Equal Opportunities for Older Women


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Markt der Möglichkeiten - Was war, was ist, was bleibt? Frauen gestalten ihre Dritte Lebensphase (Market of Possibilities - What was, what is, what remains? Women in their Third Phase in Life)
Communicational details
Address:
Stadtgesundheitsamt
Braubachstr. 18-22
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Contact persons and their known foreign languages:
Rita Handwerk-Sieker, Female doctor at the Frankfurt Health Authority
Roswitha Friedrich, Colleague at the FFGZ - Feminist Women's Health Centre
Telephone: 0049-69-212-37798, 0049-69-706493 (FFGZ)
Telefax: 0049-69-21237891
E-Mail: rita-handwerk-sieker@stadt-frankfurt.de
Internet:
About the initiative
Status of the initiative: The initiative is an initiative aimed at improving equal opportunities for older women through an organisation that pursues objectives which are independent of gender or age.
The initiative has the dicisive support of the following organisation:
Stadtgesundheitsamt Frankfurt am Main
Address:
Stadtgesundheitsamt
Braubachstr. 18-22
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Telephone: 0049-69-212-37798, 0049-69-706493 (FFGZ)
Telefax: 0049-69-21237891
E-Mail: rita-handwerk-sieker@stadt-frankfurt.de
Internet:
Other supporting organisations: Feministisches Frauen-Gesundheitszentrum, Frankfurt am Main
EVA - Evangelisches Frauenbegegnungszentrum, Frankfurt am Main.
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Content and framework conditions of the project work
The initiative was founded in: 1997
The initiative was founded because of the following reasons:

The initiative came about while gathering ideas on women's health in connection with the "Healthy Cities Project" and the "Year of the Senior Citizen".

Target group(s): Women about to terminate their working life due to age or health reasons, and women who no longer have family obligations.
Targets: Preparation for "retirement"; alternatives to professional work; improvement of the quality of life; communication of what is on offer and what is not.
Details of the work done by the initiative:

Regular meetings take place with experts from the various institutions involved in the Round Table "Working Life" in preparation for the event.
In the course of women's discussion groups, women from the different institutions describe what value their "honorary" work has had for them and why they got involved in it. Other women are to be encouraged to do something similar, to discover possibilities of contributing the skills they have acquired in life.

Areas of work of the initiative:
Leisure/sport
Social contacts
Education
Health
Success that the initiative has achieved:

The event "Market of Possibilities" attracted a lot of people and confirmed that there is a great need for information.

Problems that the initiative has been faced during its work:

Lack of funds and personnel gives rise to difficulties.

Participation of the target group concerning the conception, planning and implementation of the initiative's work:

Individual talks were held with multipliers.

Co-operation:
Information:

We are available for people interested in receiving more information on our initiative by phone.

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Organisational background of the initiative
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2001-04-25