Bund Schweizerischer Frauenvereine
| Founded | 1899 |
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| Focus | Federation of Swiss women's associations, since 2011 known as alliance F |
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| Origins | Women's suffrage in Switzerland |
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Area served
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Switzerland |
| Website | alliance F (BSF) (in German) (in French) |
Bund Schweizerischer Frauenvereine, commonly abbreviated to BSF, is the Federation of Swiss Women's Associations, since 2011 also known as alliance F.
The presidents of the progressive women's associations from Bern (Helene von Mülinen), Zürich (Emma Boos Jegher), Lausanne (Marguerite Duvillard Chavannes) and Genève (Camille Vidart) dealt at the end of the 19th century AD with training and legal issues. In 1896 they organized the first Swiss women's congress and tried to join all women's organizations in a Swiss umbrella organization. Three years later they called Swiss women's associations to form the Bund Schweizerischer Frauenvereine, and so the founding of the Federation of Swiss Women's Associations (from 1971 BSF) was established. BSF targeted the "mutual stimulation, the common influence on political decision-making bodies, as well as the adequate representation of Swiss women in the international women's movement." In addition to the founding clubs, the trade associations of teachers, and by 1945 also joined around 250 women's associations of different orientation. Sinde 1903, the BSF is the national umbrella organization representing Switzerland in the International Council of Women (ICW).
On the occasion of the creation of the Swiss Civil Code (ZGB), the BSF tried, largely unsuccessful, to establish the system of separation of the personal marital and household property, and to improve the status of illegitimate children. The design of new laws has been a focus of the BSF's activity: morality clauses manifested in the "morality movement", in the new Penal Code, maternity protection and consideration of women in health insurance and the Swiss insurance for old people and surviving dependants AHV). The publicity for women's suffrage was done by the newly founded Swiss Association for Women's Suffrage, but strongly supported by the BSF after 1909. More focussed activities were on female employment, training, and home economics. The working conditions in the industry and services sectors were examined with inquiries. Through collaboration on the housework and factory legislation, the BSF tried to counter the exploitation of female workers; the relationship between housewife and maids has been regulated with treaties.
The BSF is committed to the compulsory home edonomics education in Swiss schools and to the general recognition of domestic work as a profession. In 1923 the Schweizische Central Office for women's careers opened on the initiative of the second Swiss women's congress, which mainly took political influence in addition to giving advice. Female employment was still at risk despite the success of the SAFFA (1928) in the crisis years between the great European wars. With the collaboration of national defence (Frauenhilfsdienst, literally military women's service) and commissions for care and nutrition during the Second World War, BSF became the main interlocutor of the federal authorities. BSF represents Switzerland in international women's organizations, and participated in the League of Nations and after 1945 at UNESCO.
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