German family association
| German family association | |
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| legal form | non-profit registered association |
| founding | 1924 |
| Seat | Berlin |
| Chair | Klaus Zeh |
| Managing directors | Sebastian Heimann |
| Members | 15,500 (2019) |
| Website | www.deutscher-familienverband.de |
The German Family Association e. V. (DFV) is a non-profit association with headquarters in Berlin . It was founded in 1924.
German family association
The umbrella organization is not bound by party politics or denomination and is open to membership for all families in Germany and anyone interested in the family's wellbeing. With more than 15,500 members and regional associations in all countries , the DFV sees itself as a lobby for families. Through its political work, the association has played a key role in the implementation of many family policy benefits such as childcare allowance , childcare leave with employment guarantee (forerunner of parental leave ), the crediting of years of education in the pension and in the area of housing construction policy.
Active and committed work is done in many regional, district and local associations. This includes political “interference” as well as a rich program of campaigns, advice and assistance as well as the implementation of family recreation and family education seminars, some of which are in-house.
history
In 1924 the leagues of the rich were founded. In 1919 the first informal leagues of the rich in children were founded in Cologne and Frankfurt. On January 23, 1921, the various federations of the rich in children decided to found a general association, the Reichsverband der Bünde der Kinderreich zum Schutz der Familie eV based in Frankfurt am Main ( Reichsbund der Kinderreich zum Schutz der Familie eV ). On June 24th and 25th, 1922, the first ordinary general meeting was held in Weimar. The joint association statutes were adopted on June 25, 1922 and came into force in 1924, which is commonly understood as the founding act. According to Article 119 and Article 155 of the Weimar Constitution, the purpose of the newly named Reich Association included the protection of the family, in particular the representation of the cultural, social and economic interests of all large families in Germany, regardless of occupation or social status, as well as party and denomination .
When it was founded, the Weimar program was published, which was valid until 1933. It comprised seven points:
- Respect for the mother. Protection of their children from moral threats and from economic exploitation
- Involvement of their representatives on all legislative work that is important for the large number of children and the exercise of sufficient influence on the executive administrative bodies in the empire, state and municipalities
- A sufficient social wage until the statutory regulation of economic compensation
- Fair consideration of the number of head of the family in tax legislation and tax exemption of all compensation payments as well as taxation of the inheritance attributable to the individual heirs, not the entire inheritance
- Allocation of decent housing, forgiveness of settlements and leasehold land to large numbers of children, relief in the task of housing construction
- Protection against unemployment by extending the law on the employment of disabled workers to include the rich
- Exemption from school fees and free delivery of learning materials
The most important task of the association was to help families plagued by housing and unemployment and to jointly represent their interests politically. Within a few years, the association became the recognized spokesman for larger families. From 1924 until the federal government was brought into line, Hans Konrads, an elementary school teacher in Düsseldorf, was chairman of the federal government. With the approval of Chancellor Brüning, he was released from school service. During the Hitler dictatorship the Bund was brought into line and the commitment of the members was largely limited to personal help. The Reichsbund was not dissolved like numerous other organizations, but instead a "representative" was appointed by the Reich Ministry of the Interior, who took over his management from July 1933, removed the old board members and decided on the appropriate replacement. In the course of 1933 the federal government was systematically brought into line and restructured at all levels. The old Reichsbund, which was rooted in ideas of Christian faith and social justice, no longer existed in its actual form.
After the Second World War, the federal government was re-established as DFV. Its headquarters and the federal office have been relocated to Berlin since reunification.
Since it was founded, the association, as the spokesman for all families, has campaigned for a policy that puts the family at the center of all socio-political action and recognizes their achievements. He is committed to the areas of activity that have the greatest influence on the everyday life of families and the decision to live with children: the economic situation, the living situation, security in old age and the compatibility of family and work life.
The DFV is one of the initiators of social housing in the post-war years, the introduction of general child benefit in the 1970s and the reintroduction of tax-free allowances for children in the 1980s. Together with the Working Group of German Family Organizations (AGF) and other institutions, the DFV initiated the VAT campaign “7% for children”, which calls for family-friendly taxation of child-related products.
activities
One of the most important tasks of the is:
- Strengthening parents' ability to act (e.g. through family counseling and family stabilization)
- Advisory and educational work on the subject of having children, raising children, family education and partnership
- Organization and implementation of family events
- Debtor and bankruptcy advice
- Mediation of mother / father-child cures and maternal cures
- Further training in family work
- Development and implementation of family education programs in the areas of education, upbringing, health, life in the family, partnership, arranging family recreation offers for socially disadvantaged families
- Implementation of intercultural and integrative family offers
- Promotion of the personal exchange of experiences between parents and children
- Development of coping strategies in dealing with family situations (stress, family and communication problems)
- Promotion of the initiative and independence of families
- Accompanying couples in different life situations
- Head of the ProMann initiative
- Commitment to families in state and federal politics
DFV family
The German Family Association uses its magazine "DFV-Familie" to inform members and interested parties about questions of family policy and everyday family life. In this way, the DFV is raising public awareness of family interests beyond the group of members. The magazine appeared for the first time in August 1921 as an association newspaper under the title “Der Kinderreich”. With a circulation of 100,000 copies (ivw-checked) until 2013, the DFV-Familie was the family magazine with the highest circulation in Germany that was published by an association. The "DFV Family" is currently appearing as an e-magazine on the website of the German Family Association.
elternklagen.de
In February 2015, the association started the campaign “We don't complain - we complain!” With the Family Association of Catholics (FDK). The aim of the campaign is to make families aware of the fact that they are paying at least EUR 238 per month per child and month too much in social security contributions to health, pension and long-term care insurance. The DFV and the FDK, the two largest family associations in Germany, therefore urge parents to object to the double tax burden with their health insurance companies and rely on the long-term care insurance ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court of 2001, which considers the financial contribution to be made by raising children generative contribution equaled by the highest court.
In the meantime, the Catholic Association and the Family Federation have lodged four constitutional complaints with the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe (as of March 2017).
Right to vote from birth
Together with the former German Family Minister Renate Schmidt , the German Family Association is committed to a family right to vote in the form of the right to vote from birth. In March 2017, they initiated the nationwide campaign “Right to vote from birth - only those who vote count”, which, in the course of the 2017 federal election campaign, are intended to draw attention to the fact that 13 million German citizens are not allowed to vote in the Bundestag because they are under 18 years of age.
Family stars
With the family stars, the German Family Association is introducing a new quality seal for family holidays in 2019. Businesses that meet special criteria in terms of equipment and service for families can receive the "Family Star - Family-Friendly House" seal of quality . The seal of quality helps families to find particularly suitable holiday accommodations for family vacations.
The "Family Stars - Family-Friendly House" certification is the first in Germany to be awarded by a non-profit family organization. In September 2019, a holiday apartment in Rerik was the first accommodation in Germany to be awarded the new seal of quality.
Web links
- Official website
- Campaign page "We don't complain - we complain!"
- Campaign page "Right to vote from birth - only those who vote count"
- Campaign page "Family stars - family-friendly house"
Individual evidence
- ^ German Family Association - History. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .
- ^ German family association - DFV family. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
- ^ German Family Association - Action contradiction (elternklagen.de). Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
- ^ German Family Association - Right to vote from birth (Wahlrecht.jetzt). Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
- ↑ family stars: Home. In: Family stars. Retrieved September 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Come to the sea - your family vacation on the Baltic Sea. Retrieved September 19, 2019 .