Footprint (association)
| Footprint - care, freedom & integration for those affected by trafficking in women and violence | |
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| purpose | Support of trafficking in women and women and girls affected by violence in Austria |
| Chair: | Hannah-Isabella Gasser |
| Establishment date: | 2011 |
| Number of employees: | around 20 (2015) |
| Seat : | Vienna , Austria |
| Website: | www.footprint.or.at |
Founded in 2011, the Viennese association Footprint - Care, Freedom & Integration for those affected by trafficking in women and violence ( spelling : FOOTPRINT ) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that campaigns for those affected by trafficking in women and / or violence .
founding
Hannah-Isabella Gasser came up with the idea of founding her own NGO while doing her thesis on the subject of forced prostitution of African migrant women in Austria and dealing with the subject of trafficking in women in various internships. In 2011 she finally developed a project idea together with Hannah Lux, which eventually led to the establishment of Footprint. The 2011 Social Impact Award and the Ideas Against Poverty Award created the financial basis for founding the association.
target
The approximately 20 volunteer employees (as of July 2015) at Footprint want to help women and girls in Austria who are affected by trafficking in women and violence to gain their rights and to bring a societal fringe issue into the public eye. Those affected are to be shown future perspectives, and there is also the opportunity for them to take advantage of social and legal advice, as well as further training courses. Footprint should represent a place of emotional retreat. Women and girls are accompanied on their way to a future that is as self-determined as possible.
Footprint is particularly concerned with the low threshold of childcare options: women can maintain their anonymity and come by at any time during opening hours without making an appointment.
Footprint does not speak out against prostitution per se, insofar as it is exercised voluntarily and without other people behind it.
Offers and courses
In addition to social and legal advice, those affected by trafficking in women and violence have the opportunity to take part in language, sports and self-defense courses in Vienna's 3rd district (near Wien Mitte train station). Attending the courses is free for those affected, while those who are not affected make a financial contribution to participate in the sports courses, which in turn benefits those affected. Thus, the women also have the opportunity to make new social contacts and get the feeling of being an equal member of Austrian society.
Social counseling
The social counseling is part of the low-threshold concept. The clients can therefore make use of them, but they are not obliged to do so. The consultations can therefore also take place anonymously. Topics of social counseling include: Financial basis / supply, job search, apartment search, training and language courses, processing emotionally stressful and / or traumatic experiences, problems with residence status.
German courses
The association offers clients free German courses for levels A1 to B1. This is to support the integration of women into society, which is often hindered by language barriers.
Exercise courses
Sports and exercise courses, which are offered with the support of the Austrian Ministry of Sports, represent a focus of the activities of Footprint. Many victims of trafficking in women and violence are traumatized by their difficult working and living conditions . Movement in a group can help to rebuild or strengthen trust in yourself and other people. Therefore, exercise courses are offered in the club's premises, where those affected can train free of charge and non-affected women can train together. This creates a space for people from different cultures to get to know each other and at the same time offers a low-threshold therapy option.
financing
The association is primarily financed through donations. These can also be provided in the form of a membership, the so-called Footprint Friends . Additional funds are raised through charity events, prize money, sponsorship and z. B. Exercise courses taken.
Cooperation partner
- Emergency advice for raped women and girls
- Peppa - intercultural center for girls
- SOLWODI - Solidarity with women in need
- Herzwerk - an initiative for victims of forced prostitution and human trafficking
- Hemayat - Care Center for Torture and War Survivors
- Caritas Austria
Awards & awards
- 2011: Social Impact Award
- 2011: 3rd place in the Innovation Prize for Ideas against Poverty (cooperation between Coca Cola Austria, Der Standard and the NPO & SE Competence Center of the Vienna University of Economics and Business )
- 2013: 2nd place at the Integration Prize Sport of the Vienna Health Promotion (City of Vienna)
- 2014: Nomination of the project Moving Integration at Places of Respect , the initiative of the Respekt.Net association
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b team . Footprint website, accessed July 9, 2015.
- ↑ Amra Duric: “You don't have to be ashamed of a footprint” . ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: HochschülerInnenschaft at the University of Vienna / Association for the Promotion of Student Media Freedom (Ed.): Unique , Edition 10/2013, accessed on July 9, 2015.
- ↑ ökonews - daily newspaper for renewable energy and sustainability: "Ideas against poverty - innovation award 2011" , published November 22, 2011
- ↑ Footprint - Care, freedom and integration for those affected by trafficking in women and violence: Annual Footprint Report 2014 ( Memento of the original of July 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Footprint: Our Mission ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 2015.
- ↑ Unique issue 10/2013: “You don't have to be ashamed of a footprint” ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , published Oct. 2013
- ↑ We say thank you to Footprint . In: Wiener Bezirkszeitung , May 16, 2014.
- ↑ Footprint: Annual Footprint Report 2014 ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Radio Voice - Orange 94.0: " Freedom of movement - sports projects with and for migrant women" , broadcast on November 19, 2014
- ↑ Footprint - Care, freedom and integration for those affected by trafficking in women and violence: Annual Footprint Report 2014 ( Memento of the original of July 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ List of all winning projects from Austria . socialimpactaward.at, accessed on July 9, 2015.
- ↑ Winner 2011 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Ideen- gegen-armut.at, accessed on July 9, 2015.
- ↑ Active integration - physical activity offers for women affected by trafficking in women . Website of the Vienna Health Promotion, accessed on July 9, 2015.
- ↑ List of all 107 nominated projects . ortedesrespekts.at, accessed on July 9, 2015.
