Project STEM Refugees/Migrants - Women/Girls (MINT FM-FM)

German Association of Women Engineers (deutscher ingenieurinnenbund, dib e. V.) and

Women in Science and Engineering (Frauen in Naturwissenschaft und Technik, NUT e. V.)

Status: September 2018 Project goals and main focuses The project aim is to improve opportunities for female migrants and refugees concerning education, vocational training and integration into working life in STEM (MINT) fields as well as to provide them with special information. We demand that the support for these women and girls should be reinforced in future, in those areas in which other children and adults have already been supported. They must not be left behind. The STEM (MINT) fields offer good opportunities for this purpose.

The focal points of the project are education, career entry and authentication of degrees of female migrants and refugees.

Project main focuses education, career (re-)entry and ------> vocational training authentication of degrees ------Our Activities

information + counselling x x

assistance + support x x

Measures regarding the main focuses . Gathering information and making it available to everyone (Web, Facebook) . Extending the awareness level of our project and establishing further contacts . Consulting female refugees and cooperating with respective institutions . Launching projects in order to provide direct assistance to female refugees and to cooperate with our partners regionally and nationwide on female political level in general, as well as in our public relations. Project initiators and coordinators the project-related working group was initiated at the general meeting of the dib. e. V. in Oldenburg in November 2015. The NUT e. V. (Women in Science and Engineering) decided to join the project at its general meeting in Altenkirchen in May 2016. This project is coordinated by: Dr.-Ing. Kira Stein, [email protected] and Dr. phil Dipl.-Ing. Afsar Soheila Sattari, [email protected] www.dibev.de/mint_fm-fm.html www.dibev.de/mint_refugees-migrants.html www.facebook.com/dibMINTFMigrantinnen Instagram: mintfmfm Main hitherto activities of the MINT FM-FM

Honour and Acknowledgement  Receiving the “Best Practice” award of the Bertelsmann Fund and Bürgermut e.V. in Cologne in 2018 Receiving this “Best Practice” award among more than 50 projects in North Rhine- Westphalia in Germany and being introduced via e-book: “#Ankommen Junge Geflüchtete in NRW” in 2018  Receiving the Certificate of Honour and the Cologne Voluntary Service Award as part of the Welcoming Initiative Cologne in 2016 Under the patronage of mayor of Cologne, Ms. Henriette Reker, the city of Cologne awarded the “Cologne Voluntary Service Award” „KölnEngagiert 2016“ to the “Welcoming Initiative” in Cologne on the 4th of September 2016. The project “STEM Refugees/Migrants Women/Girls” of the dib e.V. is part of this Welcoming Initiative.  Presenting the MINT FM-FM project as the Best Practice in Berlin in 2017 At the World Café of the German Women’s Council (DF) in Berlin 2017  Receiving 2 letters of Intent from the “City of Cologne” and the non-profit organisation “Competence Centre Technology-Diversity-Equal Chances” in 2017

On Education and Vocational Training  Seminar on “Labour Market Situation for STEM Graduates” at the summer term of the University of Koblenz in 2018 At the Summer University for female refugees at the University of Koblenz  Beginning a project to raise the female refugees´digital expertise in Cologne in 2018 through organising the digital courses  Organising an event on getting German courses, vocational trainings and studying in Germany in Darmstadt in 2018  Organising an event on employment or vocational training applications in Germany, strengths and weaknesses, in Darmstadt in 2018  IT-Workshops for female migrants and refugees in Berlin since 2016 In project „Re:Fugee:CA – Space for Migration Hacking“ at the bloggers’ convention „re:publica“ in Berlin  Teaching CAD to refugee members of Interkulturelle Bildung Hamburg e. V. since 2016 Of the association„Cross-Cultural Competence” (IBH e. V.)“ in Hamburg a CAD-trial lesson and a lecture on CAD development, the state of its technology and implementation examples as part of the advanced training offers in Hamburg, within the scope of the IQ-network Hamburg - NOBI and its bridging group Be.Ing!  STEM experiments offered to female refugees and migrants and also German school girls in Cologne, Darmstadt and Hamburg since 2016 in order to sensitise them for Girls’ Day or vocational training in STEM fields, sometimes in cooperation with other institutions such as Chamber of Crafts Cologne in 2017 or Learning Region Cologne in 2017 www.dibev.de/mint_fm-fm.html www.dibev.de/mint_refugees-migrants.html www.facebook.com/dibMINTFMigrantinnen Instagram: mintfmfm  Generating the „Maker Girls“ group in Berlin since 2016 On the www.meetup.com platform for first-time-users, in order to gather experiences with maker technologies in Berlin  Organising the German, painting and computer courses and literary events in Cologne since 2017 In the Glashütte Youth Centre in Cologne Porz since March 2017, led by the refugee and migrant women as the organisational team  Training at the Welcome Women Week at the University of Koblenz in 2016 Training at the study orientation week for young female refugees and women from immigrant backgrounds, University Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz

