Mothers are the foundation of our society. They do most of the care work, keep families together and secure the future of our children. But their work often remains invisible - unnoticed, underpaid, underestimated.
How the "100,000 Mothers" campaign came about
On the AKF symposium 2023 came around 100 experts from medicine, science, politics and activism together. Among them were Jutta Allmendinger and Mareice Kaiser, who both showed how deeply structural disadvantage affects the lives of mothers:
📌 Mothers do 4.5 hours of unpaid housework a day, fathers only 1.5 hours.
📌 Care work leads to an enormous loss of lifetime income for mothers.
📌 The psychological strain of this invisible work is high.
📌 A lack of social recognition exacerbates the problem.
These figures are well known. The facts are on the table - but mothers remain invisible.
From the conference to the movement
The idea for the campaign "100,000 mothers" arose from this moment of realization:
🔥 Why do farmers drive tractors in front of the Brandenburg Gate - but not mothers?
🔥 Why does family care work remain a private matter, even though it is the basis of our society?
🔥 Why is it systematically made more difficult for mothers to exercise their right to political participation?
We are fed up with our work being taken for granted, while men who do housework are applauded for it. We are tired of motherhood being either romanticized or devalued - but never recognized for what it is: a social task that must be solved politically.
The utopia is clear: A society in which mothers are not perceived as a silent resource, but as a political force.
That is why we are going to May 10, 2025 on the road - 100,000 mothers for a just future.
➡️ Here you can watch the presentations of Jutta Allmendinger and Mareice Kaiser listen.
Be there. Be loud. Be visible.
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