsof different ethnicbackgroundsand/orlanguageskills • Withhighknowledgeandexperienceabout HRV, FM • Withhighknowledgeoftheexistinglocaland national helpsystem • Optimum: counselingcombinedwith a specialicedshelter

14. Example

15. Forfurtherinformation: • www.papatya.org • www.sibel-papatya.org