Frauen im Aufbruch: 20 Jahre Geschichte und Gegenwart Autonomer Frauenhäuser

by Ines Gutschmidt, Lisa Glahn

Part Women's Shelters in Germany. A retrospective on 20 years of autonomous women's shelters. The emergence of women's shelters in the Federal Republic. Principles of autonomous women's shelters. Women's shelters tackle the nerve of social disadvantage. The contentious funding debate. Reflections. Daily life in the women's shelter interviews. The staff. Autonomous women's shelters versus church-run shelters the so-called 'counter-shelters'. The institutionalization of women's shelters. Work in the house. The relationship between staff and residents. The residents. Why go to a women's shelter? The first day in the women's shelter. The social welfare office. Daily life in the women's shelter. Threats. Changes in women in the women's shelter. Child labor. Creative therapy. Future prospects. Meeting Sabine and Martina five months later.

179 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1996