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More InformationViolence against women in Germany was recently the subject of ZDF Magazin Royale von Jan Böhmermann.
Statistically, every two minutes someone (most often a woman) in this country experiences domestic violence. Last year, nearly 266,000 people were abused by someone (most often a man) from their own environment.
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The number of femicides – the murders of women because they are women – is also growing. In 2023, the figure was almost three times as high as the year before: nearly one murdered woman every day!
In Italy, a law was passed this year that defines femicide as an independent crime and generally prescribes life imprisonment.
In Spain, it was proven this year that thanks to a package of consistent political measures, the number of femicides has fallen by one-third since 2003.
For years, the Istanbul Convention of the Council of Europe has also been binding law in Germany: the international treaty to combat gender-based violence against women and girls. Yet we are still far from implementing it. The Violence Assistance Act passed in February 2025 was indeed an important milestone, but in order to effectively protect those affected by such violence, the federal government must do more, according to the German Institute for Human Rights. There are plenty of concrete proposals for protection and prevention.
“And although the social debate has been sparked, politics, the media, and society still lack the necessary attention and determination to address this violence more effectively,” write Anna Bindler and Marcel Fratzscher in DIE ZEIT. “While other security policy issues receive broad media and political resonance, the assaults on women and girls, their psychological and physical trauma, and the structural causes usually remain in the shadows.”
Incidentally, things only began to change in Spain once a wave of outrage over these crimes swept through the country.
DIE ZEIT: “If we as a society want a fairer, safer, and more inclusive future, then we must be honest: violence against women is an enormous societal problem. (…) The protection of women is not a sideshow of security policy, but a central issue of justice. And those who truly want justice can no longer look away.”
At the herCAREER Expo, we are looking closely – for example, with these events:
▶️ (Deadly) Violence Against Women – Pathways to Prevention and Social Change
▶️ Every_Woman. A Conversation on Rape Culture and How We Can Fight It
▶️ Focus on Law and Health: Strategies for Combating Gender-Based Violence and Improving Access to Healthcare
Posted by Natascha Hoffner, Founder & CEO of herCAREER | Recipient of the FTAfelicitas Award from Femtec.Alumnae e.V. | LinkedIn Top Voice 2020 | Editor of the “Women of the Year” books published by Callwey Verlag
published on LinkedIn on 16.09.2025
