Working group of social democratic women

logo

The Working Group of Social Democratic Women (ARSP) is the women's organization of the SPD . Its chairman is the Bavarian MEP Maria Noichl .

The working group has set itself the goal of equality between women and men in the party and society. It brings the interests and demands of women to bear in the political decision-making process of the party and makes women familiar with the politics and goals of the party. The aim is to develop and implement common demands in dialogue with unions, associations, organizations and the German and international women's movement .

The association is a member of the German Women's Council, the Standing Committee “Women” of the Social Democratic Party of Europe (SPE) and the “Socialist Women's International”.

history

On June 24, 1972, the SPD party executive decided to set up a working group for women in the SPD. The first federal conference of the AsF then took place in Ludwigshafen from March 23-25, 1973. Elfriede Eilers was elected as the first federal chairman . Her successor was Elfriede Hoffmann in 1977 , who held the office until 1981.

Elfriede Hoffmann was followed by Inge Wettig-Danielmeier , who remained Federal Chairwoman of the AsF until 1992. During her term of office, the 40 percent gender quota was introduced in the SPD. The quota was initially highly controversial in the SPD, but also in the ASF. Wettig-Danielmeier was one of those who pushed through the quota in the SPD. The ASF also succeeded in anchoring the sentence “Whoever wants human society must overcome male society” in the SPD's 1989 Berlin program . This can also be found in the SPD's 2007 “Hamburg Program”.

After the fall of the Wall in the GDR , the Social Democratic Party of the GDR founded there also established a working group of social democratic women chaired by Eva Kunz . With the merger of the parties on September 26, 1990, the working groups also merged.

Inge Wettig-Danielmeier's successor was Karin Junker , who held the office from 1992 to 2004. She was followed by Elke Ferner , and in 2018 the currently incumbent federal chairwoman Maria Noichl was elected.

organization

Legal Status

As a working group of the SPD, the ASF is not a legally independent organization, but part of the SPD. The rights and the basic organization of the ASF are regulated in the “Principles and guidelines for the activities of the working groups in the SPD” (decided by the party executive on March 26, 2012).

Organizations of the ASF can only be set up with the consent of the respective board of the party. Although the ASF basically works autonomously, the board of the respective SPD branch has rights of intervention; he can z. B. forbid certain events, convene general assemblies or delegate assemblies, place applications there and also request that the board of directors be deselected by the assembly of members / delegates.

membership

All female SPD members belong to the ASF. There is no independent membership only in the ASF. However, it is possible to be active as a guest member in the ARSP. However, guest members have no right to vote. Interested parties can receive the status of a supporter according to Section 10a (3) of the SPD's organizational statute without becoming a member of the SPD. Supporters receive full membership rights in a working group and / or a topic forum at the federal level. Here they have the active and passive right to vote as well as the right to submit applications, speak and suggest personnel. The basis is the “Guideline of the SPD party executive on supporters” (decided by the party executive on March 26, 2012).

structure

The structure follows the structure of the SPD. Accordingly, below the federal level, there are state associations, district associations (these divisions coincide everywhere except for Hesse and Lower Saxony), sub-districts and working groups that correspond to the local associations. In some districts there are also district associations and regional districts, provided that these also exist with the SPD.

Federal level

The highest body at the federal level is the federal conference, which takes place every two years. It includes the federal executive board and 250 delegates elected by the district associations; the allocation of delegate mandates to the districts is based on the number of female SPD members with one basic mandate each. The federal conference decides on applications and the work program of the ASF, elects the federal executive board and receives its report. Extraordinary federal conferences can take place outside the biennial cycle.

The federal committee is the representation of the district associations between the federal conferences. It consists of 30 delegates elected by the districts and the federal board.

The ARSP federal executive board consists of the chairperson, three deputy chairpersons and 17 assessors. The current federal chairman is Maria Noichl, MEP , the deputy chairmen are Ulrike Häfner, Cornelia Östreich, Claudia Schöning-Kalender and Sally Lisa Starken.

aims

The goals of the AsF are:

• actual equality in society
• employment that secures livelihoods and independent old-age security for women
• equality for women and the elimination of discrimination in professional life
• Expansion of the career choice spectrum for girls and women to include science and technology
• Compatibility of work and family for mothers and fathers
• Combating violence against women
• Implementation of women's rights worldwide
• equality within the SPD through the consistent application of the quota system

Web links

• Website of the Working Group of Social Democratic Women

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ASF Federal Executive. Retrieved August 30, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Hamburg program The basic program of the SPD (p. 41 below). Retrieved January 9, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Principles and guidelines for the activities of the working groups in the SPD ( Memento from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Working group of social democratic women: Who we are. What we want. What we do. 2008