The availability and affordability of housing as well as the quality of the housing and the living environment and supporting infrastructure are of crucial importance for the quality of family life. The challenges of access to suitable housing and its affordability, which have been increasing for some time, affect all types of households. However, families have specific needs that distinguish […]
Berlin, 7 June 2024 – In the discussion about a further increase in the tax-free child allowance for 2024 without a simultaneous increase in child benefit, family organisations are calling for closing the gap that those two measures have in their monetary outcomes on families. This should be an important step to the goal of achieving equal financial appreciation of […]
The 40th anniversary of the Federal Foundation was celebrated at this year’s board of trustees meeting on 3 June 2024. To mark the anniversary, short films were made with nine protagonists from the Federal Foundation’s network, providing an insight into the foundation’s work. The short films and further information on the anniversary can be found on the website of the […]
The May edition of EuropaNews has been published just before the meteorological start of summer. The elections to the European Parliament are eagerly awaited, as are the consequences for social and family policies. Since the topic of family policy is nevertheless, and precisely for that reason, of importance, the current issue contains the latest news, studies and events. For example, […]
The AGF is part of an alliance of 94 organizations that today presented a concept for an “Education Dialogue for Germany”. The Family organisations share the conviction that a transformation of the German education system is urgently needed, and that this can only be achieved with the combined forces of politics and civil society. To this end, the #NeustartBildungJetzt initiative […]
This conference has taken place in German language. The aim of the conference was to take a look at selected family law projects of the Federal Government and to discuss whether the Federal Government’s proposals are appropriate responses to the need of changes. Changes to maintenance law, custody and contact law and parentage law were presented and discussed. The focus […]
Year of the Family celebrates 30th anniversary: non-discriminatory advocacy for all families needed at European level Berlin, 15 May 2024 – On the occasion of International Family Day on 15 May and in view of the upcoming elections to the European Parliament, the family organisations united in the Association of German Family Organisations (AGF) are calling on political parties, the […]
Today, the EuropaNews for April 2024 has been published. The parties have officially started the election campaign for the European elections. Some member states have submitted their first implementation reports on the European Guarantee for Children. The EU institutions have launched rules to better protect children from violence and child labour, as well as to combat violence against women. The […]
On 24 April 2024, the AGF office hosted an expert discussion on alternative forms of financial compensation for family-related leave (such as parental allowance or the new family care allowance currently under discussion).The discussion centred on the question of how the different design principles of such benefits are motivated, how they work and what “side effects” they have. The reason […]
The March issue of EuropaNews for 2024 was published today, making it the first issue of spring. 70 years ago, on 25 March 1954, the Association of German Family Organizations (AGF) was founded. Exactly 70 years later to the day, the members looked back on the history of the AGF at their general meeting and discussed the current family policy […]
