Breaking Borders to Build Bridges - 20 Years of Women in Exile
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| Verlag | Edition Assemblage |
| Auflage | 2022 |
| Seiten | 208 |
| Format | 13,1 x 1,4 x 20,5 cm |
| Großformatiges Paperback. Klappenbroschur | |
| Gewicht | 302 g |
| ISBN-10 | 3960421435 |
| ISBN-13 | 9783960421436 |
| Bestell-Nr | 96042143A |
A collection of refugee women´s texts about fleeing, surviving, the situation in refugee camps, and organizing for 20 years as a refugee women`s group for the abolishment of Lagers und freedom of movement.
Klappentext:
This publication is a space for voices that are often silenced, voices speaking about 20 years of political activism in a self-organized initiative of refugee women_. It is collectively written by Women in Exile and includes contributions by members of the group, our friends, sisters, children, and supporters. It is written on smartphones, paper or Laptops, in refugee Camps and safe Spaces. The publication talks about our history and how we came together as a group. How we have built intersectional bridges within our group and beyond, bridges of solidarity that we keep on building despite our differences. This book gives insights into issues that have been accompanying the group over the years: Reasons to leave home, the discriminatory asylum process, the situation in the refugee camps and the struggle for the abolishment of camps, the right to health care, freedom of movement, empowerment, self-reflection, cooperation with friends, and about renting our own safer space for refuge e women_. The book entails pictures, a chronology and is written in English and German. A German translation can be found online.
Leseprobe:
"We knew the journey had its ups and downswe had fears of troubles which could occurbut we knew sitting and waiting was no optionwe were the only ones who could determine our fateby riding together as women in this journeyWe knew breaking borders and building bridgescould result into a positive or negative outcomelife is too short to sit and moan over what ifs.....we had to keep on moving, with a positive attitudeand to make the best of the situationWe heeded the wisdom of our ancestorsto walk together, to walk far, to lift one anotherto be our sister's keeper without caring aboutwhere we come from or our social backgroundsto seize the good, to change our lives" (Bethi)