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#Germany records rise in #ViolenceAgainstWomen
A #woman is killed by a partner or former partner nearly every two days in Germany. Activists have called on the #government to do more to end violence against women.
All forms of violence against women are on the rise in Germany.
The Federal Criminal Police Office's ( #BKA ) first-ever report on the situation, "Gender-specific crimes against women in 2023," found that, over the course of the year, 360 women were killed by men,
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often in incidents of partner #violence or in the course of separation.
At the presentation of the report in October, Interior Minister #NancyFaeser, a Social Democrat, said: "We see a #femicide in #Germany almost every day. ... They become victims because they are #women. That is intolerable."
In all 155 women were killed by their partners or ex-partners iin 2023, according to the #BKA.
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Lawyer Corinna Wehran-Itschert remembers the case of a woman with several small children. Despite restraining orders, her husband stalked her for more than two years following their separation. "The man ambushed her in her entryway and killed her. That was awful," she said.
Diana B. (name changed) is one of Wehran-Itschert's clients. She told #DW that her husband has repeatedly threatened to kill her, and she wants to do everything to stop him from finding her.
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He beat her for years, choking and in the end severely injuring her. Because there were no previous reports against her husband, the courts considered him a first-time offender and imposed only a suspended sentence.
Diana B. has built a new life for herself and her children in a new location. She survived — but hundreds of other women did not.
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#Politicians aren't doing enough to address femicide
In #Germany #femicide is not categorized as a separate criminal offense — perpetrators are charged with #murder or #manslaughter.
"Two femicides in #Berlin per week — every second day a woman in #Germany is murdered by her partner or ex-partner. That concerns and angers me greatly," said Family Minister #LisaPaus in September, after two women were allegedly killed by former partners in the German capital.
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She said "we not only need security measures against terrorists who attack people with knives, but also for the prevention and protection of women from violence."
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