WAND: An Activity Program for Women in a Rooming House

Rooming houses are often considered last resort accommodation for people affected by homelessness. However, some rooming houses aspire to provide safe, affordable, good-quality accommodation. This article reports on research into an activity program Women Achieving New Directions (WAND) in one such...

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Veröffentlicht in:Affilia 2016-02, Vol.31 (1), p.84-97
Hauptverfasser: Grace, Marty, Malone, Jennifer, Murphy, Angela
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Rooming houses are often considered last resort accommodation for people affected by homelessness. However, some rooming houses aspire to provide safe, affordable, good-quality accommodation. This article reports on research into an activity program Women Achieving New Directions (WAND) in one such rooming house for women in Melbourne, Australia. Women-only homelessness programs are important because of women’s specific, gendered experiences of homelessness. Five main themes relating to program impact and structure were identified from the data, namely, reducing isolation, the importance of leaving choice to the women, the vital role of staff support, the emerging sense of program ownership, and experiences of building community connection.
ISSN:0886-1099
1552-3020
DOI:10.1177/0886109915574577