Our society and politics have a highly ambivalent relationship with mothers* and motherhood: on the one hand, there is a romanticized, stereotypical exaltation that finds expression in the mother myth and mother ideal. On the other hand, mothers* experience various forms of devaluation, disadvantage and discrimination. A society that keeps mothers* trapped in this field of tension, does not consider them in political discourse and even ignores them, and systematically curtails their socio-political participation, is an expression of a poor society that is weakening itself. It is way past time to recognize this - and to change it. Cheers to this campaign and full support ahead!