13/12/2020
IWS RADIO #09 | Migration & Mental Health: Creating Support Networks For Women
Jennifer and Denise discuss with Lucía Muriel and Jasmin Eding about mental health, mental illness, isolation, and torture - and how we can create a support network for migrant and refugee women living in Lagers.
11/12/2020
Herbstseminare BeVisible 2020: Anti-Black Racism and Resistance through Self-organization
On 11. December 2020, Jennifer from IWS gave a talk on anti-Black racism and resistance through self-organizing for the third event of the BeVisible Herbseminare series organized by Trixiewiz e.V.
09/12/2020
SPAM 5 “Ils ont partagé le monde, plus rien ne m’étonne”
Jennifer from IWS spoke on an episode of SPAM, a radio program of undesired-desired messages. The Afrika Diva Collectif activates four spaces in Germany (Berlin and Halle a.d. Saale) and the D.R. Congo (Kinshasa and Goma) to discuss connections and disconnections, colonial repercussions, im-/possible ways of interacting beyond colonial power structures and other spam.
25/11/2020
“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
25/11/2020
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.
22/11/2020
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.
08/11/2020
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!
31/10/2020
“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.
25/10/2020
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.
09/10/2020
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: