1️⃣7️⃣ First Police Station for Women, "Uber" with Women Drivers & More Weekly Berlin and Germany Highlights (Jobs, Housing + More)
Hello dear IWBies ✨
How was your Easter Sunday? We hope you had a peaceful (or delicious?) long weekend—and lucky us, tomorrow, Monday, is also a holiday! So don’t forget: supermarkets will be closed, so we hope your fridge is stocked. If not... well, thank the delivery apps!
Over here, we’re still organizing our upcoming event about fertility and feeling really happy to bring you this week’s good News for Women. Berlin has just opened a police station dedicated to women, with a focus on responding to gender-based violence. And there’s also a new ride service with women drivers—something many in our group have been asking for, after sharing uncomfortable or unsafe experiences with transport apps.
Yes, we celebrate these steps—but also, let’s not forget: these are solutions to problems that shouldn’t exist in the first place. Just being a woman shouldn’t put us at risk. Still, we’re glad to see these changes happening.
With love,
Bruna and your IWB Team 💖
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:
👉 Check out the first police station for violence against women in Berlin
😳 Knife-free zones: Berlin considers ban following deadly attack
👶 Director of Checkpoint Charlie Museum gives birth to her 10th child at 66 years old
🇩🇪 Russian, Belarusian ambassadors not invited to German parliament's WWII memorial event
✈️ Single, male migrants arriving in Germany will now be deported
🚨 NEW IWB EVENT ALERT: Your Fertility Questions Answered by Dr. Lynae and Felicia from Ovom Care
💬 1 in 5 are affected by infertility—let’s talk about it! Infertility is more common than you think, and yet so few of us talk about it openly. Whether you’re trying to conceive, considering egg freezing, or just exploring your options, you deserve honest answers in a supportive space. 👉Join us and fertility care experts from Ovom on May 13th for an empowering conversation about:
✨ IVF, IUI, ROPA & donor programs
✨ Legal and financial aspects of fertility care in Europe
✨ What options exist for LGBTQ+ families
✨ When to seek help (hint: earlier than you might think!)
PS. If you signed up for our IWB membership or filled out our survey, you'll get a code for free entry to the event 😘
👉 Week from April, the 21st to April, the 27th - Berlin is a city full with events to suit all tastes. Here are some highlights that we think you and your friends would enjoy:
📝 "Girl, Show Me That Body (of Work)" is a literary and performance event series centering FLINTA* authors with migration backgrounds in Berlin - Apr 27
🔥 Psychedelic Cumbia Party w/ Live Band: RITMO CASCABEL - Apr 25
🐶 A social dog walk meet-up to meet other dogs and their owners - Apr 20
🔮 Funny Fortunes: A Stand-Up Comedy Show & Live Tarot Reading - Apr 23
🇮🇹 Sicilian Cooking Workshop: Scacce Ragusane, Pastiere , Tomasini - Apr 23
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IWB, with +40k 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:
😮💨 “Why body count is so important considering a woman, but no so important when talking about men?”
💼 “I've been unemployed for a year and a half, almost two, and I've had many interviews (I've had 35 out of 412 applications) and none of them went well…”
💔 “I wonder if there's some heartbreak / end of a relationship support group that I can join”
🌸 “Looking for a nice cherry blossoms spot to have a picnic this weekend.”
🐶 “Hello girlies! I have a question regarding a pet passport”
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:
“Sublet studio in Friedrichshain (approx 40 m2): Sublet period: immediately available – 15th August 2025”
“’I’ll be away in May (possibly June) and looking to sublet my flat”
“Due to a cancelation, I am still renting my flat from May 8th to May 30th.”
“We are moving out of our beautiful temporary apartment in Moabit (10551)”
“Central and Cosy Apartment Sublet Mitte- Short term/ Flexible”
“We're offering our home for sublet from August 1st to 30th - PBerg”
“Sublet in Neukölln – June 1st to August 31st (possible extension)”
👉 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:
👉 Do you have a job opening that we should feature here?
Let us know here - it's FREE!
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
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✅ 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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