Adress: Galgenbergstrasse 2
3910 Zwettl
Tel: 02822 522 71
Fax: 02822 522 71-5
Opening Hours:
Mo: 8.00-13.00 a.m.
Tue: 9.00-13.00 a.m.
Thu: 9.00-13.00 a.m. and 16.00-19.00 p.m.
Fr: 9.00-13.00 a.m.
e-mail: office[at]frauenberatung.zwettl.at
In 1991, the Zwettl Counselling Centre for Women was founded by four women committed to the work of women. The centre was intended to be a contact point for women who seek assistance and counselling regarding a variety of personal circumstances. Over the years it has developed into a well-established counselling and training institution, including two satellite locations in Gmünd and Waidhofen / Thaya as well as a vocational training centre in the town of Groß Siegharts for women in the field of information technology.
To assist and motivate each other in diverse personal situations corresponds to the basic principles of the feminist movement:
Guidelines like "women together are strong" or "the private is political" are still formative for our current style and content of work.
" Counselling by women for women - the staff of the counselling centre with their own experience as women and their based work ethic create a mutual bond.
In addition to social tasks, women's project work always has socio-political tasks:
to bring the problems of women into the public and to stand up for the elimination of those problems
to organize events and to coordinate public relations in diverse media regarding politically relevant issues
networking with other women's projects and with social and municipal institutions
More than 3000 women per year come to the centre with a wide spectrum of concerns. Our main focus is to provide counselling and advice to women and to organize (vocational) continuing education programs.
Over the course of time our programs and services have extended beyond these basic services and have helped the Women's Centre develop into a lively place.
Individual counselling for job seeking women
One-on-one interviews with a counsellor in order to clarify specific questions.
Group counselling for job seeking women
Participants can work in small groups on various job related topics:
women over 45 and the labour market
job application strategies and basic use of computers
child care and the labour market
Occupational orientation training for job seeking women
8-16 weeks training for women in the second half of their lifetime (women over 45) or for women who want to re-enter the labour market after maternity leave.
Women's Open Office:
assistance in creating job application documents
utilization of office equipment (computer, internet, copier, telephone, fax, etc.)
internet café
Vocational training course: telm@
Vocational training for women in the field of information technology (18 months):
network and system administration
database administration
web server administration
IT-trading and consulting
IT-training
project management
Events:
Workshops, seminars and lectures on diverse topics such as: vocational training, psychological and physical health, eating disorders, personality development, violence in the family, social policy, etc.
Special offers for girls:
self-defence classes
free internet-cafe
girls' library
workshops: prevention of violence
vocational orientation and life planning for girls
Counselling options:
Counselling regarding all personal, family, social and vocational affairs: free of charge and confidential.
vocational counselling, educational counselling
career counselling: specially designed for improving women's chances for re-entering the labour market and for improving women's promotion prospects
legal advice
medical advice
advice on eating disorders
women-specific psychotherapy
counselling for families and couples
divorce mediation
escorting women in and to court when they are affected by offenders (violence, abuse, etc.)
Free Library:
Books on women-specific topics; novels, anecdotes, poems and comics by female authors;
more than 2000 books - borrowing is free of charge
International contacts / Participation in EU-projects
Leonardo da Vinci: "Women, Girls and Technology" (Austria, France, Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands) - Vocational training for girls; focus on technical studies or professions; train-the-trainer-project;
Now: "femmes vers l`emploi" (Austria, France); vocational networking;
Equal: "NORA - neue Berufsperspektiven für Frauen" (Austria,Spain); vocational training for women;
Article 6: "Lokales Kapital für soziale Zwecke" - promoting women and job seeking men above 40 in starting their own enterprise; (Austria)
"Frauen ohne Grenzen" - cross border project with Czech Women's Association of Nova Bistrice and Prague;
