Violence
Violence and abuse in the family are often hushed up because those affected are ashamed or scared, but help is available even if it doesn’t feel like it!
Information about violence on the Federal Chancellery website
Links and other information on violence
- GEWALTINFO.at
- Violence prevention
- Network of Austrian women’s and girls’ counseling centers
- Federal Association of Violence Protection Centers in Austria
- HelpCh@t - help for victims of violence
- Website of the Austrian Digital Office
- Schrei gegen Gewalt!
- Austrian child protection centers
You’re in good hands at most of the counseling centers if you have any questions about the topic of violence. You can use the search engine on our homepage to find the right contact point near you.
More articles on the topics:
Something is suddenly different: the child is behaving strangely, no longer wants to visit certain people and their grades are getting worse, or displays a similar behaviour. This could be a sign that the child has experienced sexualised violence.
Threats, humiliation, insults – sometimes even sleep deprivation. Experts put all of these in the category of psychological violence against another person.
The pandemic has shown that tense situations resulted in various unexpected potential sources of violence.
