Resisting Silence; Voices of New Women in Digital Age

Due to lack of information, the existing policies and structures are pushing them, especially women, into more isolation and dependence. Migrant and Refugee women face particular challenges in accessing jobs, from sexism to dependent care. For women refugees, finding work is doubly hard: ‘You have to fight’. Even in Germany, which is often cited as a model system, just 6% of refugee women work, compared to 53% of local women, according to the International Rescue Committee. Refugee and migrant women have a high potential to lead the dialogue and address the social and economic challenges they face. But these voices have limited platforms to be heard. We aim to highlight and facilitate the role models, their resilience and success through online and offline spaces. The primary objective of this event is to convene migrants and refugee as change-makers from all Europe to gather and discuss the lived experiences and propose…