Celebrating “In our own words”

We launched our book “In our own words” on the 25.11. and it was great to see so many people gathering for this event. The house was so full that not all could fit in the room where we had the program, which included a video of the Yazidi Women, made by our friend and activist…

IWS reads “It is about Freedom of Movement”

5.12.15: reading of “It is about Freedom of Movement” one testimonial of our book “In our own words”. The reading was part of “Stronger than Borders”, a three days event organized by Die Linke.SDS (Sozialistisch-Demokratischer Studierendenverband) in Leuchtturm, Neukölln, Berlin. Thank you Devika Ranjan for your sensitive reading of the story.    

Our afternoon with Angela Davis and Gina Dent

The photograph is out of focus, we know it. We also know the photographer was too excited to hold firmly the camera. For us, the International Women Space spending sometime in the company of Angela Davis was a most motivating moment because it is not yet everyday that we meet a woman who’s been dedicating her…

Photos from International Women’s Day in Berlin & Potsdam

On the weekend of 7-8.03. we demonstrated for the rights of women on the streets of Potsdam and Berlin with our friends of Women in Exile, Frauenrat DEST DAN e.V., Amaro Foro e.V. Frauenkommission HDP (Halkin Demokratik platformu) YXK JIN (die Frauen des kurdischen Studierendenverbandes) and the Frauenkampf. On Sunday, we left Oranienplatz in a group…

Nine Days on the Roof (video)

On the 24th of June, 2014 the district of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg made an operation called “voluntary moving”. The idea was to empty the former Gerhart-Hauptmann school, occupied by refugees since December 2012. The procedure involved over 1000 police officers and blocked the complete neighbourhood. From the 300 of the school’s inhabitants, around 40 people didn’t accept…