AWO Hessen-Süd

About AWO Hessen-Süd

The Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bezirksverband Hessen-Süd e.V. (AWO Hessen-Süd for short) is a leading association of free welfare care with around 17,000 members in 19 district associations and around 180 local clubs. The district associations and local clubs of the AWO are organizationally and economically independent. AWO Hessen-Süd, through its companies, operates facilities and institutions for the elderly, child, youth, women, and family support, as well as for people with disabilities at around 100 locations in central and southern Hesse and the Rhine-Main region, employing around 3,300 people. AWO Hessen-Süd is a values-based association. Guiding principles and a mission statement form the basis for its actions. The fundamental values of the AWO are solidarity, tolerance, freedom, equality, and justice. More about the guiding principles and history of AWO Hessen-Süd can be found at www.awo-hs.org/ueber-uns/geschichte-leitsaetze-der-awo/. The Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) was founded in 1919 by Marie Juchacz. Juchacz was a German social reformer, social democrat, and women's rights activist. She was the first woman to speak in a German parliament. Her commitment to women's suffrage is considered a milestone in equal rights.