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AOB organizes awareness-raising event
On 27 February, the Austrian Ombudsman Board is launching a new format on the topic of violence against women, this time in cooperation with the Stiftung Forum Verfassung. The event shall raise awareness of gender-specific violence, particularly in the context of social work, social education and healthcare professions. It is primarily aimed at people who want to work in these professions in the future, such as students at universities of applied sciences for social work, colleges of social education, medicine or law.
Event: "Face it instead of turning away: Recognising, addressing and preventing violence against women and girls - taking responsibility in the health and social sector"
When: Friday, 27 February 2026, 9 am to 12:30 pm, admission from 8:30 am
Where: Constitutional Court of Austria (VfGH), Freyung 8, 1010 Vienna
Kindly note that the event will be held in German. The entire event will be interpreted live into Austrian Sign Language (ÖGS).
If you are interested in participating in person, kindly register here. Please cancel in case you are unable to attend!
If you are unable to attend on site, the Austrian Ombudsman Board cordially invites you to join the livestream. The livestream will be available at the institution’s website closer to the start of the event.
What can you expect?
Experts will explain what violence is, where it begins and what it has to do with human rights. Specialists from the fields of medicine, care and social work will report on how to act correctly and which prevention approaches are successful. In addition to raising awareness of forms of gender-based violence - particularly in the context of healthcare, social work and jurisdiction, the specialist forum aims to impart skills for recognising, addressing and referring cases of domestic, institutional and sexualised violence, to highlight the human rights obligations of state institutions and professionals and to promote interdisciplinary cooperation and awareness-raising.
Kindly click here to read the complete article and access the programme.
Source: The Austrian Ombudsman Board
