0️⃣2️⃣ IWB News Weekly: Berlinale, Valentines Day, Jobs & Housing Offers and Exciting Events for the Week
0️⃣2️⃣ IWB News Weekly: Berlinale, Valentines Day, Jobs & Housing Offers and Exciting Events for the Week
Hello dear IWBies ✨
Apologies for the slight delay in our newsletter this week, but our dedicated team of volunteers has been enjoying (quite intensely 😅) the Carnival festivities in Germany and Brazil!
We want to start this issue by expressing our gratitude to everyone who engaged last week 🥰 We achieved an incredible open rate of nearly 62%! It's our hope that the IWB News Weekly consistently provides you with valuable information, supporting and enriching your experience in Berlin, so you keep reading us 💖.
And sustaining such a positive open rate will likely encourage more local brands to consider partnerships with IWB 🤩 With their support, we'll have the opportunity to organize additional events and develop various initiatives to further support the whooooole IWB community - amazing, isn’t it?!
With that said, we hope you enjoy this latest issue. We welcome your feedback, so please feel free to reply to this email with your thoughts on our newsletter and any suggestions for improvement. We are all ears!
So get cozy and let’s jump into it!
Bruna & the 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:
🐻 Berlinale disinvites AfD politicians from the event, after protests.
🚃 Why are there so many strikes in Germany at the moment?
😖 Convicted R*pist is on the Loose in Berlin - Stay safe!
🏥 Medical assistant strikes will impact patient appointments.
🇩🇪 “These are structural and old issues that are harming the German economy.”
👍 AfD youth group can be classified as 'extremist'.
💊 70% of Germans want a male contraceptive pill, a recent survey says
🚑 Berlin's hospitals urge people to only call 112 only when it’s a real emergency
🕯️Commemoration of the murder of Murder of Hatun Sürücü, killed by her brother 19 years ago, for “honor”.
🎡 In carnival mood, how about a little history?
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Berlin is a city full with events to suit all tastes. Here are some highlights that we think you and your friends would enjoy:
🎉 Karnival in Germany and here are some safety tips for women
🎬 Berlinale, the international film festival starts on the 15th Feb
💓 Valentines Day is around the corner (14th Feb) and Benedict is selling delicious Vday boxes
📸 Last days to see the photography exhibit “Women” by Ruth Orkin
Berlin Wedding Fair, on the 10th and 11th Feb
📀 “50 Years of Hip-Hop” at HQfourty4 starts on the 16th Feb
Street Food Thursday at Markthalle Neun (15th Feb) for a cool after work snacks
🪩 “2 for 1 ticket” techno night at AVA, if you and your partner arrive before 00h, on the 14th Feb
🍷 On the 16th Feb, Sirene is hosting a cozy free alcohol wine tasting
☕️ Also on the 16th Feb, free coffee cupping event with Communal Coffee
🥗 New and healthy bowls spots in Moritzplatz, by Parker Bowels
👉 Do you have a cool event to share with us? Let us know here, and we will publish in the next newsletter - and for FREE!
IWB, with +36k 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:
🚺 49% of women in Germany work part time, mostly because of motherhood. What are the consequences of that in women’s lives?
🤑 If you had 2k to treat yourself, what would you get?
❌ Dressing up as a native Americans at Carnival isn’t cool, especially in 2024.
😢 What to do when you are feeling lonely in Berlin.
💊 Lower back and tailbone pain? You are not alone.
💕 V-Day is coming and here are some spas to enjoy this date, alone or with your partner.
🌍 “Why Europe needs to stop being colorblind” TEDx was shared with us and it’s a great talk!
👩🎤 Badass songs by women, for your energetic and aggressive playlist.
🚐 Lada’s story to buy her travelling mini-van! Check the comments for the cute update photos.
🏠 “Am I crazy to leave my house open so strangers can come in and have a coffee with me?”
🏦 Couple’s finances can be a sensitive topic, check out this discussion
🇩🇪 “My German is never good enough for Germans - am I the only one?”
🍿 If you want companion to attend the Berlinale, check out this post!
☕️ Tips about where to go in Wedding - enjoy it!
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Looking for a place to live in this chaotic city? We've gathered some links that might help you - from women to women:
“I have still not found a new roomie! It's a short-term stay, until the 1st July…”
“My friend is offering a classic room in the heart of Berlin Mitte exclusively for students.”
“Does anyone want to take over my long-term WG room in Pberg?”
“SUBLET available in Prenzlauerberg from 15.2 for 2-3 months…”
“Subletting my lovely Berlin apartment in Fhain for March…”
“Apartment in Richardkiez from the 24th of February until approx April (flexible dates for now)…”
“A spacious, bright room with a balcony in SBerg, contract for 1.5 year…”
“Our roomie goes on holiday for a year and we are subletting a 26 sqm room from the 15.03.24…”
“Room in a flat in Wedding with Anmeldung and unlimited Contract”
“My boyfriend and I are subletting our little green nest from March 1st to May 1st.”
“I’m subletting my flat for 6 months, starting March 6- Sept 1, 2024…”
“Renting my beautiful fully furnished, 1 bedroom apartment with a private garden!”
👉 Join our IWB Housing sister group to access more offers or to post your own - it's FREE.
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:
👉 Do you have a job opening that we should feature here?
Let us know here - it's FREE!
Check out what our IWB team is reading, or find it interesting and wants to share with you:
🪮 Beyoncé's is slowly launching a hair care line, Cécred, apparently catered to different hair textures, and we are here for that!
🤠 OMG ACT II is coming on the 29th March!
🎤 Speaking about the Queen, her husband, Jay-Z, just gave a fierce and inspirational speech at the Grammys - “Keep showing up until they see you and your work!”
❤️🩹 “What To Do After A Bad Date & How To Keep It From Getting You Down”
👩💻 Since our community is full with designers and tech people, maybe this guide to become a senior product designer is helpful
🖥️ Have you ever heard about this rule to avoid screen tiredness?
🇪🇺 EU agrees first-ever law on violence against women. But r*pe isn’t included.
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 💖
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✅ Facebook Anonymous post, as much as you want
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✅ Your name on the new IWB “Thank you!” section
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Wishing you a fantastic week ahead! 💖
Warm regards from the IWB Team
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