see full program here. Click here for the No Border Camp website 16.7: 11:00: Women*Space (Internationale Frauen*Gruppen und Frauen* aus den Auffang-/Internierungslagern) 19.7: Buchvorstellung: „In unseren eigenen Worten – Flüchtlingsfrauen in Deutschland erzählen ihre Geschichten“, herausgebracht vom IWSPACE (International Women Space) Objectives No Border Camp 2016 – Thessaloniki: Strengthen the already existing migrant groups, give them a…
We only still need that 40 people donate 30 Euro and that is it! Bintou goes and represents all of us who want a world without FGM! 40 x 30,00 € – still needing: 598,00 € CLICK HERE TO DONATE Bintou wants to go to Senegal to participate in an International Conference against Female Genital…
Welcome to iwspace. Take a look around, find out about us and what we have to say. Check out our latest updates and news about our work and refugee rights in Germany. Take some time to get to know refugee and migrant women in Germany; listen to us tell our stories in our own words. Browse through our photo gallery to see what we’ve got up to. Learn…
I arrived in Germany on the 2nd of December, 2015. When I arrived in Germany, I went to Lübeck. It is a city in Germany. It is a very nice city. I lived in Lübeck for five days in a Camp and after five days, when I went to the office manager to do…
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Syrian woman expelled from Berlin refugee camp for defending human rights – English Version Below Mujer siria expulsada de un campamento para refugiados en Berlín por exigir derechos – versión española abajo Pressemitteilung: Syrische Frau wurde aus Notunterkunft in Berlin hinausgeworfen, weil sie ihre Menschenrechte einforderte Viviana ist eine junge Frau aus Syrien. Sie ist vor dem…
(English below) BUCHVERÖFFENTLICHUNG // PRESSEMITTEILUNG + EINLADUNG IN UNSEREN EIGENEN WORTEN Geflüchtete Frauen in Deutschland erzählen von ihren Erfahrungen WANN: 19 Uhr | 25. November 2015 WO: TheaterSpielRaum, Bethanien-Südflügel, Mariannenplatz 2B, 10997 Berlin Wir – die Aktivistinnen vom International Women Space (IWS) – hatten es uns 2013 als Aufgabe gesetzt, die Lebensgeschichten von geflüchteten Frauen…
// Spanish below // Deutsch untenstehend // “Can someone explain to me why can’t I go inside the school?” asked Angela Davis on the 14th of May, during her meeting with activists in the Werkstatt der Kulturen, in Berlin. “Is it a school or a prison?” To which people from the audience replied: “Yes”. Angela Davis and Gina…
From an interview published on http://www.opendemocracy.net – Iraqi woman human rights defender Yanar Mohammed spoke to Jennifer Allsopp at the Nobel Women’s Initiative conference about grass-roots responses to the atrocities women are facing under ISIS. On the second day of the Nobel Women’s Initiative conference on building global support for women human rights defenders, the…
Leila Alikarami writes on http://www.opendemocracy.net If President Rouhani honours his promises and ‘de-securitises’ the general atmosphere, the work of women human rights defenders could lead to significant and tangible change towards ensuring human rights for Iranian citizens. More than fifty Iranian women human rights defenders are currently behind the bars in Iran. They are spending…
Welcome to one more sexist event, where repeatedly you hear the voice of man despite the presence of women. Well, we want to see a change. We want to prove wrong those who tell women we cannot complain because we are equal. No, we are not equal. Far from it.
My name is Regina, I come from Uganda. I’ve been here in Germany for the last 13 years. I apply for political asylum, they reject. I apply again, they reject. I’ve been applying for so many times. And all this time I’ve been living with a ‘Duldung’, which simply means that I’m just being … they…
Im Jahr 2013 wurde ich von vier Männern aus meinem Haus vertrieben, weil sie Geld von mir gefordert haben, das ich nicht hatte. Sie haben mir Gewalt angedroht, wenn ich ihre Forderungen nicht erfülle. Einer davon war Polizeiinspektor in Novi Sad. Mehrfach sind sie zu mir gekommen, um Geld zu verlangen. Mehrfach habe ich ihnen…
Bintou Bojang is 21 years old, she went through Female Genital Mutilation at the age of 11 years old. In 2012 she came to Germany and applied for asylum. At first she was rejected. The authorities didn’t believe her story. She then appealed and got accepted under the Humanitarian Help.
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.
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Here’s two excerpts from our interview with Florence Sissako: “I lived here for 5 or 6 years. On this corridor I think I was the only woman here. Everywhere here to the door I have only boys, single boys, from Africa. They were like my brothers. What I used to do is, once in a while,…
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