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Here you will find a collection of actions, demonstrations and events for November 25, the "International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women". We will keep updating the list from the beginning of November until 11/25/24. If you have any tips, please send them to us via the contact form.

Nationwide

Campaign of the "Bundeshilfetelefon" (national helpline): "We break the silence" - for the International Day for the Elimination of violence against Women. From November 14 on, you can download ready-made campaign signs from the "Bundeshiletelefon" website and publish pictures on social media with the hashtag #Schweigenbrechen (breaking the silence) or order campaign posters free of charge and hang them up in your institution. 
 

Orange The World campaign: UN Women Germany is focusing on gender-based intimate partner violence and femicide in 2024 with its #16Days campaign from November 25 to December 10. There are various campaign options on this page, such as using the social media package to raise awareness on your own channels or setting up orange benches. There are also participatory campaigns specifically for schools.

Baden-Württemberg

Freiburg: On the website of Aktionsbündnis Freiburg 16 Tage - Netzwerk gegen Gewalt an Frauen you will find events in the Freiburg area between November 25 and December 10.

Constance: Touring exhibition “Unbelievable - Domestic violence in public”, cooperation between the Calw Women's Shelter and the Pforzheim University of Art and Design. Accessible in the entrance hall of the District Office of Constance during opening hours from 11/8 to 11.29. 

Landkreis Ravensburg: As part of the Orange Days campaign, a broad alliance is putting together activities for 25.11. in the Ravensburg area on this website.

Tübingen: In this brochure (PDF) (in German) "Living a self-determined life - without violence" (“Selbstbestimmt leben - ohne Gewalt”) by the Aktionsbündnis Gleichstellung you will find many events, workshops and hands-on activities in Tübingen from October to December 2024 and also with a special focus on November 25.

Bavaria

Erlangen: Collection of events on the website of the Equal Opportunities Office.

Erlangen: Adult education center (Volkshochschule) Workshop (in German) “AntifemWAS?”- Antifeminism in our everyday lives - how can we counter it?”, 12.11.24, 6 - 9 pm; vhs Erlangen - Historischer Saal. 

Munich: On the website of the "Gleichstellungsstelle der Landeshauptstadt München", you will find events, the state action plan against gender-specific violence and participatory activities by a broad alliance of action groups that is organizing the “Action Weeks against Violence”. Attached you'll find the PDF with the program (in German).

Munich: "what I was wearing..."- Exhibition on sexualized violence against women. District Administration Department, Rupprechtstraße 11, 80337 Munich; Foyer on the first floor, admission free! Opening hours: Monday 7 am - 4 pm, Tuesday 7 am - 6 pm, Wednesday 7 am - 4 pm, Thursday 7 am - 6 pm, Friday 7 am - 5 pm Public guided tours: Thursday, November 21, 5 p.m. and Saturday, November 23, 3 p.m.

Berlin

Collection of actions at Freie Universität Berlin: “Action Days 2024 - For the University! Against sexualized harassment, discrimination and violence” by "Team geschlechter*gerecht".

Exhibition “True love never hurts!” - by Joanna Szproch as part of the StoP Project Neukölln and in cooperation with the Network Women in Neukölln. From 05.11.24 to 26.11.24; Mondays to Fridays 8 am to 8 pm; Rathaus Neukölln, Foyer on the 2nd floor, Karl-Marx-Str. 83, 12040 Berlin. Vernissage on 04.11.24, 4 pm.

Let us live - free from violence! - Implement the Istanbul Convention NOW! 25.11.24, 4 pm, Route: Niederkirchstr. 5 (AK - Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin) - Zimmerstr. - Axel-Springer-Str. - Leipzigerstr. - Mühlendamm - Stralauer Str. - Klosterstr. (ZK - in front of the Senate Department for Finance) - Klosterstr. - Grunerstr. - Jüdenstr. - Rathaustr. - Rathausstr. 15 (EK - Rotes Rathaus).

Orange Day "Stop Violence against Women", 25.11.24, 11 am - 5 pm, Wilmersdorfer Str. 46.

Hamburg

Laying down roses together: Call on the occasion of Roses Revolution Day by the Feminist Call Hamburg; 25.11.24, 2 pm, Klinik Nord Heidberg.

“Stop femicides!” rally, 25.11.24, 4 pm, Alma-Wartenberg-Platz.

Hesse

Frankfurt: Rally and demonstration "NO to violence from the beginning" 25.11.24, 5 pm, Konstablerwache.

Frankfurt: List of further actions in Frankfurt around 25.11. on the Instagram channel of the Frankfurt Women's Department.

Hanau: Panel discussion at the Kulturforum with Asha Hedayati (Die stille Gewalt), 25.11.24, 7 pm. Free admission. Pre-registration at the bookshop on Freiheitsplatz or by email to buchladen@freiheitsplatz.de, by phone on 06181/28180 or online here.

Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)

Hanover: On the website of Hanover University you will find events as part of an action week (25.11.-27.11.) on the topic of “sexualized discrimination and violence” organized by the Office of the Central Equal Opportunities Officer.

Hanover: Reading with Lena Högemann, author of the book: “So wollte ich mein Kind nicht zur Welt bringen”. Organized by the Kaiserschnittstelle under the event title: “Gewalt bei der Geburt geht uns alle an”. 25.11.24, 18:30, Freizeitheim Vahrenwald, large hall.

Hanover: Orange Day run “Hanover runs against violence against women”. Meeting point at 17:30 at Waterloo-Platz. Registration possible here. Participation fee: 5€, proceeds go to the Mädchenhaus Hannover e.V.

Nordhorn, Hanover: Participation and information campaign by a broad alliance of, among others, specialist advice centers, the equal opportunities officer, representatives of the local chapter of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. There will be low-threshold options to get information as well as a children's program 23.11.24, 10 am - 3 pm. 

North Rhine-Westphalia

Dortmund: Statement action Dortmunder Gedenktag gegen Gewalt an Frauen, 25.11.24, 16:30, U-Bahn stop Reinoldikirche. 

Cologne: Demonstration “WIR NEHMEN UNS DIE NACHT (TAKE BACK THE NIGHT)!” by Lila in Köln - Bündnis autonomer Frauenprojekte gegen Gewalt gegen Gewalt an Frauen und Mädchen and the offene Feministische Treffen Köln (Oft). 25.11.24, 6 pm (collecting from 5:30 pm) at the Barthonia-Forum.

Recklinghausen: Campaign collection around the International Day against Violence against Women.

Wuppertal: Program series for November 25 by the Women's Counseling Service Wuppertal.

Saxony

Leipzig: Benefit event “Defend women's rights! - Talk and music on the International Day against Violence against Women” by saida international, 25.11.24, 18:30, Volkshochschule Leipzig.

Leipzig: Demonstration of the alliance 25.11. “Our grief becomes anger - fight and defend yourselves!”, 25.11.24, 3 pm. Meeting point: Kochstraße 132 in front of Plant 2. 

Thuringia

Erfurt: “Talk about it!” awareness campaign.