On C areer (re-)Entry  Organising a workshop in Integration Camp of Economy FFM (ICW) on dual vocational training in STEM-fields in Darmstadt in 2018 for female refugees  Referee of a webinar on “Female Refugees´ Career Entry Requirements in German Labour Market” in Cologne in 2018 to clarify the labour market and the company owners´ expectations to female refugees, as well as their situation before and after their escape, organised by the „NETWORK Companies Integrate Refugees“  Introducing 4 female refugees to the Building Inspection Office of the City of Cologne for an employment, an apprenticeship or a practical training in Cologne in 2018  Organising meetings of responsible staff of JobCenter and Integration Point with female refugees in Cologne in 2018 In order to clarify their professional questions  Taking our target groups to job fairs in Cologne and Frankfurt since 2017 To a job fair in Cologne in 2017 and to Women&Work in Frankfurt in 2018  Organising a MeetUp at herCareer fair in Munich in 2017 On “Are the migrants hidden figures at the German labour market?”  Initiating the monthly „GirlsLabDay“ in Berlin since 2016 In the Fab Lab Berlin, in order to enable girls with and without a migration background to experiment the maker technologies  Workshops for female refugees (aged 18 to 26) in Berlin since 2016 As a creative introduction to digital technology, combined with do-it-yourself- technologies: 3D-printing and “Maker-kits” (Kits for assembling and programming a computer system)  Leading the 63-person meetup group in Berlin since 2016 as mentors of the GirlsLabDay  Supporting the female refugees by getting more employment skills in Cologne and Hamburg since 2016  Organising the female refugees and migrants´ participation in Girls’ Day activities in Cologne, Berlin and Darmstadt since 2016

www.dibev.de/mint_fm-fm.html www.dibev.de/mint_refugees-migrants.html www.facebook.com/dibMINTFMigrantinnen Instagram: mintfmfm  Searching and organising Traineeships for refugees and migrants in Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Darmstadt since 2016  Placement of qualified jobs to our target groups in Cologne, Frankfurt and in HAW in Hamburg since 2016  Mentoring for Mentees in Hamburg and Cologne since 2017 In order to discuss the application procedure or the typical behaviour in German working life, etc. at Be.Ing! in Hamburg and at the Technical University Cologne  Lecture at the Integration Point of the Federal Employment Agency in Cologne in 2016 On “motivating female refugees and migrants to enter education and working life”  Participation in the panel discussion of Women&Work in Bonn in 2016 In the panel: “World Wide Women in Industry, Career in a Foreign Country: Kick or Bend?“

On authentication of degrees  Organising an event on authentication of degrees in Darmstadt in 2018

