Unemployment

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Last year, integra alone supported 1,500 people in Vorarlberg - 60 percent of them young people.(Bild: Integra)

Unemployment continues to rise. But instead of receiving a promise of more funding to combat unemployment, social enterprises in Vorarlberg are facing an austerity package after the elections.

Kerstin has sacrificed a large part of her life for her family. Five children demanded a lot from her for twelve years. When she wants to return to work, the bitter and merciless reality of the job market catches up with her. Due to an ailment affecting her hands and intervertebral discs and without the appropriate training, she no longer has a chance of getting a job. A long period of disappointment and gnawing self-doubt lies behind her.