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[000:00:00;00] ah, from emotional abuse to physical assault and murder, domestic violence, his bar more widespread than many people realize, give out violence against women is the biggest condemned there is that he's experienced by one of the 3 women worldwide. all too often fatal outcomes are downplayed as family tragedies. why couldn't they see that this is a homicide? does that needs to change? doesn't it? deluxe suspicion, not as curios breaking the silence around domestic violence is crucial from an early age. just as guns class children are never tonight. if you guys remember that to the vice,
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it's time to end the violence ah ami stangler stayed silent during years of emotional and physical abuse to day talking about her trauma helps her he'll, she's now part of a global campaign, standing up for the estimated 1000000000 women suffering from abuse world wide shepherd, which is not even at some awful since we met yesterday august that said, ah, here in germany, the munich branch of the 1000000000 rising campaign has organized dance. flash mobs on valentine's day to protest domestic violence. they just needed to get a hold ones until they joined other groups and some 200 countries around the world, all dancing to the same choreography. yeah, 8th,
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the time, it's the 4th time alexander, cougar, and homey stangler are organizing the event here in munich, deceased. he wouldn't love this wonderful the craft. 1000000000 rising is this amazing power with dad was providing such a positive statement, a positive a tional spice instead of people just standing in protest with victims continue to be stigmatized. dimension or look is of how and this is simply about giving women the chance to dance together. so it says my, this is libby, want to double the invoice of lively protests like the last one. hell downtown are on hold at the moment due to the corona virus pandemic in a minute. we have to find an alternative to doing it on the street. and i know with that, i could make some inquiries with the buy in munich, womens team up there on cindy if they allow us to do the dom during the half time frame, getting tons of income. speaking up on an issue that is often sidelined and silenced in germany, a woman is killed by
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a current or former male partner every 3 days. one in for women will suffer from some form of domestic violence at least once in her life. a phenomenon that impacts women across all social groups ami stangler wants to help bring about change. today she's taking action with a photographic portrait project. and i was trying to, so that was you can i? i'm looking forward to what's in your folder, have some doctors i feel right among the thin own whole takes photos of abused women for national geographic magazine hip, the thing i brought along a few photos to give you an impression. if i were to date her portraits, bear witness to an ordeal that 45 year old call me sh dangle, knows all too well systematic abuse through humiliation,
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threats and physical violence after 6 years of torment or miss dongle left her partner. she's one of the countless women who experts designate as survivors, the term speaks to just how difficult it is to leave a violent relationship. min camera is yet a smudge decay. it's a gradual healing process. being able to tell yourself, yes, this is what happened to me and i can do something for the world by talking about it is true. bush pleasure. her ordeal began with verbal insults, but gradually escalated into physical abuse of her partner ended up blocking her inside their home, manipulating her to such a degree that she believed it was her own fault. it's a typical pattern which basil beside the initial thomas took less than half m still don't know why i allowed it to happen and how i didn't see that that was the physical abuse advent calendar show. so what i needed was able to deny me that on me at, in, in so could look him let's and gradually he made me dependent on krista now and mission an up english kite imaging reports in the 1st year after we met in the
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courtyard face. he really seemed to worship maybe that sufficiently leaked and asked the other. he was a lovely man. he knew how to listen to all our money is low. that also enabled him to find out everything. he looked to know what happened in the years after that jesus was standing. he knew where he could apply the pressure at some content. eventually she left and found refuge with her son in a women's shelter. in her work irina annual has seen society's tendency to blame the victim and relative vice the abusers actions. months here is the smith is, are, are by my aim with this work is to help encourage people to become more vigilant. translating the sphere vast. some of it's ridiculous for society not can look and see what's happening. we all have a relative, lazy and fuss past. this is a structural problem to via flocked assist. torbella's protein come to the home. each dongle is not just campaigning for greater general awareness on this my high school. and she's also setting up
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a project to provide immediate help to women who needed to be mattie, of who said humor. and christina cobb had taken to the streets of vienna. their goal is to encourage people to intervene if they suspect abuse. inspired by a german partner abuse project called stop by here who said whom i decided to bring the concept to austria. ah, some cases of domestic violence do involve women as the perpetrators survive. but in 81 percent, it's women who are the victims the hum, yet we need to learn about how to intervene, uses as well. you have to try it out to see how it feels when you bring up the issue with someone. and i'm a lot of people struggle to even say the word violence of what you that's something we want to practice either in order to remove that veer real doesn't, can be shy, math for raising awareness is important,
