Poverty / Social disadvantage

Transnationale Lebensräume und Unterstützungsnetzwerke älterer Migrantinnen und Migranten

Eine Herausforderung für die Soziale Arbeit?

Die Studie untersuchte die Frage, welche Formen von Transnationalität bei älteren Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund feststellbar sind, wie die Soziale Arbeit bei der Gruppe der älteren Migrantinnen und Migranten Transnationalitätsfragen bearbeitet und wie…

New coronavirus: Domestic violence

Audio spots in 4 languages

Audio spots by Integration TV Basel on the prevention of domestic violence in times of Corona. [Help with tensions at home - Information in 12 languages](https://www.migesplus.ch/en/publications/help-with-tensions-at-home)

Right to receive medical care for Sans-Papiers

Sans-Papiers live under difficult conditions. Work is often strenuous and hard on the health. Added to this is the stress of living without an authorised residence status as well as being far from your home country. All of these factors may seriously impac…

MIWOCA

Migrant Women’s Health Care Needs for Chronic Illness Services in Switzerland

Learning from the experiences of women living with chronic illnesses and improving healthcare provision. Switzerland has one of the best healthcare systems in Europe. Yet, access to healthcare is limited for certain groups within the population. Migrant …

Are you experiencing violence?

We advise and support you.

Do you experience violence yourself? Are you desperate? Do you not know whom you can turn to? We all have the right to a life free of violence. There are ways of protecting yourself against violence. A counselling flyer in the following languages: __Germa…

Tips to shop healthily and affordably

Misleading Norms: The Everyday Story of Louise

A short animated movie about the life course of a woman in Switzerland

The Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES produced a short 6-minute animated movie about the life course of a woman in Switzerland. It shows the different steps which may lead from a worry-free childhood to vulnerability at old age. The sto…

Health equity

Facts and figures for Switzerland

By drawing on selected examples this brochure depicts the complex nature of equity in health. Particular emphasis is placed on the determinants of migrant background, income and education.* The scope is set by the National Strategy for the Prevention of No…

CRITERIA FOR GOOD PRACTICE IN HEALTH PROMOTION ADDRESSING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS

DES KOOPERATIONSVERBUNDES GESUNDHEITLICHE CHANCENGLEICHHEIT

The Criteria for Good Practice in Health Promotion developed by the German Cooperation Network ‘Equity in Health’ offer a specialised framework for planning and implementing health promotion interventions addressing the social determinants of health. The t…

Welcome to Switzerland

Information for refugees and people in need

I-Need provides information to refugees and people in need about lunch tables, german lessons, clothes, medical treatment, legal advice and much more in a variety of Swiss cities and regions. Many offers – including the iOS and Android apps – are for free,…