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IPVoW homepage is online
The homepage of our projce IPVow is now online. From January 2011 on you find here reports of all partners in their languages and in English translations as well as a summarizing report in English.
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Silia homepage is online
Within the frame of module 3 (prevention and intervention in intimate partner violence against older women) of the federally funded Action Programme “Living Secure in Old Age” (Silia) a homepage was developed with important information as regards the progress of work in the modell region in Hamburg.
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New projects
Mind the Gap! Improving intervention in intimate partner violence against older women
The European Commission granted a follow up project to Intimate Partner Violence against older Women (IPVoW) which will be carried out with the same partners, coordinated by Zoom – society for prospective developments. within the frame of this project we will carry out analysis of police and/or public prosecutor’s case files and develop on this basis and on the basis of results from IPVoW manuals, material for public relation and a training module in order to improve case work of law enforcement agencies and social support agencies with older women as victims of intimate partner violence.
PINGUINAs subcontractor to the Sociological Research Institute Göttingen (SOFI) Zoom e.V. and two other organisations evaluate the implementation of the pilot project “Internal, integral support for work integration” by the Federal Employment Agency.
SiliA – Action programme “Security for the elderly”Together with the German Police University Zoom e.V. coordinates and supports the action programme “Security for the elderly” (SiliA 2008 – 2010) funded / initiated by the Federal Ministry of Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. We are particu-larly happy to coordinate and support the implementation of results gained in previ-ous research projects.