Counselling  Counselling female refugees and migrants in Cologne, Darmstadt, Stuttgart, Berlin and Hannover since 2016 Personally or by organising events regarding education, integration into working life and authentication of university degrees  Information events for female refugees and migrants in Cologne and Darmstadt since 2016 For example: at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences or at the event “Welt, Kultur, Technik, Frauen vernetzen und gestalten” of the German Association of Women engineers  Counselling on selecting the branch of study in Darmstadt and Cologne since 2016 By taking the female refugees to relevant information events at the Technical University Cologne and University of Darmstadt  Counselling the German authorities regarding our focal points For example: The Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia in Düsseldorf at the end of the project of and together with the group of “ #Ankommen. Junge Geflüchtete in NRW “ in 2018, or The Federal Employment Agency in Nürnberg in 2016

Building structure to run the project  Building an organisational group in Cologne since 2017 To run the courses and companionships  Building the sub-group “Mirzakhani Cultural Group” in Cologne in 2018 to run the literature events  Building an organisational group in Darmstadt in 2018 To run the events

www.dibev.de/mint_fm-fm.html www.dibev.de/mint_refugees-migrants.html www.facebook.com/dibMINTFMigrantinnen Instagram: mintfmfm  Building an organisational group in Cologne in 2018 To run the digital courses  Employing secretaries for the projects in Cologne since 2017 Introduced by the Federal Voluntary Service or others to run the administration

Investigating the situation of female refugees and migrants of different nations  Beginning the interviews with the target groups in Cologne in 2018 with the aim of publishing a final study as an e-book or a book in future  Lectures in context of “Silent University” in Cologne since 2017 Under “Who was I, who am I?” on female refugees´ and migrants´situations before and after coming to Germany, in cooperation with the Soroptimist International Club Cologne-Kolumba, City of Cologne and Rautenstrauch-Joest Muesum in Cologne, 4 of the 6 persons were nominated by us.

Cooperation  Cooperation with the “City of Cologne” by employees´ recruitment in 2018 Introducing 4 female refugees to the Building Inspection Office of the City of Cologne for an employment or apprenticeship or practical training in Cologne  Cooperation with the „NETWORK Company Owners Integrate Refugees“ in Cologne in 2018 Beginning with a webinar  Cooperation with “Catholic Men´s Social Service” in Cologne in 2018 Organising events to clarify how to manage financial problems in life to our target groups  Cooperation with “German Women’s Council” on female refugees in Darmstadt since 2016 Recommending the formation of a committee concerning „Vocational training and career re-entry for female refugees and migrants“  Cooperation with institutions “Chambers of Commerce, Chamber of Crafts, Universities” in Darmstadt, Cologne, Bonn, Koblenz, regarding our focal points since 2016 For example with Universities, such as Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, University of Hamburg, University of Koblenz, Cologne Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Darmstadt, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Bonn- Rhein-Sieg, Chamber of Crafts Cologne, etc.  Being acknowledged as the “Place of Assignment” by the The “Federal Volunteer Service “ in Cologne since 2017 and employing a person

www.dibev.de/mint_fm-fm.html www.dibev.de/mint_refugees-migrants.html www.facebook.com/dibMINTFMigrantinnen Instagram: mintfmfm Cultural offer to target groups  Organising the 1st anniversary of our courses in Cologne simultaneously with the 8th of March and Nowrooz Celebrations in 2018 with more than 100 attendants  Organising a cultural event on Persian poet “Forough Farrokhzad” in Cologne in 2018 a multi-medial event organised by the “Mirzakhani Cultural Group”, which was recorded by Radio Farda in Cologne  Organising a coming together on “How to reach our target groups better” in Darmstadt in 2018  Building a reader circle in Cologne in 2018  Organising an event “How to manage the financial affairs” in Cologne in 2018 In Cooperation with the "Catholic Men´s Social Service”  Organising lectures on one´s own biography in Cologne since 2017 In Cooperation with “Soroptimist International Club Köln-Kolumba”  Organising trips with our target groups in Cologne and surroundings many times a year since 2017  Visiting the City Library of Cologne in 2017 To get familiar with the library and watch a film on a children´s book  Organising the “Christmas and Yalda Night event” in Cologne in 2017 In which approximately 90 persons attended  Organising different coming together events for our target groups in Cologne and Darmstadt since 2017