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but government involvement is essential since 2011 the istanbul convention on combating violence against women has been ratified by over 30 european countries. signatories commit to supporting measures such as prevention through education, increasing shelter capacity, and ensuring effective punishment for perpetrators calling the istanbul convention . an important breakthrough. maria, who said humor, adds that implementation is often problematic. in fact, turkey itself recently withdrew from the agreement. give eisen island against women is the biggest, and their make their realistic of how it's experienced by one and 3 women worldwide been fed in austria, one and 5 women suffer violence from their partner at least once in their lives, in agony. part of it often, the secret digital is the scale of the thing that motivates me to take action. i want to provide support and encouragement for every single woman out there dixon. she runs a group of women's shelters,
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as well as pianos domestic abuse hotline and wants to expand these networks further . this hospital has a special program for training staff to deal with victims. sabina ceramic is the director of the victim support group. if i'm an explains what health professionals need to keep in mind when talking to traumatized women, this ticket, it is vital that you asked for their consent, right? the inch to the woman has to agree with everything you guys are doing to tools. so if you don't, so she's experienced a musty violation of her own bound to receive it. while it's common for victims to feel ashamed. it's also important for staff to properly document injuries. and thus is to do this is a close out of her cheek nose and i see her. we also have photos of injuries to her neck if your problem. dyslexia photos that constitute evidence for criminal
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proceedings can gunston from each new center is a separate vince, that from a medical perspective, it's good to have a basis for the subsequent discussion. mofas's things would you movies? so we try to document the injuries inflicted on an individual as comprehensively as possible into movies so that she has the option of pursuing criminal charges, right. of. so before once a month there's an enter departmental meeting, ohio. currently, the additional hurdles posed by the corona virus or a major issue of concern for many women. the 1st resort for seeking help is a hospital. this at an comin in coming into hospital was so difficult that a lot of women didn't even try and put up your tongue. and his decision going to the hospital after suffering violence is a hurdle. and now to also have to go through the trial process at the entrance doubles that hurdle to hear the feeling. a lot of women had no way of getting out if you, if they were unable to phone anybody or go to a shelter house, it was impossible to escape, which is while we've expanded our online counseling service,
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it's now staffed every evening from 7 till 10 and it's working pretty well. in the 1st 9 months of the pandemic, the hotline had already fielded over $1000.00 calls. studies showed that when quarantine at home is combined with financial worries and mental health problems, the risk of a relationship turning violent doubles. the pandemic is also an issue for the women who meet up as part of a local neighborhood project. they gather every 2 weeks to talk about violent relationships, including their own were him. a thought anita odda almost died when her husband assaulted her. you after 28 years of marriage, she reported him to the police. yes, sir, my 1st look military twice i attempted suicide, vanished thus i leave me. i was ashamed of what had happened interface from us in being unable to save myself and help my children with her. and that i never set starts when he hit my children in front of me. mucus loved the hunt. it took a long time up here, but we made it off. yeah,
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yeah. i got is off also by the stop project encourages vigilance and extending basic kinds of support. asking a woman how you can help or intervening with an innocuous excuse, such as ringing the doorbell to ask for a cup of flour. this led to the perpetrator? no, the neighbors are listening and tells the victim that help is at hand. i can, oh perhaps i can ask a neighbor whether they also heard something on. it helps to have other people. if you're wary of doing something on your own mouse jack of them, or in an acute case, it's always good to call the police and the bullet sent. this mother and child home in munich brings back memories for pommy stanos. after spending 6 months in a women's shelter, it was here that she found refuge with her 5 year old son,
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spotty college cut. of course i feel the sadness here. this was to place that we still 3 downsize and call, but her son was not permitted to stay with her following. a court ordered that gave the father custody warmish dongle had not documented her injuries. and therefore had no evidence of the physical abuse. she suffered this as to so the shelters full right now. percent good. now yes, we have a very long waiting list. the 3rd women typically have to wait 6 months for a spot here. unlike the high security women's shelter, they are allowed to have visitors. but once it's done, bickley, should our focus is on helping women find stability and come on food and find ways of getting a new start in life. us hardware of my strength using it and what am i night, my desire? but you, if it's awful about bringing a bit of lightness into their lives, like dish title and sleep, something hamish dongle has spent 5 years planning a new shelter designed to give residence
