Category: Women
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Press release: Das Lager in der Niedstraße ist kein sicherer Ort für Frauen! Von einer Überlebensexpertin aus Berlin, Name geändert.
English Es ist Dienstagnachmittag und ich treffe Nira, um mit ihr über ihre Zeit im Lager in der Niedstraße zu sprechen. Im Rathaus Friedenau werden seit Februar 2016 Frauen und Kinder mit besonderem Schutzbedarf untergebracht. Viele geflüchtete Frauen haben Erfahrungen mit sexualisierter Gewalt gemacht – im Herkunftsland, auf der Flucht oder in Aufnahmeeinrichtungen in Berlin.…
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“Women Breaking Borders” Women* Conference organized by Women in Exile
This year refugee women are getting loud by organizing a national wide meeting on “Breaking Borders”. This was a decision reached during the evaluation meeting of the 2016 national wide summer bus tour of „women in Exile & Friends” and the network of refugee women and groups working with refugee women national wide. As women*…
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X women talked about the conditions of lager X
It’s quite sad to have the current title for this story, but for women who are not citizens, who are not welcome, who are alone, isolated, vulnerable, freedom is not part of their lives, so we cannot say openly where this conversation took place because measures against them can be taken because those who hold…
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Wir fordern eine menschliche Behandlung für Frauen und andere Geflüchtete
English || Srpski || Farsi || Arabic Liebes LAF, liebe Frau Breitenbach und andere Verantwortliche für Flüchtlingsangelegenheiten in Berlin! Am 20. Mai fand ein heiteres Fest mit dem Namen “Yalla! Lass feiern!” im ZK/U statt. Das Fest wurde von verschiedenen selbst-organisierten Initiativen, die mit Asylbewerber*innen und Geflüchteten zusammenarbeiten, ins Leben gerufen. Wir, die weiblichen Bewohnerinnen…
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Complaint letter about food in Lager at Niedstr 1-2 12159 #Berlin #LMG
Letter received by Lager Mobilisation Group – Berlin Dear all, In Soziale Initiative Niederlausitz e.V. Notunterkunft Niedstr 1-2 12159 Berlin, there is a huge problem with food. Women complained to administration 100 times but they do not listen. Last month a woman tried to kill herself because of being desperate that the food is bad…
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International Women’s Day with Women in Exile at Eisenhüttestadt
It was 8th of March 2017, the day was still more like a winter day, gray, cold, but at least it didn’t rain. Women in exile had done the call to celebrate the International Women’s Day in Eisenhüttenstadt . We would go together by train. Meeting time was around 10am, meeting place was Alexanderplatz. When…
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Speech held by IWS in the International Women*s Day Berlin #womanday #weltfrautag
Posted originally by www.wirmachendas.jetzt Photo: Inga Alice Lauenroth We women of the world have united, and we shout: International Strike! We see sexist shit all over the world. In Russia, domestic violence has been decriminalised. In many places, girls are forced to marry and bear children. We see a rise in antifeminism here and everywhere.…
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Book Launch: Living in Refugee Camps in Berlin: Women*s Perspectives and Experiences
Presentation, Reading and Discussion with authors 16.12.2016, 6pm at Werkstatt der Kulturen, seminar room 1, Wissmannstraße 32 In the summer and fall of 2015, the year that marked the beginning of what later became known as the “refugee crisis,” 1.1 million people arrived in Germany with the goal of seeking asylum. When taking a critical…