0️⃣6️⃣ IWB News Weekly: International Women's Day & Jobs, Housing Offers and the Events for the Week
0️⃣6️⃣ IWB News Weekly: International Women's Day & Jobs, Housing Offers and the Events for the Week
Hello dear IWBies ✨
This week, we were all about the buzz from International Women's Day - it was huge worldwide, as it should be. We have published some interesting (and worrying 😓) data about women living in Germany. And we are still gathering some data about our survey “Women in the Workplace”, check it out if you haven’t yet!
Our IWB community's been chatting up a lot too, since we had everyday in between 10k to 15k visitor everyday 💖. Check out our highlights below, everything from Berlin's love affair with black clothes to trying to find the perfect pizza.
Much love, Bruna and 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:
🗳️ Empowerment perspectives: What would Germany be like if only women could vote?
🤞 Big digitalisation news: New online booking platform for the Immigration Office set to launch soon!
🚺 Feminism in Germany: To celebrate the 8th March, check out Germany’s history towards gender equality
Women's Day in Berlin: unveiling the first Police assessment – check out the highlights
✊ If you didn’t go to the 8th March Demo, you can have a glimpse of it here
🛂 Triple citizenship? Yes, plz!
💰 Women in Germany still earn less money than men. Why???
😥 A 83 year-old driver caused a fatal accident in Potsdamer Platz
🌙 Ramadan starts today! If you need people to celebrate it, check out this link
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Week from the 10th March to the 17th March - Berlin is a city full with events to suit all tastes. Here are some highlights that we think you and your friends would enjoy:
🍫 The most delicious festival takes place in Berlin this week!
💻 Join women in technology in Berlin
🎵 Berlin music festival starts this week, here's everything you need to know
🍿 Last days to enjoy the Silent Film Festival
🏳️🌈 Latin queer party FURIOSA! Rosalía Edition
🔥 Intimate night of hot flirty dancing and great music
❤️🔥 Missing Ibiza vibes? Check out this party
🪩 Come for a fabulous weekend of queer celebration at Holzmarkt 25
📖 Book Club - GIRL, GODDESS, QUEEN by Bea Fitzgerald
✏️ Do you have a passion for art? This is for you.
👩🎨 Design and Animation (2D/3D) Meetup Berlin
🎦 NeuroCinema: Watch a movie about Neurodivergence
🎤 “It’s Murder on the Dancefloor” Sophie Ellies-Baxtor singer is coming to Berlin!
🥳 In case you miss other rhythms than techno, there’s this alternative rock and this pop party happening this week
✨ Speaking about events, you are invited to the next professional IWB panel!
When we immigrate to a new country, despite everything being new and exciting, often our self-esteem is also by issues we weren't expecting. Have you ever felt this way? Then come to our panel on "Immigrant Self-Esteem and How That Affects Us Professionally" with Le Wagon and Grammarly.
👉 Join this panel with Q&A with 3 amazing mentors: Veronica Riveira from A Better Side, Melisa Manrique from Migrant Mama, and Tabitha Tangherlini from Le Wagon and nKoto.
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:
🖤 “Why the hell people only wear black in Berlin?” - This post went viral inside IWB this week, what’s your take on that?
🛂 Traveling with an expired passport?
🔉 What can I do if someone from the neighbors does renovations on the weekends early in the morning?
Couple of questions about getting the Anmeldung.
😔 “I wanted to get your thoughts about my therapist and wonder if her actions are appropriate or even legal.”
👯♀️ “My friend is organizing a female gathering for Balkan women and we would like to meet as many new Balkan women as possible.”
🍕 “I’ve been here for five years and still can’t find the pizza of my dreams.” - check out the list of suggestions!
6 days vacation in middle April to a warm sunny place in Europe… Where should I go?
😱 “Got an email from Google saying that the negative review I posted about a cafe in Schoneberg will be removed upon the owner's request because it violates their personal rights.”
🪑 “Is it worth it to buy furnitures at POCO?”
💖 Partner Time: Check out Le Wagon
Le Wagon is a leader in immersive tech training. We teach people the skills they need to change their lives by kick-starting their tech careers or launching their own startups.
Le Wagon offers Web Development and Data Bootcamps - online and in 40+ cities worldwide. Founded in Paris in 2013, Le Wagon now boasts a community of 25,000+ graduates from all walks of life, including many entrepreneurs who built 200+ tech startups and raised more than $1 billion globally.
With a recognised pedagogy and human-centric approach, Le Wagon is the world's most acclaimed coding bootcamp according to student reviews on Switchup and Coursereport, and has partnered with leading higher education institutions such as HEC Paris, IAE Business School in Argentina and Imperial College London.
Check out future FREE Le Wagon's events:
👉 Create Your Own Dating App Workshop 12th March
👉 BIPOC Panel 18th March
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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:
Temporary Room in Mitte
My partner Adi is again looking for someone to rent his flat for March and April (available as of now, possible to extend a few days into May).
I have my cozy apartment to offer to someone in need at Rosenthaler Platz, 55 sqm fully furnished.
Looking for the next tenant • With Anmeldung
New Apartment property coming soon!
I am subletting my flat from March 27th until April 25th.
Room for rent in Wedding, from the 13 of march until the end of june.
I am subletting my apartment starting 15.03-15.04.24.
A room in a 2-room apartment in Prenzlauer berg
Female Flatmate Preferred
My old flat is still now available, €800 till April 1, in Boxi with balcony, modern inside the Altbau
I’m subletting my cozy flat from the 10.03 to 02.05
I’m looking for a new flatmate from the end of March!
I'm traveling from the 15.3 to 7.5.24 and my room (25m²) will be free for that time in a beautiful flatshare with 4 really dear & lovely flatmates.
Subletting my 2 room 58 sqm apartment with balcony from 13th March - 16th April in Friedrichshain.
👉 Join our IWB Housing sister group to access more offers or to post your own
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:
IWB: “The company I work for is looking for a Marketing working student to start (earliest April 1st).”
Senior Social Media Manager, Komoot (Remote within Germany)
Editor at Bookouture
Junior Branded Content Editorial at DAAily platforms
Senior Copywriter at Braintrust
Lead Tech UI Designer, EPIC Games (Remote within Europe)
Creative Strategist at EMF Media
Texter at Social Attention GmbH
Senior Content Writer, Boundless (Remote within Europe)
Online Redakteur / Women and Lifestyle at Ströer Media Brands GmbH
Content & Community Specialist - Coffydoor | Remote at Hiroy
Social Media-Manager at Liebelei
Senior Graphic Designer, Gelato Network (Remote within Europe)
Content Editor, WeSchool (Remote within Europe)
👉 Do you have a job opening that we should feature here?
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Check out what our IWB team is reading, or find it interesting and wants to share with you:
😍 We talk about a lot of struggles when we talk about International Women’s Day…. But when we see Madonna and Kylie together, that’s a REAL “Happy women’s day!”
🌎 SXSW: The biggest innovation festival in the world has just started! Check out the best insights here
💋 If you need to zoom out and is eager for a bit of romance, this Korean Japanese reality TV show is perfect for you!
💼 Open office space: is it really the best option?
☀️ Tired of being tired? This one's for you!
🎬 Are you also the type of person who loves rewatching your favorite series and films?
🌿 Smoking marijuana to calm anxiety… or simply to become more anxious?
👩🏽💻 Dissatisfied with your job? Here are some tips to help you find one that really makes you happy.
✈️ How and why did the phenomenon of global tourism become so problematic
🗿Here are the best destinations for you who are thinking of traveling alone.
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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Wishing you a fantastic week ahead! 💖
Warm regards from the IWB Team
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