Dear Oberurselerinnen, dear Oberurseler,

Despite the positive changes, achievements and successes that we take for granted today, the office of the women's representative is necessary. Because still ...

• many committees and offices that determine our lives are only a male "group picture with lady"
• women do not have the same professional earnings and promotion opportunities as men
• women perform the majority of unpaid hours
• their current pension entitlement is less than half the average male pension
• women are affected by psychological and physical violence because of their gender.  

So we still have a long way to go before we reach our goal...

• to reduce the existing discrimination of women in our society and
• to make gender equality a reality in the 21st century...  

"Women and men are equal."
The state promotes the actual implementation of equal rights for women and men and works to eliminate existing disadvantages.

(Article 3 Paragraph 2 of the German Basic Law)

The constitutional requirement of equal rights for men and women forms the legal basis for the work of the women's representative in Oberursel.