Women's clubs in Upper Austria in need: Money is missing for vital help!

Women's clubs in Upper Austria in need: Money is missing for vital help!

Rohrbach, Österreich - The SPÖ women in the region collected 702 euros for the Rohrbach women's network through a creative biscuit campaign, which underlines the need for financial support for women's advice centers. As part of the international campaign "16 days against violence against women", the SPÖ women were involved in selling homemade cookies from late November to mid-December. This campaign shows that initiatives should not only be limited to support women, but should also take place all year round. Nicole Trudenberger, the chairwoman of the SPÖ women, emphasized the essential role of the women's network: "It is an integral part of the central point of contact for women in the district and as an institution," as she underlined. But despite the donations collected, the pressure remains due to falling financial resources, as well as Neuenzeit.at reported.

The challenges in women's counseling in Upper Austria are considerable, and the lack of financial resources has a direct impact on the employees. Jutta Müller, the managing director of the women's counseling required by the SPÖ in Rohrbach, stated that the advice center employees had to report alternately unemployed, since the positions were not financed all year round. In order to maintain the services, the counseling center was moved to smaller premises, which enables the employees' constant employment, but also makes it difficult to carry out events. In Linz, the utilization in the women's shelter is currently over 90 percent, with autumn values ​​that even exceed the 100 percent mark. SPÖ women's chairman Renate Heitz criticizes the minimal increases in the women's budget and demands a significant increase of a total of 700,000 euros for women's shelters and 300,000 euros more for advice centers. "A bad joke," said Heitz, while the state government is only planning by 2.75 percent for women's shelters and increases the amount for women's consultations by only 1,000 euros. This shows how urgently a solution to the financial challenges in the facilities is.