Equal Opportunities for Older Women
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Arbeitskreis Seniorinnenarbeit (Study Group on Working with Elderly Women)
Communicational details
Address:
Evangelisches Frauenwerk in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Große Parower Straße 42
18435 Stralsund
Germany
Contact persons and their known foreign languages:
Annerose Neumann, Consultant, English
Telephone: 0049-3831-383762
Telefax: 0049-3831-383763
E-Mail: evfrauenwerkmv@freenet.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:
Evangelisches Frauenwerk
Address:
Große Parower Straße 42
18435 Stralsund
Germany
Telephone: 0049-3831-383762
Telefax: 0049-3831-383763
E-Mail: evfrauenwerkmv@freenet.de
Internet:
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Content and framework conditions of the project work
The initiative was founded in: 2000
The initiative was founded because of the following reasons:

The idea for the work group originated from the director, and after receiving the go-ahead from the committee and staff members, the group was initiated in May of 2000.
The initiative was founded for a limited period of time:

The work group is initially limited to two years, as are all work groups run by the Frauenwerk (Women's Association).
Target group(s): Women in Evangelical/Christian parishes
Targets: In our work we take stock of our regional church's social work on behalf of elderly women, plan further education courses, publicise and enhance the status of this social work, and provide stimulus for new ideas.
Details of the work done by the initiative:

The study group helps to
- co-ordinate social work with women senior citizens in the regional churches of Mecklenburg and Pomerania,
- offer further education courses in the creative arts and group education,
- provide opportunities for women over 55 to plan their own lives,
- foster co-operation between full-time and volunteer workers.

More recognition and support should be given to volunteer work, and a lobby should be created for social work with women senior citizens, both in the church and among the public at large.
Meetings of the study group take place two or three times a year.
Areas of work of the initiative:
Social contacts
Education
Religious orientation, personal orientation, and developing one's own life-style
Success that the initiative has achieved:

After the first meeting, networks began to form. Other successes include the encouragement received by those engaged in this work, an increased information flow, and an upgrading of social work with elderly women.
Problems that the initiative has been faced during its work:

One problem is large travelling expenses and the large size of the group targeted by our study group: social workers engaged in working with senior citizens, and the senior citizens themselves.
Participation of the target group concerning the conception, planning and implementation of the initiative's work:

Older retired women also participate in the initiative.
Co-operation:
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:

2 salaried employees at the supporting organisation.
6 volunteers/honorary members.
Budget:
Sources of funding:
Funds from the supporting organisation(s)
Publications or information material available on our initiative:
Recommended literature:

R. Daimler: Verschwiegene Lust
M. Linnemann u.a.: Einsamkeit bewältigen
H. Goldbrunner: Altwerden als Herausforderung
B. Voorhoeve: Unruhestand
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2001-04-25