FREE SUPPORT, COUNSELING AND REPORTING SERVICES
Have you experienced or witnessed discrimination, sexual violence, or domestic violence? Are you facing major challenges in your life and looking for support?
Here you will find free support, counseling and reporting services.
HELPLINES
- General – Telephone Counseling (24h/7days) in German - 116 123
- Women
- Men – Violence Against Men - 0800 1239900
- Pregnancy Emergency Hotline (24h/7d) - 0800 40 40 020
- Parents – Generally in German, depending on the consultant - 0800 111 0 550
- Children & Adolescents – Generally in German (as above) - 116 111
(email and chat counseling are also available)
ADVISORY SERVICES AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
- Students, staff, faculty, and professors at the university
- The university’s anti-discrimination office - Students
- Women
- Women's Counseling Center Osnabrück (German website)
- Solidarity with Women in Distress (SOLWODI): Psychosocial care and other support services for women with a history of migration who have experienced hardship and violence
- Men
- Queer people
- Psychosocial Counseling at the Queere Beratungsstelle in Osnabrück (German website, English flyer to download) - People with disabilities
- Counseling at the Behindertenhilfe (German website) - People affected by right-wing, racist, and antisemitic violence
– Counseling at the Betroffenenberatung Niedersachsen ▪ People affected by digital violence
– HateAid
A health service for people aged 18 and older in the Osnabrück district and city who are facing difficult health or life situations due to a mental illness or disorder, substance use disorder, or a mental health crisis or problem (German website)
REPORTING AN INCIDENT
HOCHSCHULE OSNABRÜCK
- Anti-Discrimination Office (anonymous submissions possible)
- AGG Complaint Office to determine whether there has been a violation of the prohibition against discrimination under Section 7 of the AGG (NOT anonymous) (German website)
- AStA Barrier & Issue Reporting Service (anonymous submissions possible)
CITY OF OSNABRÜCK
- Anti-Discrimination Office (strictly confidential)
- Online Reporting Form regarding discrimination (anonymous possible)
- Online Reporting Form regarding sexual harassment (anonymous possible)
NATIONWIDE
- Anti-Feminism Reporting Center (German website)
- Anti-Semitism Reporting Center of the Research and Information Centers on Anti-Semitism (RIAS)
- Reporting Center for Abuse of Power at German Universities (German website)
The nationwide ProBeweis network for the medical documentation of evidence of domestic or sexual violence (regardless of whether a police report has been filed) (German website)
PREVENTION & ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- AStA of Hochschule Osnabrück
– Various support and counseling services (German website) - Equity of Chances at Hochschule Osnabrück
– Resources & Information on Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Racism, Inclusion, Queerness, Equality, and Diversity - Osnabrück Against Violence – Network Against Domestic Violence
- Phone for the Trip Home (Note Fair Use Guidelines) (German website)
- The Heimwegtelefon offers phone support on your way home if you feel scared or unsafe. - Counseling and Support for Victims of Crime and Their Families
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