Supporters
Become part of "100,000 Mothers" - we introduce you! We would be delighted if you would like to support our campaign:
Initiators
Antje Krause
Management of Haus Daheim prevention and rehabilitation clinic, women's health activist
WebsiteSocial: https://www.instagram.com/hausdaheim_/
It is high time to make our vision of an equal and diverse society a reality. I am particularly inspired by the power that comes from solidarity, sisterhood and connection. 100,000 mothers in front of the Brandenburg Gate - what image could better express our unwavering will for real change?
Women carry out the majority of paid and unpaid care work - and most of them are mothers. But they receive far too little support. At the 2023 AKF conference on maternal health, it was clear that it is not enough to keep naming the problem - there must be visible changes. This urge for action gave rise to the idea of gathering 100,000 mothers in front of the Brandenburg Gate and making their voices unmistakable.
Rebekka Rupprecht
Managing Director of the Mothers' Convalescent Home
WebsiteSocial: https://www.instagram.com/muettergenesungswerk_mgw/
Care work concerns us all and therefore also the health of mothers and other people with care responsibilities. For me, the campaign symbolizes a large community that recognizes this, shows solidarity and stands up for better framework conditions.
Andrea Boyer
Managing Director Ev. Müttergenesung Württemberg gGmbH
WebsiteSocial: https://www.instagram.com/muettergenesung_wuerttemberg/
I am thrilled that so many organizations are joining our campaign. It's time for mothers to have a stronger lobby and be heard.
Sarah Zöllner
Journalist and author. Founder of the action and networking platform #MütterMachtPolitik
WebsiteSocial: https://www.instagram.com/muetter_macht_politik/
I am fascinated by the networking idea behind this campaign! Mothers and people with caring responsibilities need to be much more present in all areas of society. Only if we reach a critical mass will our concerns be heard and taken seriously. Mothers belong on company boards, in the management of public institutions and on political committees. We can only achieve this together, in all our diversity. That's why I support this campaign!
Delphine Takwi
Consultant for Transcultural Dialogue and Maternal Health at the Frauenwerk der Nordkirche
Germany today is an intercultural country. In such a world, maternal health is very important. Maternal health is directly linked to the health of the child: Healthy mothers are more likely to raise healthier children - the well-being of mothers can affect the physical and mental health of their children for years to come. That's why we can no longer remain silent. The time is now for us to stand up, step out and speak clearly about our issues and rights as mothers.
Katrin Schmidt
Chairwoman of the Evangelical Association for Women's Health e.V.
WebsiteSocial: https://www.instagram.com/eva_frauengesundheit/
I am excited by the idea of making our demands loud and clear in the middle of Berlin with a mass of mothers, women, children and supporters. It's time: we need a fair distribution of care work between all genders and good, supportive framework conditions for mothers and all those who perform care work - not in 30 years' time, but NOW!
Associations and initiatives
Advisory board of relatives and legal guardians (BAB) in the BeB - Marion Linder
Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of Relatives and Legal Caregivers (BAB) in the...
Relatives of children with disabilities, especially those with intensive support needs, often spend their entire lives caring for them. Reconciling care, school and work is often only possible with part-time work. This affects mothers in particular, who later have to struggle with lower pension and care contributions. The framework conditions should therefore be improved, e.g. by introducing a wage replacement benefit, improved recognition of care periods in retirement and care or the introduction of low-threshold relief services, which would then also benefit people with disabilities.
German Medical Association e. V.
Der Deutsche Ärztinnenbund (DÄB) setzt sich beruflich und ehrenamtlich für…
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The German Medical Association (DÄB) is enthusiastic about the "100,000 mothers in front of the Brandenburg Gate" campaign because it addresses important issues that are close to the hearts of many women and mothers. The campaign is committed to ensuring that family and career can be better reconciled and that mothers receive the support they deserve. The DÄB shares these values and feels motivated to be part of the movement because this is exactly what it wants to promote: more equal rights and equal opportunities for women. It is great to stand up together for a society in which mothers can fulfill their roles freely and without unnecessary hurdles.
S.I.G.N.A.L. e.V. Intervention in the health sector against violence
KAG Müttergenesung e.V. – Dorothee Thielen
Geschäftsführerin der KAG Müttergenesung e.V.
WebsiteSocial: https://instagram.com/muettergenesung_kag
Women are the backbone of our society: whether as colleagues and superiors at work, as mothers, as partners or as carers. Strengthening women's rights is smart. Because they are the glue that holds everything together.
Combination of the vulvas
We create feminist utopias.
WebsiteSocial: https://www.instagram.com/kombinat_der_vulven/
The "100,000 Mothers" campaign creates the visibility that is long overdue in order to promote equality and justice.
Great community campaign that makes women visible in all their diversity and with their incredible strength!
Supporters
Yvonne Maisenbacher
Counselor in a diaconal district office, e.g. on health and cures
Care work, especially that of mothers, must be publicly recognized. Parents and carers make a huge contribution to this society, usually without financial recognition.
Franziska Rosa Roth
Actress
Because the private sphere is always political!
Christina Häußler
feminist books podcast "Die Leserinnen"
WebsiteSocial: https://www.instagram.com/dieleserinnen
We. Are. Too. Quiet! Most of the time we are busy with a thousand things, but we don't have time to be loud. Let's BE LOUDER!
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!
Dr. Stefanie Schmid-Altringer
Ärztin, Journalistin und Leitung der Erzählcafé-Aktion, Schwerpunktthema Frauengesundheit und Gendermedizin
WebsiteSocial: https://www.instagram.com/erzaehlcafes/
As a doctor, author and journalist, I would like to publicly support this great campaign. For many years, I have been campaigning for the perspective of mothers in this society and especially in the field of obstetrics to finally become visible and an important part of quality assurance. It is unacceptable that only outcomes count in medicine and no longer what women experience in this important and formative phase of their lives. The start as a mother should strengthen the woman around the birth and not weaken her!
Christin Herrmann
Sängerin, Gesangspädagogin, Komponistin, Autorin
WebsiteSocial: https://www.instagram.com/dieherrmannofficial/
Our work as women includes a professional career, raising children and most of the mental, organizational and emotional work to keep the family and economic system running. The work alongside the paid job, however, is unpaid, we speak of honorable sacrifice, female devotion and natural maternal instinct. Is that still possible? We demand from now on. And all at the same time.
"As a board member, mother and grandmother, I know how crucial good framework conditions are for families - they are the foundation of our society. That's why I'm supporting the 100,000 Mothers campaign in front of the Brandenburg Gate to send a strong signal together for more recognition, a better work-life balance and a fairer future for our children."
Lena Ross
Trägerin von Kitas
Social: http://linkedin.com/in/lena-ross-43300a2a2
We have to change the system. Period.
Sina Motzek-Öz
Professorin, Ostfalia HAW/Fak. Soziale Arbeit; unabhängige Kuratorin, Elly Heuss-Knapp Stiftung/Deutsches…
I want to experience solidarity between mothers and help to develop a modern, diverse and self-confident vision of motherhood and family together and to demand this politically.
Vanessa Poerschke
Unternehmensberaterin und Initiatorin der Elterninitiative "Eltern werden laut" und Petition…
Social: https://www.instagram.com/kitareformjetzt/p/DHNhGQxMm53/?img_index=1
Mothers are the backbone of our society, they still perform the majority of care work alongside their gainful employment. Precisely because we do so much in our everyday lives, we are far too quiet and unfortunately we are underrepresented at a political level and at the decisive levers. For this reason, we need to speak up and stand up for ourselves and our rights. Because there is still a lot to do before we actually have equal rights in our society.
