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14 September 2027: AGF expert meeting: “Intergenerational justice, democracy and the representation of children and young people”
How can children and young people be better represented in our democracy? The AGF discussed this issue at its expert roundtable on ‘Intergenerational Justice, Democracy and the Representation of Children and Young People’ with its member organisations, as well as representatives from the Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations, the German Children’s Fund (Deutsches…
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18 May 2026: AGF conference on “The Social Welfare Commission’s reform proposals and their impact on families”
On 18 May 2026, the AGF organised a symposium in Berlin entitled ‘The Social State Commission’s Reform Proposals and Their Impact on Families’ . The focus was on the proposals of a Governmental ommission for reforming tax-funded social benefits and their potential impact on families, different family structures and the balance between paid work and…
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11. December 2025: AGF meeting on chances for families within a reform of the german General Equal Treatment Act
On December 11, 2025, an AGF expert discussion was held on the potenitals of the german General Equal Treatment Act (AGG) for protecting families from discrimination – and the opportunities that a future reform could offer to better identify and prevent family-specific discrimination. The guest speaker was Sandra Runge, a specialist lawyer for labor law…
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17 November 2025: European Expert meeting on demography
Demographic and family policy discourses and practices in Europe The Association of German Family Organisations (AGF) was delighted to organise its annual European Expert Meeting on Demographic and family policy discourses and practices in Europe on 17 November in Berlin. We discussed the challenges for societies in Europe that come with demographic change and its…
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4 November 2025: Networking meeting of the National Network on Families
Auf dem Netzwerktreffen des Bundesforums Familie 2025 wurde die Themenperiode Familien und Klima mit einem Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Dr. Jörg Tremmel von der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen zum Thema Klimawandel, Generationenwechsel und der Rolle der Familien inhaltlich abgerundet. Anschließend diskutierten die anwesenden Vertreter*innen der Mitgliedsorganisationen zentrale Aspekte des Themenfelds Familien und Klima. Die Gewichtung…
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27-28 Oct 2025: AGF hosting the annual meeting of ICCFR in Berlin
On 1.5 days AGF hosted the meeting of the International Commission on Couple and family Relations (ICCFR) . Prof. Dr. Angela Abela (University of Malta) opened the meeting with an interesting and inspiring input on today’s challenges for families. She mentioned demographic trends, family poverty, gender issues, the ravages of war, the climate change and…