News, updates and infos from IWS, our network and beyond...
Gesundheitsversorgung sicherstellen! Lager auflösen! Menschen und ihre Rechte schützen!
Während Bundes- und Landesregierungen in nahezu allen Lebensbereichen strikte Maßnahmen gegen eine weitere Ausbreitung der COVID-19-Epidemie ergreifen, werden Geflüchtete in den Lagern (Aufnahmeeinrichtungen, Gemeinschaftsunterkünften, sogenannten Ankerzentren) und in der Abschiebehaft sowie Illegalisierte und Menschen ohne Krankenversicherungsschutz nur unzureichend geschützt.
Schlafplätze und Rückzugsorte gesucht – Solidarität in Zeiten von Corona
Die aktuelle Corona-Krise und die damit einhergehenden notwendigen Einschnitte in unser alltägliches Leben treffen uns alle. Jedoch gibt es Personengruppen, die verschärft unter der Situation leiden. Während zu Hause bleiben das aktuelle Gebot ist, um eine eigene Ansteckung und Verbreitung des Virus zu verhindern, ist diese Option für obdachlose Menschen nicht verfügbar.
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.
#AFROZENSUS – Erfahrungen teilen, Politik verändern, Gesellschaft gestalten
More than one million people of African descent live in Germany. In the large #AFROZENSUS online survey, which will be launched in the spring of 2020, the life realities, discrimination experiences and perspectives of Black, African and Afro-diasporic people will be recorded for the first time.
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
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.
Message of solidarity from Yuli Riswati on International Women’s Day
It is truly a pleasure for me to convey this message of solidarity to you. When we as women around the world try to connect to each other to celebrate and honor women of the past, present and future by continuing to struggle to break the system that still supports and confines and marginalizes women, that's where we all begin to win. Spirit!
IWS speech | March to commemorate the African victims of enslavement, colonialism and racism
For the 14th year, the Committee for an African Monument in Berlin organised a march to commemorate the African victims of enslavement, trafficking enslaved people, colonialism, neo-colonialism and racist violence. It is growing every year and we were happy to join the call to take to the streets.
Wir müssen Widerstand leisten.
Das Morden wir nicht aufhören solange wir nur Schweigeminuten einlegen, Gedenkmärsche veranstalten und Reden halten. Es wird nicht aufhören solange Ermittlungsbehörden die Angehörigen verdächtigen anstatt die wahren Täter zu suchen.
In Gedenken an Hanau: We are angry, but not surprised!
We, the International Women* Space would like to show our solidarity with the families of the nine victims of the terrorist attack in Hanau last night! And like many other people we are angry, but not surprised!