Confidential office against sexual harassment
In Germany, the Themis Trust Center against Sexual Harassment and Violence starts its work. It was set up by industry associations, broadcasters and other cultural and media institutions.
Themis, an inter-company confidentiality office, offers employees from the film, television and theater industry who have experienced sexual harassment and violence in connection with their work a protected space in which they can confide in a lawyer and a psychologist.
Themis is backed by seventeen industry organizations from the film, television and theater industry. These include ARD, ZDF, the federal associations for casting, directing, acting and make-up as well as the trade union Ver.di. It is named after the Greek goddess Themis, who stands for justice and social cohesion.
The Trust Office is financed by contributions from public and private television broadcasters, the Alliance of German Producers, the Collecting Society of Commissioned Producers and the German Stage Association. Themis receives public funding from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Monika Grütters.
Further information on: themis-trust.com
