Solvodi

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SOLWODI
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founding 1985
founder Lea Ackermann
Seat Boppard
motto SOLWODI - Solidarity with women in distres
main emphasis Care and counseling for victims of human trafficking , forced prostitution and intimate partner violence, forced marriage and marriage migration
Action space Kenya , Rwanda , Germany , Romania , Hungary, Austria
Website solwodi.de

Solwodi (abbreviation for " Solidarity with Women in Distress ", dt .: Solidarity with women in need) is an international human rights and aid organization that advises and supports victims of human trafficking , forced prostitution and intimate partner violence .

Organization history

The nun Lea Ackermann from the Community of Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (White Sisters) founded this organization, which has been active in Germany since 1987, in 1985 in the sex tourism stronghold of Mombasa on the Kenyan coast. The doctor of education was sent to Mombasa by her order leadership to train religious teachers and was confronted with the suffering of prostitutes there. Lea Ackermann suggested to her provincial superior to do something for the women and girls who prostitute themselves because of their poverty, which she welcomed, but could not offer any money for it. So sister Lea wrote 100 letters to relatives and friends in Germany, where they asked for ten marks per donor and month for a women's center that to education and work for the phase out in a dilapidated warehouse, prostitution was built converted .

present

Solwodi Kenya is now an independent non-governmental organization (NGO) with headquarters in Mombasa and 34 different advice centers on the coast and in Western Kenya. In addition to the psychosocial care , health education and legal advice, it is one of the tasks of Solwodi Kenya, to enable women from prostitution vocational training and microcredit grant for start-ups. In addition, Solgidi (Solidarity with Girls in Distress) was created in Mombasa in 2002 for the daughters of prostitutes. These girls are at high risk of being stranded in prostitution too. School attendance is made possible for them by assuming the costs and providing individual support. Solgidi also supports families in particular with food and medicine. According to Sister Lea, around 400 children now benefit from the Solgidi program every year.

In addition, Solwodi has its own agricultural, health and sports projects in Kenya.

Solwodi can still be found in: Romania, Austria, Hungary, Rwanda, Nigeria.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, Solwodi is involved with a Germany association, which has its headquarters in Boppard on the Middle Rhine, and six state associations in Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria for women in emergency situations. The focus is on the care of victims of human trafficking and forced prostitution, but also victims of intimate partner violence as well as women and girls threatened by forced marriage or who have escaped from forced marriage. Traumatized refugee women and their children are also taken in and cared for. There are 19 Solwodi advice centers in Germany: in Aachen , Aalen , Augsburg , Bad Kissingen , Berlin , Bonn , Boppard, Braunschweig , Duisburg , Fulda , Koblenz , Ludwigshafen am Rhein , Mainz , Munich , Oberhausen , Osnabrück , Passau and Regensburg . The employees offer comprehensive, holistic psychosocial support and advice, safe accommodation in seven Solwodi sheltered flats, mediation of legal and medical help and support when returning to their home countries if migrant women want or need to return.

In 2019, 2,619 women from 112 countries turned to one of the 19 German Solwodi counseling centers for the first time.

In order to be able to help effectively, Solwodi Germany is networked with other advice centers and organizations at home and abroad. In Germany the organization has 75 permanent employees (including 16 religious women), voluntary working groups (AK) and 16,000 friends and supporters. Solwodi is a member of the European Movement Germany and is supported by Zonta International and the Peter Ustinov Foundation , among others . Solwodi is committed to a “Europe without prostitution” and is a founding member of CAP international (Coalition against Prostitution).

