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AG Maternity Protection

Pregnancy is not an illness. Even though it does not automatically impair the performance of the expectant mother, special protective regulations apply to pregnant employees.

The Bremen Central Office for the Realization of Equal Rights for Women (ZGF) and the Bremen Chamber of Employees founded the Statewide Working Group on Maternity Protection in 2012. It advocates for the effective implementation of maternity protection in companies in Bremen and Bremerhaven.

Employers must utilize the legal frameworks for workplace safety and maternity protection. This is the only way to reconcile pregnancy, maternity leave, and employment. The vast majority of women are very interested in continuing their employment during pregnancy.

Pregnant employees have a right to acceptable working conditions

Safe and healthy working conditions enable pregnant or breastfeeding employees to minimize interruptions to their professional lives. Instead of prematurely and unnecessarily suspending them from work, work processes or responsibilities within the company may only need to be temporarily adjusted. This safeguards women's employment opportunities. Mothers who know they can return to their jobs will approach their return to work after childbirth with greater motivation. This security fosters a stronger sense of identification with the company among all employees – those who want to attract and retain qualified professionals should create mother-friendly and thus family-friendly conditions.

Guidance for good business practice

The members of the Working Group on Maternity Protection support companies in the state of Bremen in implementing maternity protection regulations. The working group provides information and practical guidance at events, for example on the following topics:

  • Employer's obligations during maternity protection
  • Integration of maternity protection into operational processes
  • Risk assessment according to the Maternity Protection Ordinance
  • Protection against infection risks in healthcare and in professional interactions with children
  • Cooperation with gynecologists and occupational health physicians
  • Breastfeeding and employment
  • Maternity protection for self-employed women
  • Amendment of the maternity protection law

Under the leadership of the Senator for Science, Health and Consumer Protection, numerous associations and professional organizations, in addition to the Chamber of Employees, are working together in the Working Group on Maternity Protection:

Trade supervisory authority Bremen/Bremerhaven, Chamber of Skilled Crafts, Chamber of Commerce/IHK Bremerhaven, Bremen business associations, Bremerhaven employers' association, DGB Bremen-Elbe-Weser, Professional Association of Gynecologists, Association of Company and Factory Physicians, Barmer/GEK, Bremen General Staff Council, ZGF, Impulsgeber Zukunft, pro familia Bremen. 
 

Meeting location
: Alternating between the individual participants

Meetings are held
twice a year.

Participation requirements:
Professionals from this field; participation only after prior acceptance; participants are sent by their institutions.

Working level
State level

Cooperation with other working groups and committees:
Forum Women's Health in Bremen, Forum Women + Health Bremerhaven

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Network of opportunities for single parents in Bremerhaven

  • Improving the situation of single parents in Bremerhaven, all areas – labor market, employment, housing situation, district
  • Networking events, etc., for AE and for professionals

Participating institutions: Bremen-Bremerhaven Employment Agency, Bremen Chamber of Employees, Bremen Employment Promotion Center (afz), Bremerhaven Vocational Training GmbH (BBB), Bremen Central Office for the Realization of Equal Rights for Women – Bremerhaven Office (ZGF), The Paritätische Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven Job Center, Bremerhaven City Council – Department III
 

Meeting location
rotates among all participants

Meetings are held
three to four times a year.

Participation requirements:
Submission by the applicant's own institution; admission only by prior arrangement.

working level
municipal

Cooperation with other working groups and committees
: Working Group on Professional Perspectives for Women in Bremerhaven, Network of Single Parents Bremen, other bodies dealing with the above topics

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Working group against sexual violence against children in Bremerhaven

Founded in 1990, this working group is a panel of experts dedicated to networking activities that benefit affected girls and boys and improving their situation. All relevant counseling centers, organizations, and institutions in Bremerhaven are represented in the working group. It is recognized under Section 78 of the Child and Youth Welfare Act and thus has an advisory role on the Bremerhaven City Council's Youth Welfare Committee. The working group develops initiatives and activities, including training and professional development programs, publishes brochures, addresses current issues, and raises public awareness of them.
 

Meeting location:
pro familia counseling center Bremerhaven

Meetings are held
four times a year.

