The Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth has Manuela Schwesig as an official.
 These include the right to decide on issues regarding the number of children born, family planning, contraception, and private life, free from coercion and discrimination; as well as the right to access health services and adequate information
 In 1998 the technology section of the Ministry of Research was added, making it the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

