News, updates and infos from IWS, our network and beyond...
“Covid is one more challenge we are having to deal with in a world that is historically brutal to women”
IWS' speech, read by Lavender Samuel at the SOLIDARITY IS NOT ENOUGH - IT IS ABOUT RESISTANCE demo on the International Day of the Elimination of Violence against Women* - 25th November 2020
Violence against women – Refugee abuse victims are inadequately protected
By Antonia Groß for berliner-zeitung.de. Germany is a signatory of an international agreement defending women's rights - but the inner workings of its own systems often do little to help.
Gewalt gegen Frauen: Partnerschaftliche Gewalt: Der Staat als Nebentäter
von Antonia Groß auf berliner-zeitung.de - Mit der Istanbul-Konvention bekennen sich Regierungen zur Bekämpfung der Gewalt gegen Frauen. Doch deutsches Recht verhindert den Schutz aller Betroffenen. Die Frauen vom International Women* Space kämpfen gegen die mehrfache Diskriminierung geflüchteter Frauen.
IWS RADIO #08 | Women Organising Against Violence and all Forms of Oppression
Lavenda, Shokoofeh, Shadia, Nujiyan, and Xalteva from the Alliance of Internationalist Feminists Berlin come together for this special IWS RADIO episode ahead of the 25th of November - the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - to discuss violences women face and how women are organising against all forms oppressions in their own contexts and through transnational alliances.
Abortion is the essence of every woman’s right to own her own body! – in solidarity with women in Poland
IWS speech at "Techno Procesja - if I Can't Dance, It's Not My Revolution" Demo by Dziewuchy Berlin on 7th November, 2020 in Berlin. Abortion is the essence of every woman’s right to own her own body! And we from the International Women Space stand in total solidarity with the women in Poland and totally against this newly near total ban of abortion in their country!
“Good evening, everyone. This is ___ from Michendorf” – Lager Reports, October 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.
PLUMPE #6 – “Die Kämpfe gegen Rassismus und Sexismus Verbinden” [Interview mit IWS]
Frauenkommune Wedding hat ein Interview mit IWS für die Weddinger Kiezzeitung PLUMPE gemacht. Wir haben über unsere Geschichte, unsere Arbeit, und wie der "Lockdown" die Situation in den Geflüchtetenunterkünften beeinflusst gesprochen.
IWS RADIO #07 | From “Ausländerklassen” to “Willkommensklassen” – Institutional Racism in Germany’s Schools
Jennifer Kamau from IWS discusses the prevalence of racism in schools in Germany with Céline Barry - a Berlin-based social scientist whose research centers on the topics of racism, feminism and intersectionality in post-colonial contexts.
Our fight against anti-semitism must be in the context of resistance against racism, capitalism and all forms of state violence.
Today is one year since the anti-semitic and racist terrorist attack in Halle which cost Jana L. and Kevin S. their lives. The Aktionsbündnis Antirassismus - of which IWS is a member - organised a memorial rally and demonstration together with joint plaintiffs in the Halle trial and the community of the Fraenkelufer Synagogue in Berlin. Here you can read our speech:
Wir – Gespräche zum demokratischen Alltag in Berlin | Interview with Jennifer Kamau
Jennifer Kamau from IWS talks about her life as a political activist, reflects on her family history and growing up in Nairobi and discusses her involvement in the Berlin Oranienplatz movement.