Useful Addresses – Austria

1. Health Service Providers
2. NGO’s

1. Health Service Providers

In Austria, registered prostitutes are legally obliged to undergo regular health check-ups for HIV/AIDS and STDs in order to be allowed to work.

Wien
Innsbruck
Wiener Neustadt
Linz
Eisenstadt

Wien

STD-Ambulatorium

Neutorgasse 20
A-1013 Wien
Fon +43 (0)1 53114 87792 or 87793
Hotline: +43 (0)1 53634
Fax +43 (0)1 53114 9987789
E-mail post@M15.magwien.gv.at

Office hours
MON-FRI: 8.00 – 12.30

Telephone counselling
MON-FRI: 7.30 -15.30

Offers

  • Telephone Counselling
  • AIDS and STD check-ups
  • Medical check-ups and, if necessary, medical treatment
  • Information and counselling on STDs and AIDS
  • Counselling on social matters
  • The services offered are free of charge
  • They are obligatory for registered prostitutes. For others they are optional.
  • They have NO interpreters or cultural mediatorsProvides
    Condoms and prophylactic (preventative) materials

Innsbruck

Amt für Gesundheit

Fallmerayerstr. 1
A-6020 Innsbruck
Fon +43 (0)512 5360 1336
Fax +43 (0)512 5360 1326
E-mail 
gesundheitswesen@magibk.at

Office hours
MON-THU: 09.00 – 11.30
Check-up for prostitutes
THU: 09.00-15.30

Offers

  • Health check-ups
  • Services are anonymous, but in cases of AIDS or STDs the authorities have to be informed.
  • The services offered are free of charge
  • They are obligatory for registered prostitutes. For others they are optional.
  • They have NO interpreters or cultural mediators

Wiener Neustadt

Gesundheitsamt

Baumkirchnerring 4
A-2700 Wiener Neustadt
Fon +43 (0)2622-373-293
Fax +43 (0)2622-653-15
E-mail v.hladky@wienern-neustadt.at

Office hours
MON-FRI: 7.30 – 12.00 and 13.00 – 16.00

Offers

  • Health check-ups
  • Services are anonymous, but in cases of AIDS or STDs the authorities have to be informed.
  • The services offered are free of charge
  • They are obligatory for registered prostitutes. For others they are optional.
  • They have NO interpreters or cultural mediators

Linz

Gesundheitsamt

K. Fiedlerstr. 1
A-4040 Linz
Fon +43 (0)732 7070 2601
Fax +43 (0)732 7070 2619
E-mail gesundheitsservice@mag.linz.at

Office hours
MON-FRI: 07.30 – 12.00
MON-THU: 14.00 – 17.00

Offers

  • Counselling and health check-ups
  • Treatment for legal and illegal prostitutes
  • Services are anonymous, but in cases of AIDS or STDs the authorities have to be informed.
  • The services offered are free of charge
  • They are obligatory for registered prostitutes. For others they are optional.
  • They have NO interpreters or cultural mediatorsProvides
    Information material in Hungarian and Czech.
    They work together with two NGOs – LENA and MAIZ – which offer regular social and legal counselling in the Health Service office.

Eisenstadt

Gesundheitsamt

Hauptstr. 35
A-7000 Eisenstadt

Fon +43 (0)2682 705 20
Fax +43 (0)2682 705 95

Offers

  • Health check-ups
  • Services are anonymous, but in cases of AIDS or STDs the authorities have to be informed.
  • The services offered are free of charge
  • They are obligatory for registered prostitutes. For others they are optional.
  • They have NO interpreters or cultural mediators

2. NGO’s

All services are anonymous, voluntary and free of charge.

Wien
Linz

Wien

LEFÖ / Beratung, Bildung und Begleitung für Migrantinnen

Kettenbrückengasse 15/4
A-1050 Vienna
Fon +43 (0)1 5811 881
Fax +43 (0)1 5811 882

Office hours
MON-FRI: 9.00 – 17.00

Offers

  • Social, legal and psychological counselling for migrant women of all nationalities
  • German language courses for migrant women from Latin America
    MON, WED, FRI 09.00 – 14.00
    THU 14.00 – 19.00
  • For migrant sex workers: Street work and workshops on social, legal and health issues, social and legal counselling, STD/AIDS prevention, German language coursesCultural mediators
    Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovak, Polish, English, German

    Provides

  • Information material in 15 languages
  • Condoms, workshops, public relation work, networkingSupport for trafficked women
    LEFÖ runs the first and only intervention centre and shelter for female victims of trafficking.

    IBF / Intervention centre for victims of trafficking
    Floragasse 7A/7
    A-1040 Wien
    Fon +43 (0)1 79 69 298
    Fax +43 (0)1 79 69 299
    E-mail ibf@lefoe.at

SILA-Counselling Centre for Proustitutes and their Friends

Equal Project from LEFÖ and the Wiener Volkshilfe
Oelweingasse 6 – 8
A-1150 Wien
Fon + 43 (0)1 897 55 36
Fax + 43 (0)1 897 55 36-30
Homepage www.sila.or.at
E-mail office@sila.or.at

Office hours
MON-THU 14.00 – 19.00
FRI 14.00 – 17.00

Offers

  • Social counselling
  • Individual counselling and support regarding:
    Career advice/retraining, residence/professional establishment, sexuality, pregnancy/abortion, violence/abuse, divorce, housing, financial matters
  • Medical advice
  • Legal advice
  • Courses: German, Computing for Beginners, Self-Defence
  • Drop-in communication centre

Linz

MAIZ / Autonomous Integration Centre run by and for migrant women

Hofgasse 11
A-4020 Linz
Fon +43 (0)732 776-070
Fax +43 (0)732 776 0704
E-mail 
maiz@servus.at
Office hours
MON-FRI: 08.00 – 17.00

Offers

  • Counselling on legal, social and labour market policies for migrant women of all nationalities
  • Street work, shelter for female victims of trafficking, workshops on social, legal and health issues
  • Health check-ups for migrant sex workers
  • German language and computer courses
  • Public relation and cultural projectsCultural mediators
    Spanish, Hungarian, English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Bulgarian, Turkish, Czech, Serbo-Croatian
LENA / International meeting point and counselling centre for sex workers and their friends

Steingasse 25/2
A-4020 Linz

Fon +43 (0)732 77 55 08
Fax +43 (0)732 77 55 08 14
E-mail lena@caritas-linz.or.at

Office hours
MON 14.00 – 16.00
TUE 10.00 – 12.00
WEN 10.00 – 12.00
THU 10.00 – 12.00/16.00 – 18.00

Offers

  • Information, counselling and accompaniment in the case of social and juridical problems;
  • Outreach work;
  • Health prevention;
  • Computer Courses (ECDL) and recreational activities/workshops;
  • Co-operation and networking with national and international organisations;
  • Lobbying for the target group;Provides
    Information material and free condoms
    The use of Lena’s facilities is absolutely voluntary.

    The staff members are liable to secrecy.

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