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Equal Opportunities for Older Women |
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| Internationaler Frauenkreis für Frauen ab 50 Jahren (International Women's Circle for Women over 50) | |||||||||
| Communicational details | |||||||||
| Address: Seniorenwerkstatt, Kreativtreff für Alt bis Jung Oeder Weg 39 a 60318 Frankfurt am Main Germany |
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| Contact persons and their
known foreign languages: Claudia Munoz del Rio, Head of the overall organisation, English, Spanish |
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| Telephone:
0049-69-5971684 Telefax: 0049-69-59791265 E-Mail: Internet: |
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| 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: Seniorenwerkstatt, Kreativtreff für Alt bis Jung |
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| Address: Seniorenwerkstatt, Kreativtreff für Alt bis Jung Oeder Weg 39 a 60318 Frankfurt am Main Germany |
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| Telephone:
0049-69-5971684 Telefax: 0049-69-59791265 E-Mail: Internet: |
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| Other supporting organisations: | Frankfurter Verband für Alten- und Behindertenhilfe e.V., Frankfurt am Main | ||||||||
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| Content and framework conditions of the project work | |||||||||
| The initiative was founded in: 1999 | |||||||||
| The initiative was founded
because of the following reasons: There was a lack of opportunities in Frankfurt for middle-aged and older German and non-German women to meet. At the time, some of the group's initiators, who had known one another for many years, were working with the organisation "infrau" organising intercultural encounters with migrant women. Their clientele and the "Seniorenwerkstatt" got together on a pilot project financed by the Social Welfare Office of the City of Frankfurt. Thanks to advertising, other women have since joined the group. |
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| The initiative was founded
for a limited period of time: The project ran from February to May 1999 as a cooperation project and was then taken over and continued by the "Seniorenwerkstatt", which has also been financing it since September 1999. |
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| Target group(s): | Women from different ethnic groups, from different countries, of different religions and from different social strata. | ||||||||
| Targets: | Cultural education for everyone, Elimination of prejudices through exchanges of information on the values and traditions of the various cultures, Promotion of creativity, independence and competence through artistic and craft work. |
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| Details of the work done by
the initiative: The project teams are always
led jointly by a Turkish and a German woman. |
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| Areas of work of the initiative: | |||||||||
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| Success that the initiative
has achieved: In a relatively short space of
time we managed to bring together two initially separate groups (women migrants and older
German women) closer together, above all, through personal encounters and discussions. To
quote one participant: "Without such projects, I see no possibility for us old women
to get to know women from other cultures." |
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| Problems that the
initiative has been faced during its work: We suffer from a lack of funds and staff. Occasionally, we are confronted with prejudices on the part of women in other Seniorenwerkstatt groups about the work of the International Women's Circle. |
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| Participation of the target
group concerning the conception, planning and implementation of the initiative's work: The women are involved in selecting the topics, they help with the shopping and in preparing for and clearing up after the morning meetings. |
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| Co-operation: Initially, our project cooperated with the "infrau" project in Frankfurt am Main. We carried out the work jointly, using the existing infrastructure and forming mixed teams. |
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| Information: We are available for people interested in receiving more information on our initiative by phone or post. |
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| Organisational background of the initiative | |||||||||
| Staff: 1 salaried employees at the supporting organisation. |
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| Budget: At the moment we have no funds of our ow, but have applied for funds in the long-term. |
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| Sources of funding: | |||||||||
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| Publications or information
material available on our initiative: Information folder |
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| Tips and suggestions for
people interested in foundig a similar initiative: We are willing to provide information on the project through personal talks and exchanges of ideas with interested parties. |
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