One of the working groups of the UP2YOUTH project is dealing with the situation and coping strategies of young parents. UP2YOUTH is a European research network funded by the EU’s 6th framework programme. It gathers 17 research institutions from all over Europe . For more information, please visit the Internet portal www.up2youth.org

Gender Mainstreaming at the „Arbeits-Initiative Backnang“ Monitoring and evaluation of the establishment of a gender mainstreaming approach in a welfare organisation that promotes employment for people that have been unemployed for a long time Description of the project: The goal of the project was to evaluate gender issues in a regional initiative for employment and to restructure the approach, the concepts and the offers of the initiative in order to improve equal opportunities and conditions for women and men on …

Description of the project: Gender Mainstreaming Weiterlesen »

„Equal opportunities for young men and young women who are in transition from school to work as a political strategy and concept in the establishment of local networks for employment“ Duration of the project: January 2001 – September 2002 Summary The project aimed at improving local networks for employment that provide transitions to work for young women and men in a way that they become aware for gender-specific needs and trajectories. The network approach was analysed and developed with regard …

Equal opportunities in transitions Weiterlesen »

Comparative analysis on the changed role of the family against the background of longer and more complicated transitions of young women and men into work an economic independency. The ‘Families and Transitions in Europe’ research project has been funded under the Improving the Human Potential key action of the European Commissions Fifth Framework Programme. It was developed and carried out in the framework of the European research network EGRIS and has been coordinated by the School of Policy Studies at …

The European research project FATE Weiterlesen »

Title of the project: Qualitative investigation of boys concerning health problems relevant to sex education, as well as sex education and medical advice Duration: July 1, 1996 – December 31, 1997 Project leader: Dr. Reinhard Winter Gunter Neubauer IRIS FB Jungen und Männer Lorettoplatz 6 72072 Tübingen Target group: Boys and male adolescents Sample: 64 key persons and experts 181 boys and male adolescents (9 – 18 years old) Method: Explorative focus group interviews Qualitative interviews based on guidelines Objective: …

1996-1997 Study on Boys and Health Weiterlesen »

1996-1999 Coordination of the pilot project „Regional cooperation network to create new job opportunities“ for women in social services, for children, young people and deprived persons in a rural and structurally weak region, under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), article 10. 1997-1999 Coordinator of the project „Success criteria for the continuing education of women“; financed from the program „LEONARDO da VINCI“ of the Directorate General for Education and Culture of the European Union.