03/06/2020
In the shadow of Corona: Police Violence against women and children in a Lager in Brandenburg
On June 1st a women, who lives in a Lager* in Brandenburg sent us an alarming video-clip, recorded on the day before. The video depicts a police-operation in the Lager: In a small corridor several police officers are pinning down a woman on the floor, other officers are securing the site, many residents (including children) can be heard screaming.
23/05/2020
“Hello and good afternoon, women. I’m well.” – Lager Reports, May 2020
The latest lager reports - audio reports on the situation with coronavirus and other topics from women living in refugee accommodation centres in and around Berlin - with transcription in English and translation into German.
09/05/2020
We will never stop to organize, to protest, to demand justice for those killed by racists | Aktionstag 8. Mai
Speech by Jennifer Kamau from International Women* Space at the Demo Aktionstag 8. Mai with Aktionsbündnis Antira - ABA: Today we are here to remember the 8th of May, the German liberation from the fascists. The victims in Hanau, of the NSU, the murder of Oury Jalloh, of Rita Awuor Ojunge and many other unsolved cases are here to show us that racism is a weapon of mass destruction.
22/04/2020
“Hallo, this is ___ from ___ and here, what is going on…” – Lager Reports, April 2020
The latest lager reports - audio reports on the situation with coronavirus and other topics from women living in refugee accommodation centres in and around Berlin - with transcription in English and translation into German.
09/04/2020
Corona-Reports aus Geflüchtetenunterkünften: Das Schweigen brechen!
Der International Women Space (IWS) veröffentlicht aus gegebenen Anlass Corona-Lager-Berichte. Die Corona-Lager-Berichte sind Audioaufnahmen persönlicher Zeugnisse von Frauen, die in Brandenburger Geflüchtetenunterkünften (Lager, Heime, Erstaufnahmeeinrichtungen) untergebracht sind.
03/04/2020
Decolonization in Action Podcast: Migrant Chronicles in the Age of Coronavirus
For migrants living in Berlin, COVID-19 is raising questions about the health conditions of loved ones living abroad, as well as the rise of draconian measures that are linked with increased surveillance internationally. During this podcast episode, edna bonhomme speaks with two anticolonial migrants based in Berlin: Mugo Muna and Jennifer Kamau.
02/04/2020
Women from the IWS-Break Isolation Group report about their situation in the Lagers
The Break Isolation Group (BIG) at International Women* Space is a group of self-organised refugee women that was formed in February 2019 as a result of the quest to share their own experiences as refugees in Germany in their own voices.
12/03/2020
Strengthening Innovative Solutions to Protect Female Migrant and Refugee Rights
New publication - with input from Jennifer Kamau - provides innovative solutions and lessons learned from a transnational collaboration among national migrant feminist associations and groups across Europe.
10/03/2020
It’s not a party – It’s a fight | 8th March 2020
All around the world the fight against fascism is getting louder and stronger and women* are taking the lead of this revolution. The patriarchal system and the sexist structure try with force to marginalize, criminalize and oppress us. But they can’t make it
09/03/2020
We need a feminist revolution! – IWS Speech, 8th March 2020
Hello women of the world! We need a feminist revolution! We need to end capitalism! Capitalism is patriarchal and racist and we can only end patriarchy and racism if we end capitalism. We need to put a stop on the process of land privatisation, to put a stop in the commercialisation of nature, to the commercialisation of women's bodies.