The survivors’ board at UBSKM ensures that the concerns of survivors of sexual violence suffered during childhood and adolescence are heard at the highest political level in Germany.
What is the Survivors’ Board?
On June 4th, 2020, the 18 survivor advocates of the second board for survivors of child sexual abuse were appointed by Franziska Giffey, the then Federal Minister for Family Affairs, for a period of five years.
The now increased number of members, as compared to the first survivors’ board, enables individual members to withdraw either temporarily or permanently from voluntary committee activities before their official term of five years has expired. This ensures that the survivors’ board remains capable of acting and has adequate resources available for its various tasks. If the number of members drops below 12, then a new tendering procedure must take place.
The survivors’ board currently has 13 survivor advocates as its members.
The survivors’ board is a voluntary board that provides structured and continuous advice to the UBSKM and its staff. Its members advocate the concerns of the survivors of sexual violence and they also give the issues both a public face and voice. They take the survivors’ concerns into political discourse and as well as making the general public aware of them.
Children and adolescents have the right to grow up free of violence. It is a public responsibility to protect children everywhere from sexualised violence, to recognise the signs at an early stage and to take appropriate counter and protective measures.
Contact
Being a political body, the Survivors’ Board tries to include the concerns of as many survivors as possible in its work. This requires feedback from those who experienced sexual violence as children or adolescents. You are welcome to get in touch via e-mail at: kontakt@betroffenenrat-ubskm.de.
The survivors’ board works voluntarily and primarily politically, so that no individual or psychological advice or personal forms of support can be provided by the survivors’ board for specific life situations. Please refer to the Sexual Abuse Help portal for this type of support.
Press enquiries can be sent to: presse@betroffenenrat-ubskm.de