Marburg Women's Academy

The Women's Academy is a labor market policy measure according to § 16 para. 1 SGB II in conjunction with § 45 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 1 SGB III for up to 60 women of the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf [at the Marburg location], in the period from 31.07.2025 to 31.02.2026.

Target audience

Women aged 18-60 residing in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district, both those with and without access to the labor market, who generally meet the eligibility requirements for benefits under the German Social Code, Book II (SGB II) or the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act (AsylbLg). [This includes: women with limited access to the labor market in special situations with multiple integration barriers, women with limited access to the labor market who only require application support, and women (including single mothers or caregivers) with difficulties balancing family and career]. For the first time, the lecture and workshop program is aimed at interested women from the district.

Goals

The primary goal of this program is to integrate participants into employment subject to social security contributions. Intensive counseling, support, and information are intended to reduce barriers to integration to such an extent that employment becomes possible.

If the primary goal of taking up employment or training is not yet possible, further vocational qualifications can be made available for orientation purposes.

The participants' self-esteem, personal responsibility, autonomy and self-learning competence are to be strengthened on the basis of empowerment and through the academy-like character, and synergy effects are to be achieved.

Content & Services

The topics will be explored in group sessions, individual appointments, and during a practical trial through a visit to the participants' "workplace".

Each customer will be assigned a dedicated female contact person, if desired.

Depending on individual needs, the programs are divided into mandatory and elective modules, in which the classic support measures of a labor market policy are reworked and supplemented by lectures & workshops, courses and the use of self-learning materials.

The Women's Academy, and specifically the meeting café, serves as a meeting place for women. Through the initiation and guided implementation of projects to design the café, the women "create" it and fill it with life.

In the area of "Digital Learning," participants' specific training needs are identified together. Basic skills are taught in a more playful manner. Furthermore, the extent to which digital media and workplace-based learning, and subsequently, qualification-oriented further training, can be utilized is examined.

Duration & Course

The standard individual placement duration is four months. Follow-up care for two months, with a reduced number of hours, is possible after consultation with the case manager.

The Women's Academy project is being carried out at the Marburg location in combination with the " Vocational Qualifying Language Support Plus [BQS+] " program.

Financial support

The Education Center of the Hessian Economy e. V. conducts the Women's Academy, funded by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration, on behalf of the District Job Center of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district.