0️⃣2️⃣ Immigration Changes in 2025, Meta's Updates + More Germany's News in English, Jobs, Housing Offers and This Week's Events in Berlin
Hello dear IWBies ✨
Wow, the year has barely started, and things are already heating up! With Meta's recent updates, we’ve been reflecting on the future of IWB. Let’s be honest—Facebook and Instagram aren’t exactly our favorite platforms. But for now, they remain a key way for us to connect with the women who rely on this community.
But with that said, with Meta’s evolving direction, we’re seriously considering a move away from these platforms. Of course, this raises big questions: where would we go? At this point, we’re just being transparent—there’s no plan yet, but your input is crucial. Do you have any ideas about what could work for IWB's next steps? Hit reply to this email and let us know your thoughts. We’d love to hear from you!
Bruna your IWB Team 💖
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As immigrants, it's important to stay informed about what's happening in Germany. Here are the most important news updates you should be aware of:
💰 The Highest and Lowest Earning Jobs (and Nationalities) in Germany
😓 Risk of pensioner poverty increasing in Germany
🖥️ Germany launches online portal for visa applications
✈️ How to use Germany’s 2025 Feiertage wisely for longer holidays
💡 How Germany seeks to cut electricity costs
🧁 Germany’s Lindner gets cake (of soap) in the face on campaign trail
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👉 Week from the January 13th to the January 19th - Berlin is a city full with events to suit all tastes. Here are some highlights that we think you and your friends would enjoy:
👑 Queen Priyanka, Canada's Drag Race winner, is coming to Berlin on the 16th
🧵 The Crafty Market: Discover handmade treasures by Berlin artists and creatives
🏓 FREE Ping Pong Winter Open at Michelberger Hotel
🍹 Drinking halls and queer hotspots Späti tour on Mitte, with the drag queens Miss Ivanka und Amy Strong
👚 "BERLIN SWAP!" is a swap market series to reduce waste and over-consumption through community sharing - on the 19th
😅 EXPATS in Berlin Comedy Show (+ FREE Shots), on the 16th
🎙️ The classic Tosca oper, at Staatsoper
🎤 FREE Karaoke Night at Electric Social, on the 16th
💿 If you are not into techno… Indie Club Berlin, on the 17th and La Casa del Perreo, on the 17th too
🇮🇳 BOLLYWOOD NIGHT, on the 17th
🇺🇦 Schwanensee - Grand Ukrainian Ballet, on the 15th
👉 For more events during the week, check out our Instagram Stories!
♟️ Saturday Knight Fever — StrangerChess, on the 18th
🍽️ A Night Out with Entrepreneurs: Dinner with Strangers, on the 18th
🍑 TwerXout – Dance, Twerk & Sweat: Beginner's Booty Workout
🤩 YAAAS QUEEN! | Women & LGBTQ+ Comedy Show
🧐 Critical tour around the Humboldt Forum, on the 18th
❤️ Deep Dating (Ages 29-49), on the 12th
🖌️ "Ugly Art" Drawing & Watercolour Painting Workshop! (Friedrichshain)
🍁 The Green Show at Poropati Bar Neukölln, on the 14th
🔮 Funny Fortunes: A Stand-Up Comedy Show & Live Tarot Reading
🎞️ My First Polaroid - Workshop for Children & Parents, on the 18th
🎸 BEATLES vs. STONES, on the 18th
😍 👉 Our next event: IWB MeetUp & Egg Freezing & Fertility Firechat with Ovom Care
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IWB, with +39k members, is a very active community. Given that you might not have time to catch up on everything and some good posts may get overlooked, here are a few highlights from our group, from the last week:
😷 “Are there any diseases you can catch from oral sex?” (spoiler: yes)
👩💻 “A list of super useful apps and websites I’ve discovered here, to survive Berlin”
🚇 Useful information about BVG controllers
🐶 “Would you like to have a dog walk together?”
❄️ “Looking for a warm winter jacket recommendations for -10.”
🏸 “We are looking for a few more people to join our badminton group”
🧐 “I did not know it was that complicated to do THIS in Berlin”
👚 For the next time you are buying online, you should know this about Zalando
🤩 “Is anybody doing face microneedling at home here?”
🙈 “How do you move on from someone you never dated, who is your colleague, and who you still see every day?”
We know finding a place to stay in Berlin is a hard tasks, sometimes. That’s why we gather, every week, some links that might help you - from women to women:
“3 room apartment from 15th January- 30th September and can be extend for further 1-2 years.”
“I'm subletting my 45 sqm ground floor apartment for 3 months - 800€ - february, march and April.”
“I am subletting my lovely apartment in Pberg 10409 from February until middle of March.”
“Long term sublet of a 2-room fully furnished apartment in Neukölln”
“January-March: 15.01.25-31.3.25 with a big chance for April as well.”
“My partner and I will be traveling from February first til April 6th”
“We are subletting our apartment for 3 months while we spend parental leave back home in Australia.”
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A big reason why ppl move to Berlin is to get better lives. That’s totally connect with our work life. Check out these opportunities, we need more women in ALL fields:
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Check out what our IWB team is reading, or find it interesting and wants to share with you:
🇵🇷 Bad Bunny became the most listened artist in the world, with his new and AMAZING album
🤦♀️ Fact check: AfD head called Hitler 'communist.' He was not.
😡 Mark Zuckerberg Orders Removal Of Tampons From Men's Bathrooms At Meta Offices and cuts its DEI team
We are very happy and proud to get msgs like this, thank you! 💖
To run IWB, there’s a group of 6 women, mostly women of color, taking care of different tasks to keep the whole IWB project running. As we continue to grow, our responsibilities grow as well, and we are basically doing this job that takes a lot of our energy, time and mental health for free.
”You give a little, you take a little”
Our ✨dream✨ is to keep supporting the community of women* in Berlin as much as we can, with events, helpful resources, support groups… and in return, we would get at least 1€ from each member that got something positive out of IWB. We host over 36k people right now… even if we got 20k every month, we could hire immigrant women, pay them fairly and find a small whole in the middle of the patriarchal, capitalist system that usually underpays women.
Let's be the change we want to see and not reproduce outdated and harmful systems 💖
To motivate people to support our work, we are giving back some cool perks!
Check them out here:
For only 1€/Month Subscription:
✅ Facebook Anonymous post, as much as you want
✅Telegram Group divided by Kiez and other topics
✅ Your name on the new IWB “Thank you!” section
For 5€/Month Subscription:
✅ Facebook Anonymous post, as much as you want
✅Telegram Group divided by Kiez and other topics
✅ Your name on the new IWB “Thank you!” section
💖 Monthly discounts with bars, restaurants, services…
For 10€/Month Subscription:
✅ Facebook Anonymous post, as much as you want
✅Telegram Group divided by Kiez and other topics
✅ Your name on the new IWB “Thank you!” section
💖 Monthly discounts with bars, restaurants, services…
💖 Access to ALL our IWB events for free
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Wishing you a fantastic week ahead! 💖
Warm regards from the IWB Team
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