3️⃣1️⃣ Germany Debates Asylum Rules, Informal Jobs Rise & Migrant Pay Gap Persists + Weekly Events, IWB Highlights, Housing Offers & More!
Hello, dear IWBies! 🌞
Did you miss us? We're excited to be back in your inbox after our little summer break! 🤩
This week is extra special because we have some great news to share: we have a new gurl with us! Thanks to our growing number of IWB $upporters (hello Patreon and Ko-Fi members! 👋), we were finally able to ✨HIRE✨ someone for the team! 🎉
Meet Sabrina! Se was IWB’s very first volunteer back in 2020, and now she’s rejoining us to help write and curate this newsletter. We couldn’t be happier to have her back!
And this is also your gentle reminder that we're still a small group of immigrant women, mostly working on IWB voluntarily. But we don’t want to stay like this forever. We want to pay women, we want to pay our volunteers.
With your support, we can hire more immigrant women, change lives, and bring even more value to your life, dear reader 😘
With love and have a great week!
Sabrina & 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:
🏳️🌈 Berlin Pride marchers warn of growing homophobia.
🔎 Migrants still paid less than Germans. Here’s what the data says.
🇵🇸 Calls grow for clearer asylum rules for Palestinians in Germany.
🪖 Germany considers conscription, but at what economic cost?
😨 Germany’s shadow economy grows amid high taxes and red tape.
🇩🇪 Germany out of recession? German companies show optimism.
✈️ 4 German airlines named among worst in Europe.
🥵 Chemsex in Berlin: a closer look at a growing subculture.
⚽ Germany falls to Spain, but new talents shine in women’s Euro 2025.
👉 Week from July, the 28th to August, the 3rd: 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 Roda de Feijoada is back at MAAYA for another Pool Party. August, 3
🧺 Are you an intern in Berlin? This picnic is perfect for you to make some connections. July, 28
📈 Founders & Friends Berlin Meetup: Brand & Marketing Growth. Organized by Avomind & Your Growth Solutions. July, 30
🎵 12h live radio station curated and moderated by haseeb iqbal: 12 selected participants will share music, story and perspective. July, 30
🏓 Open Decks 4 FLINTA* and Ping Pong 4 ALL Discover Crack Bellmer from its sporty side or play your music in a relaxed club setting. July, 30
⛏️ Women In Process Mining: an exciting evening of networking, discussions, and insights on Process Miningwith like minded women and industry expert allies. July, 30
🎊 2 parties for the price of 1 ticket. Burlesque Inferno & Human Colours. July, 31
🖍️ Drawing with drinks, snacks, friends and music. @cosima.png's Studio: STUDIO ST21. July, 31
👙 MULTISEX ON THE BEACH – POOL DAY. Multisex on the Beach is a safe space for summer in Berlin — bringing together our community and allies from the Berlin nightlife scene under broad daylight. July, 31
🥺 Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party & The Killers, have any of these bands been your favourite in the past? This party is for indie girls. August, 1st
🌶️ Four Play started in spring 2016 to break the overly serious vibe of Berlin’s kinky and sex-positive scene back then. Our goal was to create a safe, welcoming space where younger and less experienced people could freely explore kink and their sexuality with guidance and care. August, 1st
💃 Discos Movimiento at OHM — August 1st
⚡ TANGA 1ST ANNIVERSARY. August, 1st
🕺 Trash/80s/90s/Hip Hop and House on two floors - free entry. August, 1st
🎧 Do you want to dance, while discovering the city? Yep, you can. silent.move walk'n'dance Disco Tour // Best of the 80s & 90s. August, 1st
🍹 Oona Bar summer hangout. August, 2
🌞 Coffee Rave! Matcha, Music & Morning Moves – no hangover, just good energy. August, 2
🍝 Summer Pasta - Discover passed-down recipes and (beginners friendly) traditional techniques. August, 2
🎤 English funk and hip-hop band The Allergies are bringing their explosive live show to Club Gretchen in Berlin. August, 2
🛒 Thriftpark is a flea market festival that combines girlhood, creativity and community. August, 2
🛶 How about doing something different and close to nature? Canoe around the Spreewald river delta. Enjoy nature at the UNESCO reserve. August, 3
🍑 VRAU - a Brazilian party created in Berlin with the focus in promoting Brazilian culture, we celebrate the variety of Brazilian music, from Baile Funk to other genres inside Brasil. August, 3
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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:
☪️ “Relationship with a practicing Muslim guy”
😵💫 “#publicnudity. Shocking, weird but cool, or normal every day thing even?
👯♀️ “Group dance classes in Berlin.”
💪 Recommendations on personal trainer
🆘 “Looking for Advice – Trouble with the Jobcenter”
🔇 “Really quiet places in Berlin”
👃 “coca1ne on online date”
❤️🩹 “I broke up with my boyfriend 2 weeks ago and I feel so depressed.”
🫀 “When do you think it’s a good decision to take a break/ some space from your partner and when is it a very bad idea?”
✍️ “Great writing club that meets weekly or bi-monthly”
💸 “Refund from Booking.com? How to actually communicate with their customer service?”
🖤 “Anyone interested in techno parties here?”
🐶 “Looking for places you love to go in Berlin with your dog(s).”
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:
“I’ll be travelling from September to January and I’m looking to sublet my 3 rooms apartment in friedrichshain for that time.”
“I’m looking for someone to take over my cozy, fully furnished studio apartment in Neukölln from August 1 for a minimum of 4 months and the possibility of staying for the next one year. Anmeldung is possible.”
“Only Single room for a person available now.”
“2 room apartment in east Berlin (inside treptower park). No anmeldung”
“I am currently seeking one flatmate to join from 1st September a spacious 4-bedroom 100msq apartment located in Hermanstrasse. Anmeldung is possible, and the minimum stay required is 6 months”
“Room Available in Women’s WG – Mitte/Kreuzberg”
“We have one free room in out lovely WG in August! (With possible extension). Anmeldung is possible! (By the 2nd month, pls ask for the details)”
Subletting a studio apartment in Adlershof. 1st August - 15th October”
We’re a small team of immigrant women (mostly women of color) doing this voluntarily, every week, to support this amazing community. As we grow, so do our invisible tasks to keep IWB running. As a community member, your help means everything. 💖 We aim to keep IWB free, independent, helpful and inclusive, while paying immigrant women fairly for their work. Help us in this mission, starting with ✨ONLY✨ 1€:
You’ll also get access to cool perks like anonymous posting, Telegram groups, discounts, and even free entry to IWB events (depending on your tier)!
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Wishing you a fantastic week ahead! 💖
Warm regards from the IWB Team