Participation requirements:
Only professionals can become members of the working group. They are nominated by their organization/institution.

working level
municipal

Cooperation with other working groups and committees:
Working group "Sexual abuse of children and adolescents" in Bremen, working groups in the district of Cuxhaven, district of Wesermarsch

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Working Group Domestic Violence Bremen-North

Professional exchange on the topic of domestic violence, as well as the establishment of collaborations.

The working group on domestic violence already existed in the past. It emerged from the former working group "Health" in Lüssum and met twice a year from 2013 to 2020. The contact person at that time was Ilka Krüner-Reuß from the "House of the Family" in Lüssum, who led the working group together with the then social area coordinator.

The working group was discontinued due to the Corona pandemic and personnel changes. At the last network meeting "Health Equity Bremen-North" in September 2024, the topic of domestic violence was discussed, and the need to restart the working group became clear.

The working group will henceforth be led by the health professionals in the district (mainly Eda Kara-Rexhepi, health professional in Lüssum and Blumenthal) and the social space coordinator Dagmar Kutzer.

Contact person:

Eda Kara-Rexhepi (she/her)
Healthcare professional in the neighborhood
eda.kara-rexhepi@gesundheit-nds-hb.de
0176 / 57 88 73 66
 

Meeting location:
Vegesack Social Center

Meetings are held
twice a year.

Participation requirements
: None

Working level,
district level: Bremen North

Cooperation with other working groups and committees
AK Gesundheit Bremen-Nord

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AK Children Lüssum

Professional exchange about the situation and needs of families in the Lüssum district
 

Meeting
location varies

Meeting frequency:
8 times per year

Participation requirements:
Yes, an institution that works with children and parents in Lüssum.

Working level,
district level: Lüssum

Cooperation with other working groups and committees:
Lüssum Intergroup, Lüssum District Group

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Early Intervention Network Bremen-North

Networking of the institution in Bremen North regarding early intervention services

Meeting location:
Social Center 1/North or House of the Future (Lüssum)

Meetings are
held every six months.

Participation requirements
: None

Working level,
district level: Bremen North

Cooperation with other working groups and committees
: No

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AK Eating Disorders

  • Networking of stakeholders working in the field of eating disorders in Bremen
  • Further training and peer consultation
  • Political and social influence to improve integrated care for eating disorders in Bremen

 

Meeting location
: Rotating among the participating institutions

Meeting frequency:
5 sessions per year, by arrangement

Participation requirements:
Work in the field of eating disorders

level
: Bremen

Cooperation with other working groups and committees
, e.g., Forum Women's Health, Working Group on Gender-Equitable Youth Work

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AK Addiction Prevention

Please inquire about the next meeting of the working group!

Venue:
State Institute for Schools, Große Weidestraße 4-16, 28195 Bremen (near the main train station, not Bürgerpark)

Current topics that should be discussed in the working group can be emailed to Dr. Oliver Peters.
 

Meeting location:
State Institute for Schools, Department of Health and Addiction Prevention

Meeting frequency
as needed and by arrangement

Participation requirements:
Actor/professional in an institution dealing with addiction and addiction prevention

level
: Bremen

Cooperation with other working groups and committees
at the health department, Coordination Committee on Drugs (interdepartmental), district advisory boards, Working Group on Eating Disorders, Working Group on Media

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AG Youth Osterholz

Coordination and exchange of youth work, joint activities in the district
 

Meeting location
changes in the Osterholz district

Meetings are held
once a month.

Participation requirements:
Participation on request

Working level,
district level: Osterholz

Cooperation with other working groups and committees,
residents' forums, Living in Neighborhoods (WiN) in the district

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AK Citizens' Forum

  • Consideration of the situation in the Blockdiek social area
  • discussion
  • Intervention through one's own activity or by involving the relevant bodies/authorities
  • Promoting community life in the district through festivals and events with the help of cooperation partners

 

Meeting location
changes facilities in Blockdiek

Meetings are held
approximately 4 times a year.

Participation requirements
: None

Working level,
district level: Blockdiek

Cooperation with other working groups and committees:
Project group QBZ, Youth Working Group Osterholz