feminist solitary hiking project

The personal is political was a slogan from the feminist movement from the 1960s. Finishing my social work studies in Munich 2018, I wrote my Bachelor thesis on the impact of the second women movement from the 60s on the social work profession. This slogan characterized my view on social work while studying as well as working afterwards. As as social worker I have experience in group work, individual counseling and public relation work like organizing campaigns. I learned a lot about trauma-, cultural- and gender-sensitive working approaches and methods.

Concrete work experience:

• I worked in an NGO supporting refugees rights (Bavarian Refugee Council)
• As a youth worker I worked with girls* and young women* in a youth shelter as well as in a mobile family assistance program (e.g. IMMA e.v. “Initiative for Girls in Munich”) and open youth work. Mainly in Germany, beside one Erasmus internship in the Girl’s House (Tyttöjen Talo) in Helsinki.

Moving from Germany to Finland 2022, I started the nature-guide school in Rovaniemi (Redu) and changed after the basic part to Helsinki (StadinAO). I’m glad I experienced both schools, as the nature-guide studies were due to the different surrounding nature, also pretty different. I decided to change, as I experienced work possibilities as nature-guide in Lapland more focused on tourism, but I wanted to work more with a social work frame, what is easier to do in Helsinki.

After learning basic outdoor skills as well as knowledge about Finland’s nature and wildlife, I focused my studies on hiking.

• I took part at a course learning how to plan a hike and guide a group safely through the wilderness areas of Lapland.
• In summer 2023 I organized already two overnight hikes for women* in my internship at the kaupunkiluontokeskus (city nature center) from Lapinlahden Lähde.
• In winter 2023/2024 I organized a “alternative winter hiking” workshop in school sharing skills about ultralight winter-hiking with the “rulkka”-concept. And a small group decided to try out going with the “rulkka” instead of the classical big sled to the winter-hike from school, where I took part as a fellow student and supporting the rulkka-group. I learned a lot testing and discussing this concept with my fellow students and teachers.
• In winter 2025 I organized an “alternative winter-hiking course” as well as a 5-day hike in february 2025 to a self planned hiking route near Helsinki.

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