Women with a migration background in civil society engagement

Inclusion and participation work with refugees (FemPart)

DeZIM Research Community

Project staff:

Seyran Bostanci (BIM), Nader Talebi (BIM), Bahar Oghalai (BIM), Luisa Nietsch (SHK, BIM), Matthias Land (IMIS), Andrea Sommer (SHK, IMIS), Paula Högermeyer (SHK, IMIS), Regina Prade (SHK, IMIS)

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Project description:

A relevant proportion of volunteers in refugee work are themselves women with migration experience: according to a recent study, over 70% of volunteers working with refugees are female and just under 16% have migration experience. Until now, the engagement of migrants has mostly been neglected in the media, politically and academically.

The aim of the project was to formulate recommendations for internal organisational and political measures to improve the conditions for migrants' civil society engagement through qualitative interviews with migrants and experts.

As part of a project extension, the equality of women with a migration background in cooperation with refugees was also analysed in greater depth. In addition to the data already collected, further qualitative interviews were conducted with men with a migration background and women without a migration background who work with refugees. This new data illuminated the diversity aspects of gender and migration from an intersectionally informed perspective in this context. 

Participating partners: Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM), Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS)

Funding: Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (Third-party funding)