Introducing the
Frauenzentrale Zug
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Who am I ?
Who are we? What is the Frauenzentrale?
Where do we come from?
Our situation today
What do we offer?
Who is financing us?
Public Relations
Partners and Memberships
Planned future projects
Who am I?
• managing director of eff-zett das fachzentrum
since 2004
• background in Human Resources Management, business
management and social psychology
• 10 years as HR manager/consultant in Swiss Bank
• living in Uetikon am See
Who are we?
• Non Profit Organization
• society working for social welfare and social political goals
• roof organization of most women organizations in the
canton of Zug
• neutral, non-religious, no party politics
• 3 separate business units
• 734 members
• 20 collective members/organizations
Who are we?
• volunteers:
executive board: 7 women
Forum: sounding board and women’s network: 24 members
146 volunteers working for the Brockenhaus
24 women and men working in groups and commitees
• employees:
38 highly qualified employees
contracted lawyers
Who are we?
Executive Board Members
• Maria Wyss-Stuber, President and Brockenhaus
• Christine Blättler-Müller, Vicepresident, FraueNetz
• Josy Schmid, Financing
• Sandra Brändli-Fenner, eff-zett das fachzentrum
• Dominique Strauch-Berger, Public Relations
• Andrea von Allmen, Controlling
• Karin Spychiger, Managing Director eff-zett das fachzentrum
Where do we come from?
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founded in 1969 / social workers
8 women organizations of Zug
women’s right to vote
create social opportunities / social welfare
1971 counseling offices
1976 financing: Brockenhaus
1982 contracts with the canton of Zug
1999 property at Tirolerweg 8 (all under 1 roof)
Our Situation Today
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mid-size institution with efficient processes and structures
modern, practical rooms / centrally located
profitable Brockenhaus at perfect location
large variety of different services under one roof
solid contracts with our partners
well known and established in the canton of Zug
highly motivated employees and volunteers
mainly women in leading positions
Working Together
Leading Model
• counseling, education and support for women and men
• creating awareness
• networking / partnerships
• helping people to help themselves
• equal rights and opportunities for women and men
• relief for women/families in need (fund)
• supporting minorities
• easy access, no bureaucracy, affordable rates
What do we offer?
eff-zett das fachzentrum
• 10 departments: counseling, services and education
• counseling and information for women, men and youths
living or working in the canton of Zug
Brockenhaus (Brockehuus Ökihof and Brockehüüsli)
• second hand market/financing the other business units
FraueNetz
• supporting equal rights for women and men in society,
politics and economy
Fund for Women and Families in Need
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financed by donations (private parties and foundations)
main sponsor: Ernst Göhner Stiftung
60 sponsorships in 2010
ca. 65‘000 CHF per year
fast and unbureaucratic help
applications through social services, institutions, eff-zett
departments
• examples of help: German courses, down payment for
apartments, moving cost, music lessons for children, passes
for public transport etc.
Who is financing us?
• contracts with the communal, cantonal and federal
governments
• Brockenhaus
• members and patrons
• sponsoring
• volunteers / honorary work
How do we get financed?
2009
26’410 voluntary hours
Fr. 898’350.-personal/self-contribution
honorary work/volunteers !
Partnerships and Networking
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FrauenBildungZug
network of social NPO in Zug
member organizations
political parties (lobbying), female politicians
other Frauenzentralen in Switzerland
projects: cooperations with other social institutions e.g.
punkto Jugend und Kind, triangel beratungsdienste,
Gesundheitsamt, Schweizerisches Arbeiterhilfswerk
Main Topics and Projects 2010/2011
• Frauen in Not (fund for women/families in need)
• prevention of youth violence (Project “Gemeinsam gegen
Gewalt”)
• elections in the fall 2010 (communal and cantonal): it was
the goal to raise the total number of female politicians
• fundraising concept: finding more members and patrons as
well as more volunteers; opening new financial resources
Where can you find us?
Public Child Care
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Who: for all children from approx. 1 1/2 to 6 yrs.
(without appointment or registration)
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When: every Friday from 1.45 p.m. - 5 p.m.
