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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…

“The office manager decided to throw me out of the camp and put me on the streets, at night.” – Viviana, a Syrian refugee tells of her first few months in Germany (Audio)

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…

Syrian woman expelled from Berlin refugee camp for defending human rights / Syrische Frau wurde aus Notunterkunft in Berlin hinausgeworfen, weil sie ihre Menschenrechte einforderte

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…

Emergency shelter in Wisenstraße throws out Syrian refugee woman at night. (video)

IWS got to know Viviana when she was still living the emergency shelter at the Wiesenstraße, in Wedding, Berlin. On the 29th of January we went to the Notunterkunft to have a coffee with Viviana and see how she was. The moment we met, Viviana was already showing signs of stress. No wonder, she was…

Interview with radio flora about iwspace and our book IN OUR OWN WORDS

Der International Women Space (IWS) sind die Herausgeber_innen des Buchs „In our own words / In unseren eigenen Worten. Refugee Women in Germany tell their stories / Geflüchtete Frauen in Deutschland erzählen von ihren Erfahrungen“. Beim IWS handelt es sich um eine feministische politische Gruppe, in der sich Migrantinnen und geflüchtete Frauen of Color in…

Sista Mimi, during key moments of the refugee struggle in Berlin. (video)

This video of Sista Mimi was put together to be shown at the launch of IN OUR OWN WORDS / IN UNSEREN EIGENEN WORTEN, it shows Mimi during two of the most important moments of the refugee struggle in Berlin: the day of the eviction of Oranienplatz Camp and the resistance on the roof of the Ohlauer…

BOOK LAUNCH – Refugee Women in Germany tell their stories – IN OUR OWN WORDS

(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…

iwspace statement at Press Conference – 14.09.2015 – Gerhart-Hauptmann Schule #Ohlauer

(English below) (Video by Muhammed Lamin Jadama) Wir haben ein Haus und wir haben die Möglichkeit, ein selbstorganisiertes Internationales Refugee Center zu errichten. Wir haben dieses Haus 2012 besetzt und von Anfang an haben wir alle Geflüchteten willkommen gehießen, die einen Platz zum Leben brauchten. Wir haben eine Frauenetage geschaffen wo geflüchtete Frauen zusammen leben…

Solidarität muss politisch werden! Solidarity must become political!

Social Center 4all. This is a good name and a good project and we hope the eviction of the occupation at Englische Straße 20 today doesn’t discourage people to continue trying to find alternative spaces for the thousands of refugees arriving in Germany. It is not only a question of sleeping places, which are absolutely necessary.…

‘No Human Considered Illegal’ Under Ecuador’s New Migration Law

The Ecuadorean government is proposing a law to give all migrants in the country legal status. Ecuador is an important migrant destination and has Latin America’s largest refugee population, largely fueled by the conflict in neighboring Colombia. In his weekly address, President Rafael Correa said, “The right to migrate is guaranteed in the rules. No…

Military action not a solution for migrants and refugees

The GUE/NGL group was critical of the package of measures proposed by the European Commission to stem the flow of migration to Europe’s shores by military and other repressive means. GUE/NGL President Gabi Zimmer said: “I criticise the behaviour of member states. They have set a framework of fear of refugees and security challenges for…

“The Refugee movement is the movement of the 21st Century” – Angela Davis in Berlin, May 2015 (video)

// 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…

“Welcome to one more sexist event” – women’s statement at Oplatz Kundgebung on 18.04.15

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.

German Asylum Policy and its Deadly Consequences (1993 – 2014)

This documentation, now encompassing 22 years, mirrors the degrading conditions, to which refugees, asylum seekers and people without papers are subjected in Germany.

“I’ve been here for 13 years and threatened with deportation many times” – Regina (video)

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…

Hot off the press! – Movement Magazine is ready to order

Movement Magazine documents the history of Oranienplatz, the refugee movement in Berlin and much much more. iwspace interviewed some refugee women especially for the magazine.

“My name is Bintou, I am a victim of Female Genital Mutilation” (video)

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.

“My mother’s strange definition of empowerment” – Khadija Gbla on going through Female Genital Mutilation as a child and later living in a ‘clitoris-centric society’

Khadija Gbla grew up caught between two definitions of what it means to be an “empowered woman.” While her Sierra Leonean mother thought that circumsizing her — and thus stifling her sexual urges — was the ultimate form of empowerment, her culture as a teenager in Australia told her that she deserved pleasure and that…

Celebrating Napuli’s wedding and the rights of women

Today we celebrate the wedding of our comrade Napuli Langa, who has been an inspiration to all of us migrant and refugee women living as foreigners in Germany. A country that permanently refuses to recognize us as members of their society although we are here despite the hardships we undergo because of their racism, prejudice…

With Mali in Political Turmoil, High FGM Rates Persist

BAMAKO, Mali — In the primarily Francophone and Anglophone region of West Africa, Mali is said to have one of the highest rates of female genital mutilation, with about 91 percent of girls and women having undergone the circumcision — a rate that has not only stayed stubbornly high but may also be inching upward.…

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