“2015 must never be allowed to happen again”: that is the mantra Published: 9 September 2021 Feminist Interjection This short sentence is all you need to understand why the German government committed an error of judgment concerning Afghanistan. An error of judgment that kills people every day – and democracy throughout the world as well, by the way. By Dr. Ines Kappert
Ten Years of Darkness Published: 30 March 2020 Report Yirgalem Fisseha is an Eritrean poet, journalist and writer who was detained as a political prisoner in the Mai-Sirwa prison for six years. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, she writes about brave women who fought for independence and were imprisoned by an authoritarian regime, and tells the evocative story of two mothers that she met in Mai-Sirwa. By Yirgalem Fisseha
Queer and Here! Published: 12 April 2019 As a minority within the minority, spaces for queer refugees are scarce. Mohammad Dalla organized "Queer and Here" to adress the urgent need for visibility, nationwide guidelines on special vulnerability, as well as scientific research on the experiences of queer refugees - a step towards dignity and genuine safety. By Mohammad Dalla
A shift in digital borders Published: 1 November 2019 Mobile phone checks spying on refugees and the unemployed on social networks, automated monitoring systems: the broadening of surveillance systems is massively impacting sections of the population, forcing them, and eventually all of us, into marginalization. By Sonja Peteranderl
Why LGBT People Emigrate from Armenia: Three Stories Published: 12 March 2018 Portraits Between 2011 and 2013 alone 5,891 LGBT people left Armenia. This article will tell the first-hand story of lesbian, bisexual and transgender Armenian citizens who have moved to different EU countries. By Arthur Minasyan
Media Analysis: Public Television Coverage of the Cologne New Year's Eve 2015/16 Published: 18 November 2016 The 2015/16 New Year’s Eve night in Cologne has had far-reaching consequences. In Germany, the sexual attacks on women were considered by the majority of people to be proof of the fact that the country’s open-arms culture, which had commenced in summer, had either come to an end or was even viewed as being erroneous overall. By Dr. Ines Kappert
UNHCR report: “LGBTI refugees are particularly vulnerable” Published: 18 May 2016 Caroline Ausserer spoke with Zhan Chiam, employee at ILGA (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association), about the recent report of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on LGBTI asylum-seekers and -refugees. By Caroline Ausserer
