The participants deal with their personal development in order to leave the feeling of being victimised and increase their activity.
Duration 1 - 2 meetings/week, 2 - 3 hours/meeting for about 6 month. Professional co-ordinators lead these groups.

II. Phase of planning

Thorough selection of committed participants.
Form Empowerment groups - E-groups (self support groups) with 8 - 10 persons/group. 2 - 3 meetings/week. Led by a trained co-ordinator from the group.
Individual carrierplans of action and education for every participants. Every participant is making her own carrierplan.
Duration - about 3 months.

III. Phase of change

Education, practice, work according to the individual carrerplans. Check in the E-group. 1 meeting/week 1 - 2 hours/meeting.
Duration about 6 month.

IV. Phase of job creation

Create new jobs profitable in the future. This phase runs along with phase fas II and III during the whole period.

In Jönköping we work with phase II - IV. In Wien and Chemnitz there will be more groups in phase I and less in phase II - III. All three of us will work in phase IV.

In Jönköping there is a county council project named "Women’s life and health" ongoing since late -96. This project corresponds to phase I, Phase of reflection. Therefore this phase is not a part of our project. On the other hand we cooperate so that those of our participants, who need phase I, get it in that project as a preparation for phase II in the Employment project.

Duration of phase II - IV is 8 month.