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Am Freitag, 21. Februar 2020 um 19.30 Uhr geht es in unserem Geschichtssalon im Beginenhof Erkelenzdamm 51/ Gemeinschaftsraum – 10999 Berlin um ein aktuelles Thema: „Testimonials from the uterus“Film über die Gesundheitsfürsorge für geflüchtete Frauen von und mit Women in Exile und u.a. mit Petra Bentz vom Feministischen FrauenGesundheitsZentrum e.V. in Berlin
In dem Film berichten drei Flüchtlingsfrauen über ihre unterschiedlichen Erfahrungen mit ihren Gesundheitsproblemen und darüber, wie das Gesundheitssystem sie als Asylbewerberinnen behandelt. Auch Fachleute, die Flüchtlinge unterstützen, teilen ihre Überlegungen darüber, was es bedeutet, eine Nicht-Staatsangehörige zu sein um Zugang zum deutschen Gesundheitssystem zu erhalten. Der Film dauert etwa 30 Minuten und ist in deutscher Sprache, bzw. mit deutschen Untertiteln.
From this judgement it is clear how the court is pretentious giving the fine to a women shelter to show solidarity to women while criminalising and taking rights of refugee women to assemble. This shows how the system is pitting us against the rest of the society. It is meant to distract and diminish refugee women´s issues by restricting our right of assembly.
It is ironical when a judge takes money from a supporter of one vunerable group and giving it to the other so as to seem to be supporting vunerable women in the society. These papers carried the messages of our usual demand and nothing more. This is very clear in various media reports such as:
For Women in Exile & Friends this year 2019 was a moving year full of Women* Power.
We decided to walk together and far rather than fast and alone so therefore we would like to thank all of you very much for your company, solidarity and support. THANK YOU!
Only together we could realize all the actions and facing the challenges successfully. We would like to look back at the highlights of the year and share our future vision for 2020.
The remains of our sister Rita Awour Ojunge
was finally given to the family for burial. She was laid to rest on the 14.
Dezember 2019.
Rita repeatedly reported sexual harassment
in the Hohenleipisch refugee camp, she was living in. But no step were taking.
On the 7. April 2019 she was reported missing. It took almost three months for
her remains to be found 200 metres away from the camp in the forest. Rita was
32 years old. She left behind two small children.
Women in Exile & Friends is among the
family, friends and other organisations demanding to know: why did it took the
police so long to find Rita`s remains? Who murdered her? How safe are the camps
for women and children if reported sexual harassment has no consequences? Why
has the camp in the wood near by Hohenleipisch not been closed, although the
residents wrote an open letter to the authorities demanding it`s closure?!
Our fight for „Justice for Rita“ and „No Lager for women and children“, „ Abolish all Lagers!“ continues.
On Monday 25.11 we went on a Bus Tour to Brandenburg, to ask for justice for Rita and abolish all lagers.
We started at Oranienplatz, where the solibus was waiting us. The bus was full and we had extra cars, so around 65 people started the ride at 11h towards Herzberg our first stop.
After 2h ride, we stopped in front of the Auslanderbehörde where we held the following speech, to create awareness on Rita’s unclear death, the situation of women in lagers, institucional racism, sexism and discrimination.
Building Bridges Festival took place between 26-28 July 2019 in Oranienplatz. It was a moment to take back Oplatz as a place of reference for the refugee movement in the public space and where many fights have been won.
This time it was through a Festival that women* brought the feminist perspective of refugee women on refugee issues and opened a conversation with other feminist groups on how to build up a intersectional feminism. The following video, is part of a mobile reporting workshop, facilitated by Kameradisten.org and offered by Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung.
We also have to thank the area of migration and Africa department of Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung the financial support for our festival, thanks to which we could make it happen.
Im Rahmen von der rechtsterroristische Anschlag in Halle am 13.10 fand eine Demo mit 8000 Teilnehmern statt. Wir hielten folgende Rede:
Wir trauern um die Opfer der rechtsextremistischen und antisemitischen Anschläge in Halle. Wir erklären uns solidarisch mit den Angehörigen und allen Betroffenen von Rassismus und Antisemitismus. Wir sind von der Gruppe Women in Exile, einer Selbstorganisierung von geflüchteten Frauen, die sich 2002 in Brandenburg gegründet hat.
Unser politisches Ziel ist die Utopie einer gerechten Gesellschaft ohne Ausgrenzung und Diskriminierung. Wir kämpfen dafür, dass alle Menschen, egal woher sie kommen und wohin sie gehen, die gleichen Rechte haben.
On the 15.10 we will do the premier of our film “Testimonials from the uterus”, a video part of our health project “Health care for all without discrimination”.
In the film three refugee women give the testimonies regarding different experiences they have had around their health issues and how the health care system treats them as asylum seekers. Also proffesionals supporting refugees share the reflections of what is means to be a non-citizen when trying to access the German health care system.
After the screening of the film, there will be a panel discussion with Women in Exile, Medibüro, Komm Mit, and Fluchtlingsrat Brandenburg.
Film screening + panel discussion Date: 15.10.2019 Time: 19:00 Place:Aquarium Address: Skalitzer Str. 6 10999 Berlin
We would like to invite all activists and all those in solidarity and concerned with the problems faced by refugee to travel together with us in a big bus from: Oranienplatz at 10am to Herzberg Kreisverwaltung and Hohenleipisch Our rally on the 25.11.2019 the International day for “Elimination against violence against women”, we will travel together from Berlin Oranienplatz to Herzberg Elbe-Elster and remind the city authorities that the closure of the Hohenleipisch lager is long overdue. We will then travel to the Hohenleipisch lager to show solidarity with the refugee living in this isolated lager
The demand for justice for Rita continues. Join us on the 25.11.2019, the International day for „the Elimination of Violence against Women“, to protest on violence against refugee women* and demand the closure in particular of the Hohenleipisch Lager as a first step to abolish all camps. For many years we have been organising activities and raising public awareness on sexual violence and harassment of us refugee women* in the camps.
The trial starts on 23.09.2019 at 9:30 at the Kriminalgericht Moabit, Turmstraße 91, Room 1/537, 10559 Berlin
Dear press, we ask you to announce this trial date and to monitor the case and report on it!
On March 29, 2019 our friend Maria, her husband and her brother-in-law were travelling in a Berlin subway when they were attacked by a white German woman with a knife. All three were injured, some of them were in a life-threatening condition, and are still suffering from the physical and psychological consequences of the racist attack.
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