Germany's huge coronavirus rescue
packages have won praise at home and abroad. But for divorced caterer Lulu
Pototschnik the financial aid remains tantalisingly out of reach -- and she's
not the only single mum slipping through the cracks.
New figures released on Wednesday show that the years-long trend of women in Germany ending up childless has come to an end, with even university-educated women bringing more babies into the world.
A young mother in Dresden has started an international photography project aimed at confronting the taboo of breastfeeding in public. The Local spoke with Stephanie Karch about the challenges nursing mums face in Germany.
Melanie Fieseler is a British business/career consultant and coach, and founder of Berlin-based WorkSmart. She is on a mission to help ambitious mums like herself successfully combine motherhood with building a fulfilling and rewarding career or business.
A growing number of Germans want children, intensifying demands for government assistance to improve the balance between work and family, according to a new study from the Family Ministry.
The number of single-parent families in Germany has risen over the past decade, with nearly one in five mothers and fathers now raising their children on their own, a national “microcensus” revealed Thursday.
Babies may soon be allowed into parliamentary debates at Germany's lower house, the Bundestag, if female politicians get their way, Cologne daily <i>Express</i> reported on Thursday.
