Our goals

The aim is to roll out the app across five federal states in Germany by 2026. Our declared goals are to provide information on the topic of gender-based intimate partner violence, to provide access to the support system for those affected and to make the documentation of experiences of violence safer. Better access to the help system for those affected by means of modern communication technology is an indispensable component of modern prevention and intervention work.

The app is intended to enable those affected by gender-based intimate partner violence to assess their own situation by providing information about different forms of violence. At best, the app helps to gather evidence against the perpetrator, which can be helpful in court. More than 80% of all court proceedings in cases of domestic violence are currently still dropped due to a lack of evidence. We do not want to accept this!

The federal and state governments must resolutely press ahead with the implementation of the Istanbul Convention. The number of people affected by gender-based intimate partner violence is rising steadily: from 2022 to 2023 alone, the number of cases in the bright field increased by 6.4 percent. This is alarming and requires urgent political action. 79.2 percent of those affected by intimate partner violence were women [7,8]. The Violence Assistance Act announced in the coalition agreement, according to which every woman affected by gender-based and domestic violence and her children are to have a legal right to protection and counseling, must be introduced as soon as possible. Because as the numbers grow, so does the need for support.