Brandenburg – Neuer Erlass zu Opfern von rassistisch motivierter Gewalt? Gemeinsame Presseerklärung von International Women’s Space und Women in Exile
english unten Wie alle Gruppen, die in Brandenburg mit Geflüchteten arbeiten, freuen wir uns über den neuen Erlass des Landes Brandenburg zu Personen, die Opfer von rassistische motivierten Gewalttaten wurden und abschiebebedroht sind.¹ Es ist ein erster Schritt, denen ein Bleiberecht zu geben, die von Nazis attackiert wurden und dies beweisen können; die schwer verletzt…
Sahar Speaks: Afghan female correspondents report on subjects that only Afghan women can unlock and have access to.
Sahar Speaks: The Afghan woman’s story is being told by Afghan men, foreign men and foreign women. As the situation for women in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate, the urgency of realising Sahar Speaks is greater than ever. It takes effort to recruit, train and encourage Afghan female journalists. It requires intentional investment. That is where Sahar Speaks steps…
Tag gegen Gewalt an Frauen* DEMO FR 25.11.2016 16.00 Uhr Turmstrasse (U9)
Organizers: Frauen * von Ezidischer FrauenRat Berlin, Frauenrat Dest Dan, International Women Space, Interkulturelle Frauenzentrum S.U.S.I, Frauen aus Rojhilat, Sozialistischer Frauenbund Berlin-SKB, Women in Exile & Friends, JXK – Studierende Frauen aus Kurdistan, FrauenRat der PYD Berlin (Rojava Frauen), Frauenrat der HDK Berlin, Lara e.V „From feminicide to selfdefence” along the motto of the current…
ISD: Offener Brief an die Leitung des Stadtbad Neukölln sowie die Berliner Bäder-Betriebe
Berlin, den 11.11.2015 Entsetzt über den Umgang mit einer Schwarzen Trans* Person im Stadtbad Neukölln am 03.11.2015 Am Dienstag, den 03.11.2015 besuchte eine Schwarze Trans* Person um 11 Uhr in Begleitung einer Person das Stadtbad Neukölln. Beide Personen entschieden sich entsprechend ihrer Positionierung, aber auch, weil keine anderen Möglichkeiten vorhanden sind, den Frauenbereich der Umkleidekabinen…
„Towards an Afghan Spring?“ Conference with grassroots activists from Afghanistan
Saturday, 7. November 2015 9:30 – 18:30 Uhr – all infos here… Place: Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte, Greifswalderstr. 4, Berlin With Mariam Rawi, RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) Weeda Ahmad, Social Association of Afghan Justice Seekers „ … we fight our struggles ourselves!“ Workshop 1: Feminist women’s organizing Women’s organizing in the…
Sara Ahmed: Feminist Consciousness
When did you begin to put the pieces together? Perhaps when you put the pieces back together you are putting yourself back together. We assemble something. Feminism is DIY: a form of self-assembly. No wonder feminist work is often about timing: sometimes we are too fragile to do this work; we cannot risk being shattered…
Sex discrimination in nationality laws around the world
Despite repeated commitments by governments around the world to ensure women’s equality by repealing discriminatory laws, sex discrimination persists, including in citizenship and nationality1 laws. This is damaging to the lives of women and their families. Although there has been some progress, with a number of countries recently amending their laws on citizenship in order…
“Sexism is pan-Africanism’s Achilles heel” – Ms Afropolitan
According to ‘Google Images’, the front-figures of pan-African leadership are Kwame Nkrumah, Malcolm X, Steven Bantu Biko, Frantz Fanon, Wole Soyinka, Nelson Mandela, Muammar Gaddafi, Haile Selassie, George Padmore, Walter Rodney, Patrice Lumumba and Marcus Garvey … Women are conspicuously absent from the pan-African discourse.
Resistance is a woman — Lee Lakeman on collectivity, liberation and the feminist movement
On June 21, 2014, women and male allies gathered to honour and celebrate Lee Lakeman and her tireless work to end male violence against women. Lee has been an integral part of Vancouver Rape Relief & Women’s Shelter since the late 70s. She retired from her position there in 2013 but has not retired from…
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