From April 2nd to 5th, 2019, Solwodi hosted the 3rd edition in Mainz together with CAP INTL and “Armut und Gesundheit in Deutschland eV”. World Congress Against Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls ”, attended by 400 international NGOs and private individuals. The "Mainz Declaration" was adopted as the final document at the congress, in which u. a. for Germany the introduction of the "Nordic model" (prohibition of sex purchases) as a legislative instrument for prostitution was called for. By February 28, 2020, 1,620 private individuals and organizations had joined the appeal for the introduction of the Nordic model. Since 2013, Solwodi has generated a further 33,600 signatures for the project in its campaign "Put an end to it! No slavery for women in Germany". The total of 35,220 signatures has Sr. Dr. Lea Ackermann on March 2, 2020 in Berlin to Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel handed over.

Solwodi has been headed by a three-person board since July 1, 2020: Dr. Maria Decker (Chair) as well as Gudrun Angelis and Barbara Wellner. As Solwodi founder, Sr. Lea Ackermann continues to support the association and will also represent the organization in public at workshops and lectures in the future. Lea Ackermann is also a born member of the Solwodi Advisory Board. There will be no changes to the orientation of the work of the 19 counseling centers nationwide and the goals of the association.

literature

  • Michael Albus: The fight continues. So that women can live with dignity. Biography for the 80th birthday of Sr. Dr. Lea Ackermann , Patmos-Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8436-0884-8 .
  • Sr. Lea Ackermann, Barbara Koelges, Sr. Annemarie Pitzl: Solwodi Germany 1987 to 2017, 30 years of solidarity with women in need in Germany, Rhein-Mosel-Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-89801-351-2 .
  • Lea Ackermann , Mary Kreutzer, Alicia Allgäuer: Living in freedom was just a dream for a long time. Kösel-Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-3-466-30878-1 .
  • Lea Ackermann, Fritz Köster, Cornelia Filter: About God and the World - Conversations at the kitchen table. Kösel-Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-466-36737-5 .
  • Lea Ackermann, Cornelia Filter: For God's sake, Lea! - My commitment to women in need. Verlag Herder 2005, ISBN 3-451-28717-X .
  • Lea Ackermann, Inge Bell , Barbara Koelges: Sold, enslaved, forced to have sex - the big business with women as a commodity. Kösel-Verlag 2005, ISBN 3-466-30691-4 .
  • Lea Ackermann, Reiner Engelmann: Solidarity with women in need. 20 years Solwodi eV Horlemann-Verlag 2005, ISBN 3-89502-201-2 .
  • Barbara Koelges, Birgit Thoma, Gabriele Welter-Kaschub: Problems of criminal prosecution and the protection of witnesses in human trafficking processes. An analysis of the court records. Solwodi 2003, ISBN 3-8311-4190-8 .
  • Cross-border crime - cross-border cooperation. Protection and care for victims of violence and human trafficking. Solwodi 2003, ISBN 3-8330-0336-7 .
  • Criminalité transnationale - coopération transnationale. Protection et prize en charge des victimes de la violence et de la traite des êtres humains. Solwodi 2003, ISBN 3-8330-0491-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Katholikentag Mannheim: An interview with Solwodi founder Lea Ackermann ( Memento from October 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Brigitte Woman: Solwodi: exit aid for prostitutes
  3. ^ Diocese of Eichstätt: Shalom Prize Winner Agnes Mailu with Bishop Gregor Maria Hanke
  4. ^ Provincialate of the Missionary Sisters of St. Heart of Jesus: Solwodi - Solidarity with women in need ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Ursula Kals: With courage and anger. She was a bank clerk, is now a religious, pious and angry about the sexual exploitation of women. Instead of just talking, Sister Leah acts . In: FAZ No. 300, December 24, 2010, p. C3.
  6. ↑ Emma: Fight against trafficking in women - Solwodi celebrates its 25th anniversary on October 8, 2010
  7. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Network European Movement Germany: SOLWODI eV )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.europaeische-bewegung.de
  8. ↑ Zonta Koblenz: Project Solwodi
  9. ^ Peter Ustinov Foundation: Women's aid organization Solwodi Germany e. V. ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Wulf Wein: Fight against sex tourists: Saarbrücken no longer wants to be a “red light stronghold” in the future. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung from January 2, 2014