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Themis: trust centre against sexual harassment and violence, since 2018
Where
Germany
Germany
When
2020
2020
Who
Themis: trust centre against sexual harassment and violence (themis – vertrauensstelle gegen sexuelle belästigung und gewalt e.v.)
Themis: trust centre against sexual harassment and violence (themis – vertrauensstelle gegen sexuelle belästigung und gewalt e.v.)
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Description of the policy/measure
Main aims: protecting and supporting victims of sexual harassment and violence in the cultural and media sector target groups: cultural and media professionals affected by sexual harassment and violence expected results: providing target groups with legal advice and psychological counselling in a safe space; ensuring the participation of trade associations and unions from the film and television sector as well as representatives of production companies, broadcasters, theatres, and orchestras in germany in the trust centre's work
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Transversal Priority(ies)
Results achieved
Trust centre established in 2018; grievances received and anonymously investigated; victims supported; sexual harassment and violence responded to and preventive measures taken
Financial resources allocated to the policy
Counselling work began on 1 october 2018; * funded by the federal government commissioner for culture and the media: eu61,000 (2018); eu100,000 (2019); * eu113,000 in third-party funding (2018): eu5800 from the producers' alliance (produzentenallianz); eu15,000 from the theatre association (buhnenverein); eu20,000 from the vff copyright collective; eu40,000 from the ard public broadcasting network; eu15,000 from the zdf public broadcaster; eu15,000 from the association of commercial broadcasters and audiovisual services in germany (vaunet) * eu125,000 in third-party funding (2019): eu10,000 from the producers' alliance; eu25,000 from the theatre association; eu20,000 from vff; eu40,000 from ard; eu15,000 from zdf; eu15,000 from vaunet total funding: eu399,000 (2018 and 2019)
Evaluation of the policy/measure
The trust centre documents cases reported to it (information, counselling, prevention) anonymously; documentation is not yet available at the time of writing (december 2019)