IWS RADIO #06 | Racism & Resistance: Linking Past, Present & Afrofuture

Dr. Natasha A. Kelly is an academic activist, visualutionist and afrofuturist. She joins Jennifer Kamau from IWS for a deep dive into the history of racism in Germany - the origins and continuities of German (and European) Colonialism and a look at “the other side of the coin”: Black German history. We discuss stories of resistance, the history of Black movements in Germany, the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Schule occupation and Natasha's latest book - “The Comet - Afrofuturism 2.0”.


Read More

The Statue of Peace in Berlin: For peace! Against sexualized violence!

The "comfort women" working group of the Korea Verband erected a Statue of Peace in Berlin-Moabit at the corner of Birkenstraße and Bremer Straße to raise awareness of the issue of sexualized violence. On Monday, September 28, 2020 at 3pm, the statue was officially inaugurated with a ceremony and speeches by, among others, district councillor Sabine Weißler (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Dr. Insa Eschebach, the former director of the Ravensbrück Memorial, and Dr. Kien Nghi Ha.


Read More

IWS at the Bundestag for People of African Descent Week

On Friday 11. September, we took part in a meeting with Dr. Franziska Giffey, Bundesministerin für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, and Dr. Karamba Diaby, Integrationsbeauftragter der SPD-Bundestags- fraktion.


Read More

IWS RADIO #05 | On Anti-Semitism and Being Jewish in Germany

Sharon from IWS invited Chana Dischereit who is active with the Roma and Sinti Association Baden-Württemberg and the NSU Civil Tribunal, Iris Hefetz from Jewish Voice for Peace in the Middle East - Germany, and Inna Michaeli - a sociologist and feminist queer activist to share and discuss experiences of being Jewish in Germany, diverse Jewish identities, anti-Semitic conspiracy “theories” and political activism.


Read More

IWS RADIO #04 | Fighting Systemic Racism With Anti Discrimination Law

Political activist Sanchita Basu and Green Party parliamentarian Canan Bayram are welcomed by Killa, Jennifer & Denise from IWS to talk about Berlin’s new anti discrimination law that was passed in June: What came before? What type of cases does it cover? What impact could it have? What will it take to see a similar law on the federal level?


Read More

Decolonization in Action Podcast with Dr. Natasha A. Kelly: Black Feminism is Intersectional Justice

In this episode, edna bonhomme speaks with academic activist, artist, filmmaker, and writer Dr. Natasha A. Kelly on the history of Black people in Germany, Black feminism, and the Afro-German movement—the first wave during German colonialism and the second wave in the 1980s with Afro-German poet May Ayim as one of its founders.


Read More

IWS RADIO #03 | Anti-Asian Racism, the Model Minority Myth and COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic brought a wave of violent racism against Asian communities all over the world. IWS members Ngoc, Haewon & Dahye welcome three guests - Jiye Seong-Yu from Asian Voices Europe, Esra Karakaya of Karakaya Talks and Thao Ho from DAMN (Deutsch Asiat*innen Make Noise) - for our third episode of IWS RADIO to discuss this and more...


Read More

IWS RADIO im ndPodcast gefeatured: RB3 – Berlin feiert Pride

İdil Baydar zum NSU 2.0 / DieselA zum Dorfplatz / International Women Space zum Hören / Und: Ein Gespräch mit CSD e.V. Vorständin Dana Wetzel


Read More

Meet Artist and Activist Diana Arce

Diana was our guest on the second episode of IWS RADIO: Black Lives Matter! - In The Mediterranean Sea Too. Read here more about her and her work.


Read More