teilenIt was fascinating to engage with guests from such a wide range of backgrounds: anti-discrimination work, humanitarian aid, and international cooperation. Some work in migration-related fields as volunteers, others as professionals; they help refugees find jobs or gain access to the workforce, or serve as trainers.
We were grateful for the firsthand accounts of how—especially—intersectional discrimination plays out, e.g., as a woman with a migration background and mothers with time constraints in the job market often face greater skepticism than men who are perceived as white and German. This is particularly evident when it comes to accessing employment: it takes four times as many applications as it does for candidates perceived as German.
This is one reason why we offer these workshops in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut and also reach out to employers with our “Diverse Teams Win” program for diversity-focused recruitment. https://www.spinnen-netz.de/en/content/access2work4all
oday also marked the conclusion of the fourth workshop for people with a migration background, which brought together participants from over 13 countries, including people with a migration background who already live in Germany but still face significant barriers in the job market. Participants from the Spinnen-Netz network were also in attendance. The workshops were led by various trainers from the Diversity Pool. The next round will take place in September with four new job application training sessions.