Democracies around the world seem to lose appeal for growing numbers of citizens. Partly explaining this trend, citizens seem less and less able to steer, on the basis of substantial rational considerations, theRead More
Girls or women are repeatedly exposed to discrimination and disadvantage in the prevailing patriarchal structures. Especially girls with refugee experiences are affected due to intersectionality. Through a girls’ meeting place, a shelter isRead More
I was born in Nigeria, but I left when I was a baby, so I don’t really know what life was like there. My family moved to Sierra Leone when I was young,Read More
I arrived in Germany on July 1, 2019. My husband worked in the military police in Baghdad. Opponents of the government burned down our house killing one of my sons. Since then, IRead More
I am from Afghanistan. I was born in Iran, but my family is from Afghanistan. I lived in one city for 8 or 10 years, then I went to another city. When IRead More
As much as we believe in the importance of stories from the newcomers to be shared and heard, we also acknowledge how difficult it can be to relive the traumas and hardships ofRead More
I am twenty-five years old, from Afghanistan. I come from the Herat province, but not Herat itself. We lived in a village 70 kilometres away from Herat. I moved to Iran in 2019,Read More
I was born in Homs, Syria to a small family—it was only me and my two sisters. I completed all of my schooling there and I graduated from high school. At this point,Read More
Supported by the district administration of Teltow-Fläming (Brandenburg), we have started a year-long project aimed at strengthening the coordination and cooperation of stakeholders working on the integration of refugees. We already went throughRead More
In the summer of 2020, our fellow Zak Reimer launched the podcast “Integration for everyone”. In these podcasts, also made possible by the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, he explores the host country’s roleRead More