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a feeling of safety as well as comprehensive after care. the local authorities have refused to support the project, claiming that demand for a place like this is already satisfied. monkwood offer toys such an offer on it. a fab you off even if you introduce new ideas and. yeah, on dish is bad at all, but i'll carry on. i till i find a way of sticking. stella isn't to test. then clathy and child giving up is not an option for kwame stangler who is moved by the sheer number of women in need of help . she now wants to try crowd funding ah, being unable to exit an abusive relationship can have fatal consequences. high risk relationships can end in manslaughter or murder,
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an area in which jane mountain smith has discovered recurring patterns to criminology supplies those insights to so called cold cases. very often, domestic abuse managers can look as if they're they've just hummed spontaneously. 2 people have had an argument and this is just come out of the blue and, oh, goodness may, you know, this is just a mistake, but that's not how they happen. she established an 8 stage pattern of regression in the escalation of abusive relationships. in many cases, the man will have a previous record of violence. the initial romance rapidly becomes a serious relationship. the abuser exerts control over his partner, emotionally, financially, and socially. and events such as a separation makes the man feel he's losing control. the situation escalates into stalking or threats of suicide. the man changes tactics as he seemingly leaves the victim alone. but now he's planning murder and carries it out.
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alexandra sand. m has been assisting jane moncton smith on an unsolved case dating back 3 years ago. when his wife died. the husband insisted it had been an accident . what did the police fail to see me if we couldn't find an explanation as to why he'd got thee and an email at the same time that she got it? how did, why was that? why was that even possible? and that's when we started to thank is he tracking and found, has he got chief, the cache and software is everything that she getting also being sent to him. because actually that is, that is a huge stack. and it's classic stalker behavior. they want to know absolutely everything. 90 percent of them aside cases are preceded by stalking me. the police subsequently arrested the husband in question. why couldn't they say that this was a homicide? just that needs to change, doesn't that?
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that lack of suspicion on his curiosity with her model, the police might have intervened in advance and in time, nice to see a j, let me quickly. i already know went on. that's why probation officer, laura donnelly, has been using the 8 stages to train her team. well, you're not, can you? i mean, are you finding that your prison offices and provision officers the using it? yes, most definitely them little. yeah. i've had some feedback from them about how useful that finding it. well, that's really good. it's often difficult for the police to get a read on abusive relationships. and early detection scheme helps to ensure action is taken immediately. so we obviously did and trained over 1000 staff on the right stages. and they love the fact that it's and it's simple, but really, really supportive and helping, and their risk assessments and some individuals with the history of domestic
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violence or given special attention by probation officers. this one here, the british police now see stalking as an early warning of potential violence. he's aware the trigger stage is another one that people have talked really and given good feedback about because triggers is where we can identify those and then hopefully intervene at that point in time. so it's about recognizing what action we can put in place when those trick is come about everybody's aware. and that's the thing. it's the a stages just was just put into an order for you, cuz we all know the signs. i think when i 1st spoke to you about the 8 stages, that was what really came across to me. it was like a light bulb made them where it wasn't something new. but it was something that was structured and formed in a way that greeley helped clarify my thinking, that was absolutely fabulous. laura is j. martin smith is convinced that understanding coercive behavior can help victims. now the 8 stage model provides help on the ground to prevent them aside
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with in the germans city of mar borg campaigners are hoping to recruit men for the cause. ah, it's training night at the local rugby club. yanine leuva and sabina schlagel are here with an idea of you. wow. have not neeb i'm rock returning. sabina schlagel is one of the coordinators of a local anti violence association. her team is launching a poster campaign aimed at boys and young men. us on sympathy. what is important to you about the subject of domestic violence was if different, why do you want to get involved emit. but also by, for me, violence is never a solution. you know, whether it's a push or us laugh, or an actual punch, largest e. glad to domestic violence always takes place with the curtains close to one of them in private,
