Ending
violence
in Brandenburg

About KIKO

The civil society contact office for the implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Brandenburg: ­ What does the KIKO do? Who is the KIKO team? Which organizations are part of the KIKO advisory board?

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Istanbul Convention

Gender-based violence as a human rights violation: ­What is the Istanbul Convention? Where do we stand with its implementation in Brandenburg? What needs to be done to end violence in Brandenburg?

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Networks

Networking to end violence: In Brandenburg there are already many round tables, working circles, and working groups that come together regularly to work to advance the state’s provisions for protection from gender-based and domestic violence.
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Ending
violence
in Brandenburg

What is the KIKO

Istanbul Convention

Networks

The text of the Istanbul Convention was originally formulated in a way that only recognized two binary genders. The Bündnis Istanbul Konvention (Istanbul Convention Alliance) published a position paper in 2023 that brings this formulation in line with a diverse understanding of gender [only available in German].
Gender-based violence means violent behaviour inflicted upon an individual or group of individuals due to their gender identity. This term is used in order to highlight that societal structures affect a person’s risk of experiencing certain forms of violence. Those who suffer most are women and girls, trans, non-binary, and intersex persons, but so do people who do not comply with certain social norms or fit into a binary gender system.