German Federal Ministry of Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ)

The Federal Ministry of Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ) in Germany performs principal, coordination and legislative tasks across several areas, including, but not limited to: education, family, older people, equality, commitment and society, international and European dimension. 

• Education. These include the areas of early education, integration through education, school, municipal education management, extracurricular education, training, further education, educational research, vocational education and training
• Family. These include the areas of family benefits, family and working life, pregnancy and the desire to have children, opportunities and participation for families, childcare, smart social policy, national child opportunities action plan
• Older people. These include active ageing, help and care, work-care balance, care training – care, dementia, last resort, home in old age, international policy for older people
• Equality. These include economic equality, women and the world of work, boys and men, protecting women from violence, upgrading social professions, equality and participation, sexual and gender diversity, gender care gap, international equality policy, digital equality atlas, feminist digital policy
• children and youth. These include child and youth protection, children's rights, childcare, youth education, media literacy, integration and opportunities for young people, child and youth health
• Commitment and Society. These include the areas of the German Foundation for Commitment and Volunteering, Demographic Change and Sustainability, Strengthening Commitment, Multigenerational Houses, Alliance Against Loneliness, Refugee Policy and Integration, Voluntary Services
• International and Europe. These include the European Social Fund – ESF, international family policy, international policy for older people, international equality policy, international policy for democracy and engagement, international youth policy, Erasmus+