Supporters

Maternal health and child health belong together! Think together what belongs together and strengthen structures for growing up well!

For me, a modern women's, health and social policy is particularly important. This must include holistic support for women in the family system. We are still a long way from achieving this as a society, and even more so for those with political responsibility.

From 10 years of professional experience as a maternity care worker, dealing with pregnant women and women who have recently given birth and the plight of obstetrics, I show my attitude, my compassion, my will to "Change - for more quality of life and maternity protection".

What mothers do for the health of their families cannot be taken for granted. The strength of mothers and caregivers holds our community together. In addition to the invisible care work, gainful employment, which is usually only possible part-time, leads to a loss of self-esteem if career paths are blocked as a result, and later, for a large group, directly into poverty in old age. This must change. Ideally together with fathers. I am also involved in the Equal Care Munich alliance.

Mothers and what they do for society must finally come into the public eye.

What inspires me about the "100,000 Mothers" campaign is that we are finally joining forces (again), pooling our strength and showing that we are neither small, quiet nor indifferent. We want to create our own future and that of the children with whom we live(d) and have a say in matters that affect us and future generations. It is enough for us to be included rather than addressed and we take the space we deserve. 100,000 mothers and more are clearly visible and unmistakable. Be part of it too!

I believe that as families, as parents, we have been far too quiet, too exhausted, too powerless, too disorganized, even though our challenges are so central. And I am very pleased that so many mothers are leading the way in becoming more political and would like to stand by their side as a father and father expert.

The campaign speaks to me from the heart by addressing the many demands placed on mothers and focusing on the persistent gender care gap, the lack of recognition for mothers' achievements and the structural overload. I am particularly keen to focus on the long-term consequences of unpaid care work for women, such as the threat of poverty in old age due to low pension entitlements.

Gustav Heinemann put it aptly: You can recognize the value of a society by the way it treats the weakest of its members. Mothers are the backbone of society, it is more than overdue that this is placed at the center of all action.

The best thing about the campaign is that the joint action of so many women creates visibility! It is essential that politicians and society recognize the mental load of many mothers as a challenge that requires action.