FemmesTISCHE©

parent education programme at the kitchen table

- for Swiss women- for female migrants

Presentation, Berlin 8 May 2009

www.femmestische.ch

KEY WORDS

- Promoting women (female moderators, key figures)

- Low-threshold project (small groups, location, women, different languages, mother tongue, socio-economic situation)

- Awareness on prevention, health promotion, education, integration

- Social networking

more self-confidence

networking and integration

more skills throughexchange

of experiencestrengthening

of soft skills

strengthening of health and

education literacy

close to daily lifeknowledge transfer

growing awareness

goals

TARGETGROUPS

FemmesTISCHE can reach women

- in weak socio-economic circumstances and/or from population with a low level of education

- as migrants at diverse stages of their integration process. Inadequate language skills are no hindrance.

- who so far hardly ever had contacts within social networks

Female moderator

Female moderator looks for hostess

Wanted: 6-8 women

fixing a date for the event

Event takes place

Feedback

New m

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Structure of FemmesTISCHE

FemmesTISCHE

- Female moderator- Hostess / planning- Event (at home, at an institution, ..)- DVD 10 – 15‘ (film, postcards, etc.)- Discussion- Closing- Forms, feedback, location, payment

FemmesTISCHE WITH MIGRANTS 1

- The female moderator belongs to the same ethnic group and is an important role model for successful integration.

- At FemmesTISCHE migrants get information on German language courses, on the Swiss education, the social system and so forth...

- Many moderators grow into their new roles, e.g., as culture referents or start an education

FemmesTISCHE WITH MIGRANTS 2

- FemmesTISCHE is personal: at least some of the participants are acquaintances. There are 6 to 10 women, who discuss topics in a private setting. Everybody’s opinion is important, all the women dare to say something.

- The hostess gets a small compensation for her hospitality, the family budget is under no strain.

LOWEST POSSIBLE LEVEL OF INHIBITION

- The female moderator is no expert, her job is to be in charge of the discussion.

- FemmesTISCHE „goes out to the participants“: the moderator looks for a hostess. The hostess looks for guests.

- participants usually do not have to travel far: in the district, in the region.

- Participation at FemmesTISCH is free of charge.

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF FemmesTISCHE

Swiss women only

Hostess and guests

About 5000 participants per year

Head officeFemmesTISCHE

250 female presenters

Swiss Foundation of Parents’ Education

Local Officesregional organisations:

Swiss German Bienne (bilingual)Parents’ talk Austria

Swiss and migrant women

Hostess and guests

migrant women

Hostess and guests

HEAD OFFICE FemmesTISCHE

- Coordinates the exchange, facilitates exchange of know-how and development of quality standard

- Introduces new locations into their tasks - Supports locations when they have questions- Is responsible for public relations also beyond

the immediate region - Looks for sponsoring partners, networking also

outside that region, transfer of know-how, quality development and production of films and series of photographs

RESPONSIBILITIES OF LOCAL OFFICES

- Implementation of FemmesTISCHE- Training of female moderators- Coaching of female moderators- 4 meetings per year, 1 further education- Single coaching (promoting women,

etc.)- Financing- Networking (within and outside

institution)

ETHNIC GROUPS / LANGUAGES IN SWITZERLAND

Albanian Arab English French Bosnian Serbian Croatian Russian Portuguese Spanish Tamil Thai Turkish Japanese Kurdish Pakistani Persian/Farsi Polish Slovak Somali Syrian ...

DISCUSSION ABOUT HEALTH TOPICS

INFORMATIONS

ISSIUES Health / Education / Prevention / Migration

- Prevention of substance abuse within the family- Balancing work and family- Healthcare- Computer and TV addiction- Learning – a child‘s play?- Growing up bilingual- Nutrition and exercising- Self-confidence- Active childhood- Multi-national marriages- Mobbing – no child‘s play

MEETINGS IN ORGANISATIONS

www.familienbar.ch-

Addresses & Information

FemmesTISCHE©

- www.femmestische.ch- www.femmestische.net

(international, Atelier für Kommunikation, deutsch)

- www.atelierww.ch (Atelier für Kommunikation)

On Wednesday evening Anna phones her friend Barbara excitedly:

“It was so cool this afternoon.Just imagine: I‘ll be the next hostess. Will you come, too“

PATRONAGE OF FemmesTISCHE

Schweizerischer Bund für Elternbildung SBE Fédération Suisse pour la Formation des Parents FSFP Federazione Svizzera per la Formazione dei Genitori FSF www.elternbildung.ch