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Equal Opportunities for Older Women |
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| Verein Wendepunkt (Turning Point Society) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Communicational details | |||||||||||||||||||
| Address: Raugasse 16 2700 Wr. Neustadt Austria |
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| Contact persons and their
known foreign languages: Dr. Angelica Dawson, Organisation Dipl. Sozialarbeiterin (DSA) Maria Goldmann-Kaindl, Counsellor / Counselling for Women, English |
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| Telephone:
0043-2622-82596 Telefax: 0043-2622-825965 E-Mail: wendepunkt@utanet.at Internet: |
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| About the initiative | |||||||||||||||||||
| Status of the initiative: | The initiative is an association autonomous to support women in situations of crisis. | ||||||||||||||||||
| The initiative is independent and has the following legal form: association | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Content and framework conditions of the project work | |||||||||||||||||||
| The initiative was founded in: 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||
| The initiative was founded
because of the following reasons: Initiated by social organisations in Wiener Neustadt that recognised a need for more counselling for women, especially with regard to violence against women. |
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| Target group(s): | Women who are the victims of violence and/or who live in difficult circumstances. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Targets: | - Advice, counselling, support for women -Increasing the general public's awareness of their problems -Courses in institutions and schools on the subject of violence -Co-operation with other organisations |
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| Details of the work done by
the initiative: - Individual counselling on
family, social and emotional problems |
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| Areas of work of the initiative: | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Success that the initiative
has achieved: - Practical help for women and
their children, support in solving a range of problems (helping women to help themselves) |
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| Problems that the
initiative has been faced during its work: -Pressure
because of unreliable financing, high administration costs (applying for/accounting for
subsidies...) |
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| Participation of the target group concerning the conception, planning and implementation of the initiative's work: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Co-operation: Since 1995 with the Netzwerk der österreichischen Frauen- und Mädchenberatungsstellen (Austrian Network of Counselling Centres for Women and Girls); presentations by experts on a range of topics (e.g. osteoporosis) |
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| Information: We are available for people interested in receiving more information on our initiative by phone, post or e-mail. |
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| Organisational background of the initiative | |||||||||||||||||||
| Staff: 8 salaried employees at the initiative. |
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| Budget: 4 million Schilling (c. 290,000 Euro) for counselling and for emergency accommodation for women |
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| Publications or information
material available on our initiative: Folders, information material |
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| Recommended literature: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tips and suggestions for
people interested in foundig a similar initiative: Optimism and confidence |
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