Equal Opportunities for Older Women
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Le paraître et la femme de plus 50 ans (Appearance and the Woman over 50)
Communicational details
Address:
3, Rue Georges Citerne
75015 Paris
France
Contact persons and their known foreign languages:
Mme Renate Gossard, First Chairwoman and Founder, German, English
Telephone: + 33 (0)1 40 58 17 15
Telefax: + 33 (0)6 23 84 79 69
E-Mail: renategossard@wanadoo.fr
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 is independent and has the following legal form: registered association
The initiative has the dicisive support of the following organisation:
Panthères grises France (Graue Panther Frankreich)
Address:
3, Rue Georges Citerne
75015 Paris
France
Telephone: + 33 (0)1 40 58 17 15
Telefax: + 33 (0)6 23 84 79 69
E-Mail: renategossard@wanadoo.fr
Internet:
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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:

Fashion and appearance are of great significance for a woman's aging.
The initiative was founded for a limited period of time:

Limited to the days on which the "Salon Marjolaine" took place.
Target group(s): Women over 50.
Targets: Women's magazines ignore women over 50 - precisely those women that the Grey Panthers have decided to make even more beautiful! Fashion too ignores them - the Panthers draw attention to these women.
Details of the work done by the initiative:

The French Grey Panthers had a stand in the Salon Marjolaine
- There our offerings included a workshop entitled "How to make yourself look beautiful", in which participants could discover their own personal colours, appearance, clothing and hairstyle, the right pair of spectacles...
- In addition we offered counselling and discussed and debated with the participants how and why older/old women should make themselves look beautiful.
Areas of work of the initiative:
Social contacts
Education
Fashion - beauty - appearance
Success that the initiative has achieved:

- The workshop has led to demands for further workshops of this kind
-The 2nd French TV Channel broadcast a program on our "fashion" workshop.
Problems that the initiative has been faced during its work:

Always the same problem: money! We cannot expect the participants to contribute very much, since most of them have very mediocre incomes.
Participation of the target group concerning the conception, planning and implementation of the initiative's work:

This was very easy during the exhibition.
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:

7 volunteers/honorary members.
Budget:

1,200FF (182.94 Euro) for the exhibition
Sources of funding:
Members dues
Donations and funds from sponsors
Publications or information material available on our initiative:
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2001-04-25