0️⃣6️⃣ Key Changes in February, More Elections Updates + More Germany's News in English, Jobs, Housing Offers and This Week's Events in Berlin

Hello dear IWBies ✨

Wow, so many events this week! Is it just because it’s February and there’s not much else to do, so everyone is cramming things into the shortest month? Who knows! But what we do know is that our event section is going to be a bit longer this time. And honestly, that’s great, right? A reminder of how Berlin is full of interesting and unique events—even if we do hate it sometimes.

Also, we’re working on making IWB better for you! We’ve put together a short questionnaire to understand what you want and need from this space. If you can take a few minutes to fill it out, we’d really appreciate it. As a thank you, you’ll get a free ticket to an IWB event—and there’s already one happening this week!

Bruna, Lindelwa and your IWB Team 💖

PS. But if you are feeling generous and would like to support all the work we had this year to keep IWB running, subscribe to our membership for only 1€!

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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:

• 🇩🇪 FEBRUARY 2025: The Key Changes in Germany

• 😓 Rents rise faster in Berlin than anywhere else in Germany

• 🥰 Fairgnügen: Discounted Berlin events for social benefit recipients.

• 💪 Germany's Left Party wants to halve billionaires' wealth

• 🙈 …and German conservatives insist they're the anti-AfD 'firewall'

• 🗳️ Wahl-o-Mat: The online tool that can help you pick a party in the German elections

• 🧐 Who are Germany’s top candidates in the 2025 election?

So many talented women are performing in Berlin this week!

👉 Week from the February 10th to the February 16th - Berlin is a city full with events to suit all tastes. Here are some highlights that we think you and your friends would enjoy:

• 🩸 What is menstruation doing in the museum? English guided tour through the “Flow” exhibition

• 🌈 Winter CSD - 15 Feb 

• 🤣 Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka is coming to Berlin on the 12th

• 😹 Comedian Michelle Wolf is also coming to Berlin, on the 15th

• 🔥 FREE Lakino Berlinale Party, on the 15th

• 🌟 Two upcoming amazing artists are coming to Berlin this week: Nathy Peluso and Tinashe

• 🎥 Berlinale Film Festival - Tickets go live on Monday 10 Feb at 10am.

• 🎤 The DEAD LADIES SHOW is a series of entertaining and inspiring presentations on women who achieved amazing things against all odds 

• 💥 For the punk rockers: Rise Against, on the 12th

• 💿Ableton for Beginners for FLINTA* producers, on the 16th

• 🍿 Berlinale Special Gala: “A Complete Unknown," the biographical film about Bob Dylan with Timothée Chalamet

👉👉👉 THIS WEDNESDAY! IWB MeetUp & Egg Freezing & Fertility Firechat with Ovom Care 😍

IWB Galentine’s Meet-Up: Fireside Chat on Fertility & Egg Freezing: Fertility and reproductive health are hot topics in our community, so we’re teaming up with Ovom for this event! Get expert insights, real stories, and answers to your questions—helping YOU make informed choices in a supportive space.

👉P.S. Want a free ticket? Fill out our IWB Recap Form, help shape the future of IWB, and as a big THANK YOU, we’ll send you a free ticket! 🎟️✨

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• 🤩 Valentines' Powerpoint Pitch Night: Pitch your single friend - Or be pitched! On the 14th

• 🌍 A World In Common: Contemporary African Photography

• 🎨 Potsdam: New Kandinsky Exhibition, starting on the 15th

• 🐶 Bark Date in Berlin: find your new 4 legs best friend! 15th Feb

• 😈 Events where you can explore your kink side: Kinktastisch (5 years anniversary!), Kinky Galore and SYMBIOTIKKA

• 🍸 Clementine Supper Club, Valentines Day Friendship Edition @ Orangerie

• ❤️Valentine’s Drag Show at Holzmarkt - 13 Feb

• 💃 Swiftie Dance Night - On Ice: Valentines Edition, on the 14th

• 🪩 Pop Girly Night • Badehaus • Berlin, on the 14th

• 🏳️‍🌈 FLINTA VALENTINE'S BASH by L-tunes & Queer Garten

• ❤️‍🔥 FURIOSA! Latin Queernival Edition, on the 15th

• 💞 Valentine's Day Edition Tarot & Wine Night at k_eins

• 😍 Other FREE events, this week: OPEN DECKS 4 FLINTA* PING PONG 4 ALL, Beer Pong Night Berlin, Karaoke Night at Electric Social, Sky-Bar Warmup and More Amore

Do you also struggle with places to pee, in Berlin?

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:

• 🧻 “Am I the only person in Berlin struggling with places to pee, once you're away from home.”

• 😰 “Theft at the hospital room…”

• 🇧🇷 “I’m reaching out to connect with Berlin Brazilians.” 

• 🙈 “I've been dating two older guys at the same time for 6 months…”

• 👩‍⚕️ “I recently went through an operational abortion…” 

• 😖 “Boyfriend - issues with alcohol addiction.” 

• 🏠 “What are your thoughts on the best neighbourhoods to live in?” 

• 💳 Bank card fraud - “I'm afraid if I pay them I'll be accepting liability for the amount.” 

• 🇬🇷 Advice/Tips - “I want to escape this city for REAL move to Greece.”’

• ⚖️ My husband’s divorce threat turns out false—seeking legal advice on alimony in Germany." 

• 🏳️‍🌈 “My long-term boyfriend came out as gay - seeking support” 

• 🫶 “A group called Female Freelancers in Germany.”  

• 😮 “Landlord Invites Himself Into the Apartment - No Warning!”

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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:

• House swap: Landsberger Alle for Yours in NK/Fhain/Kberg

• Room available in a shared flat (2er wg) for 3 months / 05.03 - 31.05

• Long-term roommate wanted: 2-room apartment with Anmeldung, Friedrichshain from 01.05  

• Studio for sale - Flora Str. 

• Room in shared flat available -€565p/m-sublet from 05.03 - 31.05.

• Apartment in Kollwitzkiez from 21.03 - 02.05 - 450p/week 

• Longterm 77sq.m apartment Mitte/Pberg available from - 01.03 - 1.502€  

• Leaving desk in a shared work-studio in Köpenicker Str. (Kreuzberg) / 194.47€  

• Flat in Prenzlauer Berg available for 3 months (01.03 - 31.05). €1300p/m

👉 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:

• Copy & Content Creative at Butternut Box 

• Content Marketing Manager at Ablefy

• Employer Branding Expert at ThinkCell Software

• Junior PR & Social Media Manager DE & Eng at Gitti Conscious Beauty

• Online Merchandiser at Pio Communications Agency

• Lifecycle Marketing Specialist at Pleo 

• Manager Content Creation at Jinx Music

👉 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:

• 🇬🇷 Petition: Protect the natural beauty of Milos Island (Greece)

• 😡 This is very serious: Trump Orders NASA to Purge All Mentions of Women in Leadership and other “DEI” Terms On Its Websites

• 😍 Reminder to fill out our IWB questionnaire to help shape IWB’s future!

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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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