Scharnhorst Womens Initiative

Women counselling women Five thousand renters live in the satellite settlement of Scharnhorst near Dortmund More than thousand of them are women living alone or with their children A large percentage of them are on welfare They need help in asserting their rights visàvis the social welfare authorities This documentary uses the point of view of a 26yearold single mother of two to document the commitment of the womens initiative In the group I realised that I am not the isolated case I always thought I was