State Women's Council of Baden-Württemberg

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As an umbrella organization, the Baden-Württemberg State Women's Council represents non-partisan and non-denominational interests in women's politics in its currently 50 member associations with over two million members in Baden-Württemberg. He calls for the actual implementation of equal rights for women and men in all areas of life and positions itself against this background for concrete political projects. The State Women's Council contributes to the formation of public opinion with campaigns and statements and makes women's interests heard in public, business and politics. The office is in Stuttgart; Charlotte Schneidewind-Hartnagel has been the first chairwoman since 2018.

history

The “Women's Council of Baden-Württemberg” was founded on December 6, 1969 as an amalgamation of 30 women's associations and groups and has been called the State Women's Council since 1971. The desire to network women's political organizations to strengthen political assertiveness was among other things. a. triggered by the fact that Toni Menzinger was only represented by one woman in the then state parliament in Stuttgart (see list of members of the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg (5th electoral period) ). Bringing more women into parliaments and political bodies is still one of the main concerns of the State Women's Council of Baden-Württemberg. In addition to statements and events, he pushes this goal with the implementation of gender equality campaigns in order to mobilize a large majority and increase the pressure on politicians. However, topics such as women's advancement plans in business and in the public service as well as the compatibility of work and family are permanent demands of the State Women's Council. From this, out-of-home care options and part-time positions are demanded and debated. At the end of 2018, the Verband Familienarbeit eV in Baden-Württemberg resigned from the state women's council, as in its opinion "almost exclusively politics is made for working women and minorities". On the other hand, trade unions in particular fear that women with part-time jobs do not have sufficient social security. In addition to long-running issues such as the protection of women against violence and the demand for gender-equitable language, the State Women's Council always takes up current issues such as B. on digitization and its effects on women.

Campaigns

  • Campaign “Half your strength is not enough!” Change of Local Suffrage - Parity Now! The State Women's Council demands that 50 percent of women and 50 percent of men be placed on lists of candidates using the zip principle. Since May 2012, signatures have been collected for this request.
  • Transparency campaign for the state elections 2016 : The female candidates for the state elections in Baden-Württemberg 2016 were listed by name on a graphic to document their low number.
  • Campaign for the state elections on March 13, 2016: Equal Opportunities checkbook : In a brochure, voters receive example questions that are important in terms of women's politics and can be asked to candidates.
  • Action : # half: Supporters post selfies including a self-designed sheet on which the demand for 50% women ministers in the cabinet and a 2-vote state election right (analogous to the federal election, but with a parity list) can be seen.

Chairwoman of the State Women's Council of Baden-Württemberg

literature

  • Bea Dörr / Ulla Siebert: Those who get involved change! The history of the Baden-Württemberg State Women's Council , Tübingen 1996, ISBN 3-9805295-4-1
  • The signs point to 'START' ... Women make history. 60 years of women's political awakening in Baden-Württemberg - retrospectives and prospects . Published by the Baden-Württemberg State Women's Council - with the kind support of the Baden-Württemberg State Government, Stuttgart July 2012. Author and copyright: Baden-Württemberg State Women's Council 2012
  • Equal opportunity checkbook. Optionally female , ed. v. State Center for Political Education Baden-Württemberg and State Women's Council Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 2016

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bea Dörr / Ulla Siebert: Whoever gets involved changes! The history of the State Women's Council of Baden-Württemberg . Ed .: State Women's Council Baden-Württemberg. Medien Verlag Köhler, Tübingen 1997, ISBN 3-9805295-4-1 , p. 2015 .
  2. ↑ LpB-NetzPlatz. In: www.elearning-politik.de. Retrieved April 28, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Andreas Uitz: DGB Women's Day: a lack of equal rights in society and politics demonstrated. In: swp.de. Retrieved April 28, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Bea Dörr, Ulla Siebert: Whoever gets involved changes! Ed .: State Women's Council Baden-Württemberg. MVK Medien Verlag Köhler, Tübingen 1997, ISBN 3-9805295-4-1 , p. 215 .
  5. ↑ Landesfrauenrat BW lets mothers down , Familienrechte-rv.de, message from December 5, 2018.
  6. ^ Dörr / Siebert, p. 104.
  7. ↑ Dörr / Siebert, p. 153 ff.
  8. ↑ Landesfrauenrat Baden-Württemberg: For more women in local politics: PARITE-GESETZ for Baden-Württemberg ( Memento from May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Websites / state offices of the parties, compilation: Landesfrauenrat Baden-Württemberg: Nominations of constituency candidates for the state elections in 2016 and 2011 according to parties. (PDF) February 5, 2016, accessed April 28, 2016 .
  10. ↑ State Women's Council of Baden-Württemberg. In: www.facebook.com. Retrieved April 28, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Chairwoman of the Baden-Württemberg State Women's Council since 1969. In: Baden-Württemberg State Women's Council. Retrieved April 28, 2016 .
  12. ^ Dpa: Landesfrauenrat: Schneidewind-Hartnagel new chairwoman. In: Swabian. Schwäbischer Verlag, November 10, 2017, accessed on April 25, 2019 .