Rhineland-Palatinate: Confidential help for victims of sexual violence!

Rheinland-Pfalz erweitert Hilfe für von sexualisierter Gewalt betroffene Frauen. Ministerin Binz stellt neues Projekt vor.
Rhineland-Palatinate extends help for women affected by sexual violence. Minister Binz introduces a new project. (Symbolbild/ANAG)

Rhineland-Palatinate: Confidential help for victims of sexual violence!

Rhineland-Palatinate has set itself the goal of extensively expanding support for women who are affected by sexual violence. This was presented in an announcement by Women's Minister Katharina Binz (Greens), which will present the details of the "Confidential help" project on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. The main goal of this initiative is to reduce the inhibition threshold for the use of medical help after sexual violence. Because many victims are often afraid of taking medical care, out of concern about a possible advertisement, such as mffki emphasized.

in Rhineland-Palatinate are the locations for "medical care after rape" in Mainz, Worms, Koblenz, Trier, Ludwigshafen and Idar-Oberstein. These facilities work closely with the women's emergency calls that provide essential resources such as further training for doctors, findings and materials for securing evidence. It is consciously pointed out the need to reduce barriers that make it difficult for affected women to take advantage of support. The health consequences of rape can be serious and lengthy, which increases the pressure on health care.

demands and challenges in health care

The challenges in the medical care of victims of sexual violence are complex. Despite an existing legal claim to free confidential protection, there are significant gaps in the nationwide implementation, which emphasizes . Often, victims are not adequately treated by medical emergencies, while long distances to suitable clinics and lack of time and personnel resources in many facilities lead to insufficient care.

In a address to the political decision -makers, the need to improve medical, psychosocial and forensic medical care for women and girls who have become victims of sexual violence. The #hilfenzenz rape campaign therefore not only calls for comprehensive medical care, but also a paradigm shift in the supply mentality. The demands include the introduction of uniform quality standards, a discriminatory access to offers and considering the needs of particularly vulnerable groups of people such as adolescents and people with disabilities.

In summary, it can be said that Rhineland-Palatinate, with various initiatives and projects, tries to significantly improve the medical situation for affected women. A comprehensive, combined procedure is required to reduce the existing barriers and to ensure adequate, including care.

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