2️⃣0️⃣ Fête de La Musique, Why Bikes are Stolen, Jobs, Housing Offers & the Events for this Week in Berlin
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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:
🎉 Fête de la Musique, this week! Check out the top spots and a bit of its history
🍆 Learn about Julius Fromm, the German inventor of the condom
🥲 Maybe that’s fairly good news? Here’s how Germany voted for the last European Parliament Elections, based on population density…
🔐 Why are so many bikes stolen in Berlin?
🏠 Germany offers many attractive conditions for anyone who is considering investing in a buy-to-let property and becoming a landlord.
📺 Tagesschau announced German news in “easy German mode” (“Einfacher Sprache”), on their Youtube
🪖 Germany shows what 'new' model of military service would look like
🧐 Everything you need to know about #bafög in Germany
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👉 Week from the June 17th to the June 22nd - 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): Passion and Poetry of Womxn Artists at Solstice
👟Converse and Zalando are hosting a mobile Pop-Up store in your backyard
👩💻 Tech Jobs Fair: This is your chance to network, learn, and discover exciting career opportunities in the tech world.
🏊♀️ Children can attend free swimming lessons in Berlin during the summer vacation.
🏳️🌈 All gender queer speed dating, on the 23rd!
🔥 Berlin Latin Nations, with djs from Brazil, Colombia and Chile
🥳 Germany’s hosting euro2024 which means lots of free events in Berlin
✅ How to develop a successful career in tech?
📱 Master Personal Branding & Content Creation with AI, at Factory Berlin
🤳 Also at Factory: Mastering TikTok: Creating Successful Business Content
🧺 Picnic in Tiergarten (English, Français, Español, Deutsch spoken and more!)
☀️ “Give Something Back to Berlin” Summer Party, on the 19th
❤️🔥 Fête de l'amour is back!
😂 EXPATs in BERLIN, the Standup Comedy
🎥 VISUAL ART, FILM & PHOTOGRAPHY MEET-UP
🤤 Check out the special eclairs of the month at Du Bonheur… yummy!
🥩 If you are a meat lover, def check out the new restaurant with a great view from Alexander Platz area, in the old DDR building
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IWB, with +37k 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 do u know if you are dating a narcissist person?”
💖 “Where are all the late 30's early 40's women, just trying to survive a crazy job but also make friends!”
👀 “Important Announcement About META, Your Data and AI”
🤔 Is it time to leave Germany?
😔 When u think u have seen everything in Berlin...
😅 “How to get over a work crush?”
👵🏼 “Old Lady ON! and Women's Health”
🤨 “Is this normal to ask for all this details without even an interview?”
😬 How to get over a work crush?
🚨 This is what an abusive relationship looks like
😵💫 “Driving teacher often yells and super moody, want to change school”
🎵 “I'm collecting a playlist of lullabies from around the world. What's your favourite in your language?”
🔎 Szczecin vs. Gdansk, which one would you recommend?
💔 “My marital issue on cheating…”
🙀 “Books so I can learn how to deal with FEAR, please!”
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:
“Long term flat available for July 1st.”
“I am leaving my beautiful room and I am looking for a new girl to take over my contract”
“Il be leaving my apartment in Prezlaurberg soon.”
“Mid term sub rent - from mid/end August till mid/end January - no Anmeldung – Moabit”
“Looking for 2 flat mates.”
“I am moving out from my room in a shared apartment by the end of July.”
“Our cosy apartment is looking for another long-term girl to live with us.”
“Fully-furnished 3 room apartment in Wilmersdorf available now.”
“1000€ all inclusive with a 11 montes contract. With balcon. In Friedrishain 10247.”
“I'm leaving my 15m² room in Wedding at the end of June and I'm therefore looking for someone to replace me.”
“My apartment in Berlin Hellersdorf (12629) will be available from August 1st.”
👉 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:
Head of Music at Carhartt Work In Progress
Senior Data Engineer at On
Communications Manager - Arts & Culture at Reference Studios
Accounting Coordinator at Reference Studios
Showroom Manager at Reference Studios
Junior Copywriter at Erschaffe dich neu
Marketing Assistant at OMH Hiring
Community Associate at WeWork
Social Media Manager at Jimdo
Creator Manager at Zalando
Junior Video Content Creator at flacon
Server / waiter at Fotografiska
Assistant Buyer – Beauty at Zalando
Subeditor at Nature Portfolio
Data Entry Reps at Entrepreneurial University for Women
Content Writer at Persona
Sales Advisor at Monki
Part-time Marketing Copywriter – Spanish at Babbel
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Check out what our IWB team is reading, or find it interesting and wants to share with you:
📱 For Gen-Z job-seekers, TikTok is the new LinkedIn
🌙 The power of the moon over women's bodies
🍎 Here are the biggest updates that Apple revealed in their last big event
🙄 Why do people think they have the right to comment on other people's bodies on the internet?
🫥 Career vs. motherhood: why it's still an issue in 2024
🤳 What has the internet done to our perception of self-image?
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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