Federal Association of Migrant Women in Germany

The Federal Association of Migrant Women in Germany eV ( Turkish : Göçmen Kadınlar Birliği ) is an independent, non-partisan and democratic association of migrants who have immigrated from Turkey to Germany. The association was founded in March 2005 in Cologne , its headquarters are in Frankfurt am Main .

founding

At a nationwide organized migrant women conference in Cologne from March 18 to March 20, 2005, the participants decided to found the association as an independent women's organization. According to the conference's final declaration, this step is directly related to a time that is characterized by " debates about parallel societies , headscarf bans , honor killings , family violence , forced marriage, etc. from various perspectives " and often the picture of the entirety of Turkish and Kurdish migrant women in Germany Unjustifiably shape the public negatively. The German politician Sevim Dağdelen is a co-founder of the association .

Goal setting

The aim of the association is to promote the integration of Turkish and Kurdish migrant women in all areas of German life. In addition to the 146,681 women who came to Germany as migrant workers from Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s, the association would like to represent all Kurdish and Turkish immigrants in Germany today.

In detail, this means, for example, the

Improvements to the residence regulations for migrant women
the extension of return options for people who have been married abroad and
independent right of residence of forcibly married spouses

In addition, the association advocates regulations and support measures for migrant women in order to achieve better participation in social, cultural and economic life.

activities

Almost two months before the association was founded, the honor killing of Hatun Sürücü sparked a debate in politics and society about forced marriages and values in a number of Muslim families in Germany. The female migrant association pointed out the stigmatization and generalizations of all migrants in the discussion and strongly opposed it.

This criticism led to a public hearing of the association in the Bundestag before the Committee on Family, Seniors, Women and Youth on June 19, 2006. Because in the debate that had been going on until then, “individual experiences generalized”, migrants “generalized as victims and perpetrators and as culturally backward ”, she strongly counteracted the integration of women of Turkish and Kurdish origin in Germany.

In 2012, the Federation of Women Migrants in Germany joined the Umfairteile alliance .

Web links

Website of the Federal Association of Women Migrants in Germany (German, Turkish)

Individual evidence

^ Final declaration of the conference of March 20, 2005, Cologne - Deutz ( Memento of May 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 107 kB).
↑ On the debate about forced marriage and violence against women ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 104 kB) at migrantinnen.org @1@ 2
↑ Christian Weßling (editor): Wir ( memento from February 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), subpage on umverteilen.de , last accessed on September 30, 2012.

[1] Final declaration of the conference of March 20, 2005, Cologne - Deutz ( Memento of May 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 107 kB).

[2] On the debate about forced marriage and violence against women ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 104 kB) at migrantinnen.org @1@ 2

[3] Christian Weßling (editor): Wir ( memento from February 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), subpage on umverteilen.de , last accessed on September 30, 2012.