The NGO for Children exposed to Domestic Violence

Domestic violence in Denmark

Domestic violence and violent relationships are a large but hidden problem in Denmark. About 28.000 children and young adults are subject to violence or are witnesses to domestic violence. However, they keep the problem to themselves. This means that on average, there are two students in every classroom who live in a family marked by violence. Violent personal relationships are also kept quiet. And again, it is estimated that on average, two students in every classroom experience a violent relationship.

Break the chain

When children are subjected to physical and mental abuse day after day, they become marked for life. These children and young adults are not only more likely to be diagnosed with depression and fear attacks at some time, but they also take with them the likelihood of continuing the pattern of violence in their own lives. Approximately 40 percent of all the girls and young women who experience violence during childhood apparently accept violence in their own relationships. And about 50 percent of all the boys, who grow up in a family with a pattern of violence will later show violent behavior towards a girlfriend or a family member.

Break the silence

It is paradoxical that violence is such a forbidden topic so that many children and yooung adults find it impossible to talk about openly, since the only way to stop the violence is to bring this topic out into the open and to talk about it. Therefore, the main goal of our organization is to actively prevent violence in families and in personal relationships. We organize a range of activities directed at children and young adults as well as other target groups, which are or will have direct contact to these children and young adults.