Bertschy served on the city council of Bern from January 2009 to December 2011. One of the key issues she worked on in the city council was childcare vouchers. Today Bern gives vouchers to cover childcare costs for families. At the same time, Bertschy served several leadership roles within the
Green Liberals. Bertschy served as leader of the party in the City of Bern from June 2008 to November 2009, a member of the administrative council for the party at the Canton Level since 2008 and as vice-president of the national party since 2016. Bertschy was elected a member of the National Council for the
Canton of Bern in the
2011 Swiss federal election and was re-elected in the
2015 Swiss federal election. In the National Council, she has served as a member of the Economy and Royalties Committee since 2011, and since 2015 as a member of the Judiciary Committee and Social Security and Public Health Committees. In December 2013, Bertschy proposed a bill that would amend the federal constitution called "Civil Marriage for All". In August 2019 she proposed another motion for fourteen weeks of
parental leave for each parent in order to assure equality in professional life. In 2014 Bertschy was unanimously elected the co-president of the Alliance of Swiss Feminist Organizations (Alliance F), serving alongside National Councilor
Maya Graf. In 2016 Bertschy was one of the founders of the Green Liberal-affiliated
thinktank glp lab, where she serves as the chair. == References ==