Berlin, 16 January 2025 – As part of the regular rotation, the Protestant Association for Family Affairs (eaf) is taking over the leadership of the Association of German Family Organizations from the German Family Association. The eaf president, Prof. Dr. Martin Bujard, was elected as the new chairperson for two years. He takes over the baton from Dr. Klaus Zeh, […]
Berlin, 26 September 2024 – Sven Iversen, director of the German National Association of Family Organisations (AGF), was re-elected as Vice President of COFACE Families Europe on 26 September 2024. The General Assembly and other COFACE committee meetings took place in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 24 to 26 September 20024, accompanied by an international symposium on the topic of ‘Work-Life Balance’. […]
The AGF supports the World Breastfeeding Week 2024 and draws attention to the press release of the ‘Healthy start to life’ network (Netzwerk “Gesund ins Leben”. This year, AGF became a member of the network that brings together institutions, professional societies and associations to jointly promote early childhood health – from pregnancy to infancy. The network is primarily responsible for […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Association of German Family Organizations (AGF) was founded on 25 March 1954. Today, 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 challenges in particular. The constituent meeting of the Association of German Family Organizations” took place on 25 March 1954 […]
Berlin, 05 September 2023 – The family organisations united in the AGF call on the Federal Government to immediately introduce the two-week paid leave for fathers and second parents after the birth of a child, which was agreed in the coalition agreement and has already been announced several times as “family start time”. “The family organisations hilghly support the plans […]
Berlin, 13 July 2023 – On the occasion of the presentation of the 2nd overall report of the Advisory Council, the family organisations in their statement point out the great commitment of families in caring for relatives in need of care. They emphasise the great importance of introducing a 36-month family care leave as it is mentioned in the report, […]
Berlin, 05 July 2023 – The family organisations united in the AGF welcome the fact that Germany today adopted its National Action Plan for the implementation of the EU Child Guarantee, despite being one of the last EU states to do so. At the same time, the associations criticise the lack of a comprehensive and future-oriented overall strategy that goes […]
Berlin, July 04, 2023 – Family organisations are appalled by the coalition’s plans to place a greater burden on families by implementing restrictions on parental leave allowance and other family-supporting benefits. “This is a very bad signal to families and especially to couples planning to start a family,” says Dr. Klaus Zeh, chairman of the Association of German Family Organizations, […]
