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Equal Opportunities for Older Women |
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| Alte für Alte (Old Folks for Old Folks) | |||||||||
| Communicational details | |||||||||
| Address: Waldweg 24 48163 Münster Germany |
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| Contact persons and their
known foreign languages: Hiltrud Wessling, Spokeswoman |
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| Telephone:
0049-251-717357 Telefax: E-Mail: hiltrud-wessling@t-online.de Internet: |
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| About the initiative | |||||||||
| Status of the initiative: | The initiative is a self-help initiative aimed at improving equal opportunities for older women through an organisation that pursues objectives which are independent of gender or age. | ||||||||
| The initiative is independent and has no legal form. | |||||||||
| The initiative has the dicisive support of
the following organisation: Landesseniorenvertretung Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V. |
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| Address: Gasselstiege 13 48159 Münster Deutschland |
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| Telephone:
0049-251-212050 Telefax: 0049-251-2006613 E-Mail: Internet: |
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| Content and framework conditions of the project work | |||||||||
| The initiative was founded in: 1984 | |||||||||
| The initiative was founded
because of the following reasons: Recognition of the consequences of the demographic changes taking place in our society contributed to the creation of this initiative. |
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| Target group(s): | All women who are prepared to work on a voluntary basis "for me - with others - for others" | ||||||||
| Targets: | Maintaining social contacts with each other and for each other | ||||||||
| Details of the work done by
the initiative: Women between 50 and 83 meet together here. They maintain contact with each other and learn more about socio-political affairs. They work in a home for the elderly where for the past 16 years they have been running a one-on-one care service for the residents. Group members have been responsible for founding the Alzheimer Society and the Hospice Movement in Münster, as well as a discussion circle, "Living in Old Age", and the National Network of Older Women. |
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| Areas of work of the initiative: | |||||||||
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| Success that the initiative
has achieved: The initiative's most prominent successes include starting up a discussion group on "Living in Old Age" and founding the National Network of Older Women |
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| Problems that the
initiative has been faced during its work: The financial situation as regards further education is very bad. |
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| Participation of the target
group concerning the conception, planning and implementation of the initiative's work: Every two weeks a discussion evening takes place. |
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| Co-operation: Since 1999 we have been co-operating with the Landesseniorenvertretung Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia Senior Citizens Council) This co-operation serves above all to create contacts and to learn about activities in North Rhine-Westphalia. |
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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: 27 volunteers/honorary members. |
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| Budget: DM 2,500 (c. 1,250 Euro) annually |
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| Sources of funding: | |||||||||
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| Publications or information
material available on our initiative: "Betreutes Wohnen. Senioren-Immobilien auf dem Prüfstand.Dokumentation der Fachtagung vom 7. April 1999" (Sheltered homes. Senior Citizens' Accommodation under Scrutiny. Documentation of the Conference of 7 April 1999), published by the "Wohnen im Alter" (Living in Old Age) discussion group; "Wohnen im Alter. Anregungen und Tips für ein selbstbestimmtes Wohnen und Leben" (Living in Old Age. Ideas and Tips for Independent Living), published in 1995 by the Altes Backhaus e.V. (Old Bake House, A Registered Charity). |
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| Tips and suggestions for
people interested in foundig a similar initiative: In order to take the strain off the generations that come after us, we recommend focusing more strongly on one's own generation and on the very old. |
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