(except during school holidays)
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Where: in basement of the Alterszentrum Herti (geriatric care center)
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Costs: per afternoon and child Fr. 9.-• brothers/sisters Fr. 6.– per child (2 siblings)
• brothers/sisters Fr. 5.– per child (3 or more)
• cookies and tea included
What do we offer?
eff-zett das fachzentrum: 10 departments
• alimony collection and advance payment
• budgeting advice
• coaching for women
• contact / coordination centre for self help groups
• couple- and family counseling
• family mediation incl. separation and divorce mediation
• legal advice
• parenting classes
• sexual- and pregnancy counseling
• victims counseling for adults and children
Alimony Collection and Advance Payment
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due to security reasons offices are in another building
exists since 1971 (1. counseling service)
8 qualified employees
1135 cases (2009)
total in advance alimony payment 2009:
5.9 Mio
• return of alimony payments: 3.9 Mio = 65.2 %
• relief for parental relationship
Budgeting Advice
• advice in money matters / budgeting
• family budgets, liquidation of households, boarding cost,
debts, students/apprentices, pocket money, salary decrease
(e.g. retirement)
• 172 personal meetings
• exemplary budgets for different living situations
• 5 speeches, talks and teaching assignments
Coaching for Women
• founded in August 2006 as project, since 1.1.2008 officially
the 10th department of eff-zett das fachzentrum
• coaching of women in matters of reentry into work force
(e.g. after child raising), work-life balance, career planning,
continued education, labor law, mobbing etc.
• financing: 75% by federal government
• 105 cases (104 women, 1 man)
• 224 coaching sessions
• first coaching: CHF 50, further sessions: rate by income
Coordination Centre for Self Help Groups
• 141 phone counselings
• 48 counsels of groups (e.g. establishment of new groups,
conflict solving etc.)
• organizing networking and educational meetings for groups
• 50 self help groups in the canton of Zug
• 1 new group / 1 break up in 2008
Couple and Family Counseling
• counseling in relationship and child raising topics as well as
for personal problems
• founded in 1978, since 1988 contract from the canton
• 674 counseling and therapy sessions
• 8 adoption meetings
• working with all ages
• counseling may last from weeks to months
• for singles, couples, families
Family Mediation, Separation/Divorce Mediation
• helping couples to find non controversial separation/divorce
agreements
• mediation in family conflicts, custody, visitation rights etc.
• 68 mediation sessions / 16 mediation cases
• 2/3 of the couples seeking help are already separated
• average of 3 - 4 sittings
• 60% concluded within 3 months
• co-mediation: team of woman + man, legally +
psychologically qualified specialists
Legal Advice
• first advice in all legal matters i.e. family-, working-,
inheritance law etc.
• no legal representation
• 414 personal talks
• 324 women/61 men/29 couples/groups
main questions regarding:
• divorces/separations/household liquidations: 245
• labor law: 19
• children’s rights: 56
Education for Parents / Parenting Classes
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several public speeches by specialists on child raising
topics range from toddlers to teenagers
376 participants (both sexes) in classes and speeches
280 lesson hours
2 programs / year
reservation online
Sexual and Pregnancy Counseling
• opened in 1978, contract from the canton of Zug
• 73 new cases (2009)
• 135 personal talks / counselings (sexuality, pregnancy,
abortion, prenatal diagnostics etc.)
• 99 information/counseling by phone
• 12 advice by internet/email
sexual education in schools
• 111 visits in schools / 28 counselings of teachers
• 25 instructions/hand-out of material for teachers: regarding
contraception/STD etc.
Victims Counseling
• founded in 1993, working on behalf of the canton of Zug
• specialized in counseling of victims of domestic and/or
sexual abuse
• open for all victims of any kind of violence
• 310 cases
• 561 personal talks
• 95 counsels by phone
• 10 counsels by internet
• free of charge
FraueNetz: Network of Women
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supporting working women/families/public
advancing equal chances for everyone
support for future female politicians at election time
networking for women politicians
event: International Day of Women (8th of March)
Brockenhaus
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founded in 1976 to finance all the counseling services
formerly Brockenhaus in Cham (fire) and Baar
since 1999 beside Ökihof in Zug („shopping center“)
Brockehüüsli Ägeristrasse
managing director since May 2010
146 volunteers, only 6 paid employees
average age of volunteers over 60
very loyal volunteers (some since beginning!)
Working hours of 4 to >100 hours per month
free pick up of used furniture