Mutterseelenallein

Why many mothers today feel lonely and what can be done about it.

Care work without breaks, functioning in survival mode, and little time and energy for fulfilling relationships - maternal loneliness is no longer a marginal phenomenon. It is widespread, yet often invisible. But this is not an individual fate: Sabine Diabaté and Jutta Allmendinger discuss a societal problem with serious consequences for us all.

Moderated by Shila Behjat, they use the latest research and personal experience to clearly show the causes of maternal loneliness and explain what we can do about it. The time has come for fundamental structural change that views parenthood as a societal responsibility, not a private burden.

Sabine Diabaté is a sociologist and has headed the "Family" research group at the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) in Wiesbaden since 2012. For twenty years she has researched partnership and family life. She is the mother of two biological and two stepchildren and lives with her family in Cologne.

Jutta Allmendinger is one of Europe's leading experts in educational sociology, labor market research, and gender equality. She studied sociology, social psychology, economics, and statistics at the universities of Mannheim and Wisconsin and earned her doctorate from Harvard University. Since 2007, Jutta Allmendinger has been a professor of educational sociology and labor market research at Humboldt University Berlin.

Shila Behjat is a journalist and author. After studying law in Hamburg and Paris, she worked as a correspondent for Great Britain for Axel Springer and reported in 2010 for the women's portal goFeminin on the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Until 2019, she was editor-in-chief of ARTE Magazine. Since 2021, Shila Behjat has served as a commissioning editor (culture editor) at ARTE.