Kinder – Minderheit ohne Schutz

In the organizer's words:

Book launch with Aladin El-Mafaalani and Alev Doğan
Talk

Safi Faye Hall
In German

Germany is at a turning point. The baby boomers are reaching retirement age and the demographic changes that come with it are presenting the country with unforeseen challenges. However, the young generation that will soon be taking on responsibility is a minority in an ageing society whose reality is characterized by educational inequality, constant stress and the feeling of being politically overlooked and socially neglected. For them, crisis has become the norm.

The sociologist and author Aladin El-Mafaalani demands: Children must be placed at the center of political and social thinking. In his book, co-authored with Sebastian Kurtenbach and Klaus Peter Strohmeier, Kinder - Minderheit ohne Schutz. Growing up in an ageing society, El-Mafaalani combines a comprehensive analysis of the problem with numerous possible solutions. The book advocates a rethink: children must be taken out of their position as outsiders, not only out of moral obligation, but out of essential necessity for a future worth living. The authors show the enormous changes that are shaping childhoods today and how the older generations can do justice to the youngest. After all, the future viability of society as a whole depends on this.

El-Mafaalani will be discussing this topic this evening with journalist Alev Doğan, who primarily publishes on social and political voices and hosts the podcast The 8th Day, among others.

With: Aladin El-Mafaalani, Alev Doğan