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Hello dear IWBies ✨
How was your May 1st? 🌸 We hope you had a fun, safe, and sunny day out there!
Good news! There are still two more holidays in May this year! 😍
The first one is coming this week, on May 8th—a one-off public holiday in Berlin, marking 80 years since the end of World War II. And the second is on May 29th, which is Father’s Day in Germany, and also Ascension Day, a nationwide public holiday.
Both of these fall on a Thursday, so maybe you can plan a little long weekend and take Friday off too? Fingers crossed! Make the most of the good weather—there are already lots of spring events, open airs, and free happenings around the city. Let’s enjoy this beautiful Berlin season while it lasts!
With love,
Bruna and your IWB Team 💖
PS. Don’t forget to check out our upcoming IWB event!
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:
😮 Bestselling German novelist found killed on Hamburg houseboat
🧐 After the blackout in Spain and Portugal, is Germany prepared for such an emergency?
🚨 IN 10 DAYS! 👉 IWB EVENT ALERT: Your Fertility Questions Answered by Experts from Ovom Care
💬 1 in 6 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 May, the 6th to May, the 12th - Berlin is a city full with events to suit all tastes. Here are some highlights that we think you and your friends would enjoy:
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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:
😓 “How to remain calm and not lose confidence in a stressful work environment?”
😭 “I don’t want to date anymore. I’m exhausted and heartbroken.”
🧘♀️ “What do you all do to de-stress and calm down at the end of the day?”
🇩🇪 “I’m trying to make the most of my Deutschland Ticket and need some inspiration!”
😮💨 “Having a bad gut feeling about a colleague, red flag or not?”
💔 “How do you process the end of a marriage when you loved someone?”
🛼 “Would any of you be interested in meeting up and practice inline skating?”
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:
“Fully furnished flat with Anmeldung for 2 years from mid-June/mid-July to July of 2027”
“2 room flat near S-Feuerbachstraße with balcony available from 6.5. - 31.8.”
“Rent in Premium location in Mitte/Rosenthaler Platz Full furnished”
“This sunny apartment located in Prenzlauer Berg is available for the whole month of July”
“Sharing a very nice room sublet in Mitte available from 25.05 - 08.06, €450 total.”
“My boyfriend has a room available in his former WG for the Month of May and June.”
“I have to leave Berlin in July due to job changes, and I'm looking for someone to take over my contract”
“One large room available for 2 females sharing in a 2-bedroom apartment, with Anmeldung”
👉 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
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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