Papatya

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Papatya (Turkish for "chamomile") is an anonymous crisis and transitional facility founded in Berlin in 1986 for young migrant women who have problems with domestic violence and forced marriage .

Goals and Activities

Papatya is an inpatient crisis facility with a secret address that offers girls and young women with a migration background between the ages of 13 and 21 a refuge if they have to flee from violence in the family, forced marriage or the threat of honor killing . Since it was founded in 1986, Papatya has handled around 60 cases a year.

Advice is possible in Turkish, Kurdish, English, French, Dutch and German. In addition to advice and assistance, Papatya offers lectures and training, in particular on the topics of forced marriage, violence in the name of honor, intercultural online advice and the protection of young migrant women from domestic violence.

The facility also operates the "SIBEL" internet platform, which is funded by the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth .

For a long time Papatya was the only crisis refuge in Germany specializing in young migrant women and continues to have "supra-regional importance".

The organization is networked across Germany and Europe. a. the Daphne project of the European Commission from 1997 to 2001 with a focus on "protection for girls and young women from the Islamic culture involved against domestic violence." She was also active in the European Action Program against Poverty and Exclusion on "Violence in the Name of Honor in Patriarchal Families".

The institution took part in the integration summit of the federal government and contributed to the handout of the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth on forced marriage.

In 2002 the facility was awarded the "Berlin Prevention Prize" by the "Berlin Against Violence" regional commission for its "longstanding, committed and courageous work with girls and young women affected by domestic violence".

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The sponsor is the “Turkish-German Women's Association” founded in 1983. Since it was founded, it has been a member of the Diakonisches Werk Berlin-Brandenburg, supports youth welfare and works on a non-profit basis. The seat of the association is in Berlin. The stationary crisis facility Papatya is mainly financed by donations from the Senate Department for Education, Science and Research Berlin.

literature

  • Forced marriage in Germany, publisher: German Institute for Human Rights 2007; Obtainable free of charge from publications@bundesregierung.de
  • Handout: Combating Forced Marriage - Protecting Affected People Effectively Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth 2008 ( online )

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