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at home. when nobody else sees it is dish. that's why it's important to stand up and raise awareness about the problem all by making it more public to describe what the campaign is about taking a stand for equality breaking down, stereotypical gender roles, challenging the power structures that enable and encourage violence against women. the no domestic abuse project and marble, one european union funding it has the support of the city authorities as well as local groups. the women helping women association provides counseling and support and a youth conflict prevention group works with perpetrators. and so the latter works with behavioral training for 6 months. participants attend the program headed by cost and digna, and sabina schlager. today they're reviewing the results of the most recent group session that of to you as discussed at their own bias, but they don't write what the violence actually is movable by scientists. and
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looking at this group is what renea polls me. yes, computer, many abusers feel no guilt if anything, they say they were provoked as drastic sticks when you get the classic response. yeah, i was a slip of the hand. the need to understand that the hand is not in a vacuum. the of up there is somebody behind that hand and that's the 1st step towards accepting responsibility. today, cost and digna has a last meeting with a former participant. most of the men who come here are sent by court order. ready this man who wishes to remain anonymous is one of the few to have registered voluntarily. do you see how are you making this very good, but i've been doing a lot of thinking and i've realized a lot of things. oh, him, nothing under linked stress. and how about stress? do you recognize it in yourself? wounds? is a stella? yeah. those 2. yes it's and i sense what the other person is feeling. mr. bush,
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be let's. and there's an argument. it's best to leave of akin housekeeper. it's things like that i put into practice. and i notice that it works pretty well. he said good. in his case, the assault occurred one evening 2 years ago after an argument that took place when he was drunk. done this does, it wouldn't be to it escalated done then she went outside and tried to call the police moved. it was just the one punch shock. nobody's but it was one to many so and it really landed the od canoga toughen. he broke the woman's jaw and spent the night in a police drunk tank. it was zuka shook do, but i was shocked that i was able to do such a thing to give. he's been on to of these impulse with me and it showed me most i immediately needed to get help with soon fenton d, mid on his the behavioral training program requires the men to work on themselves. another aspect of violence prevention. you couldn't, he can't reach every one with just one tiny piece in a mosaic,
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that network of domestic violence help systems survive. and we're pretty limited gentle's in our reality. back to the rugby club where players posed for the new posters ro written in here. what? oh, that guy will be here where the light is on in the foreground, with the panorama behind him. yeah. the women's team have already posed for the photographer. now it's the men's turn. with the team spokesman at the center, he did pluto mufflers, went to stacy stephen king. you're challenging this w though you're a wall saying you'll have to get past me 1st. tough guys, making a tough stance on what some people see as a women's issue and challenging entrenched stereotypes of gender roles. but what
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about with lloyd? confound a ma. this is not some women's su 4. it's up to the feminist office to take care of thing. the mina, many randolph to go on until joining forces to help reduce violence in relationships. if this is not a to be subjective smoother, it affects us all that with gayden. yeah. yeah. yeah. as a gift card, to be company posters who we need become me. affiliates to we have in essence, in total $109.00 in munich, alexandra, coca, and almost dongle. now want to recruit local bakers for the 1000000000 rising campaign. the plan is to distribute specially designed paper bags and bacon goods bearing an anti violence slogan. you don't forget which one do you want in our shop?
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that's un. what do you think this pilot with this one, you can see the individual craftsmanship of that one is printed fact. there's many black out to him. you'll have the posters and floss in the shops anyway. so that's something that will stand out. no, no separate compass monarchy to different they'll be printing and distributing 120000 paper bags metal. go to the part of a campaign to mark the international day for the elimination of violence against women. yeah, all those were the sort of federalized mitten unpleasant and best bag will be a bit longer so we can fold the tabs on so long as you have only one in 5. women who suffer violent assaults seek help. young minister, who pon quarter on sunday we have a very high proportion of women in our shop to stick on a tortoise. of course, this is an issue that tends to be hushed out. how often we should all be doing something to increase awareness. i'm sick, my honest tune, i'm sure i'll smoke some kind of even give us so didn't his talking about it helen, this is
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a cool studies show that women in germany now speak an octave lower than 10 years ago or 14 on that's because they have more self confidence by senior, but will now they say for stop, that's going to fall off. this is women didn't used to say that it's law disgust from it. it's a growing global movement, calling for gender equality, while also combating one of societies, greatest evils. ending violence against women as a cause that's worth fighting for issue out of your plan until my dying day. i'm going to be a 100 percent committed to changing people's mentality in many to and power people to intervals. and i and which means teaching them to stand up and take action by playing and busy. it's an issue that deserves public attention kind of fit each and every day,
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