Membership  In “DaMigra e.V.”, the Umbrella Association of Female Migrant Organisations since 2018  In “Cologne Women´s Union Group” since 2017  In the “City Library of Cologne” since 2017  In “Cologne Welcome Initiative” since 2016  In the “International Network for Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES)” since 2016

Presentation and networking  At the events of migrant organisations in Cologne, Stuttgart, Offenbach, Darmstadt and Berlin since 2016 for example by: “Solibund e.V.” in Cologne in 2018, "PETEK – Business-Netzwerk Migrantinnen" Essen in 2016 and 2017, „DaMigra e.V.“ in 2017 in Cologne,„Fliehkraft e.V.“ in Cologne in 2017, „Caritas“ Cologne in 2017, “Afghan Forum” in Cologne in 2017, “Vifi e.V.” Köln in 2017, “Women Against Unemployment” in Cologne in 2017 and 2016, “agisra e.V.” in 2016 in Cologne, „Rahaward“ Aachen in 2016, „Women´s Centre” in Darmstadt in 2016, etc.

www.dibev.de/mint_fm-fm.html www.dibev.de/mint_refugees-migrants.html www.facebook.com/dibMINTFMigrantinnen Instagram: mintfmfm  At the meetings of advisers of refugee projects and integration work practitioners in Cologne and Düsseldorf since 2016 For example by: “Arbeitskreis Politik der Willkommensinitiativen“ Köln in 2017, „openTransfer #Ankommen. Junge Geflüchtete in NRW “ Düsseldorf in 2016, „Wir alle sind Stadtgesellschaft – Zusammenkommen – Verstehen – Gestalten!“ in Cologne in 2016, etc.  At German associations and respective women´s associations in Cologne, Stuttgart, Bonn and Darmstadt since 2016 For example by: yearly meeting of the participants on the occasion of March 8th in Cologne on invitation of mayor Ms. Henriette Reker since 2017, “Learning Region Cologne” in 2017, „UN Women National Committee in Germany” in Bonn in 2017, Cologne Women´s Unions Group (AKF) in 2017, “BAFF Women” in Darmstadt in 2017, „With or Without“-Project in Stuttgart in 2017, Soroptimist International Club Köln Kolumba in 2017, Experts´ discussion "Winning the female migrants for MINT- professions" in Stuttgart in 2016, dvta in 2016, „Arrival – Inclusion – Participation“ in Darmstadt in 2016, „Women&Work“ 2016 in Bonn, “Competentia e.V.” in Pullheim in 2016, etc.  At international umbrella organisations in Freising and Cologne in 2016 By the “International Network of Women in Engineering (INWES)” in Freising in 2016 and „Graduate Women International“ in 2016  Organising information tables on our project in Cologne and Darmstadt since 2016 By different events such as: 8th of March event of the City of Cologne since 2017, Fliehkraft in Cologne in 2017, Afghan Forum in Cologne in 2017, “Arbeitskreis Politik der Willkommensinitiativen“ Köln in 2017, “Women Against Unemployment” in Cologne in 2017, Migrant´s Congress in Cologne in 2016, „Frauenzentrum“ in Darmstadt in 2016, “Competentia e.V.” in Pullheim in 2016, „openTransfer #Ankommen. Junge Geflüchtete in NRW “ Düsseldorf in 2016, etc.  By German authorities and institutions in Nürnberg, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Darmstadt, Bielefeld, Bonn and Aachen since 2016 E. g.: The Federal Employment Agency in Nürnberg in 2016, The Federal Ministry of Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in 2017, the Parliament of North Rhine- Westphalia in Düsseldorf in 2017, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Darmstadt since 2016, Cologne University of Applied Sciences and its authorized person for equal opportunities and also for refugees in 2016, Technical University of Darmstadt since 2016, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences since 2016, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences in 2016 and 2017, The Foundation of Cologne Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 2017, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Bonn- Rhein-Sieg in 2016, Job Portal of the Employment Agency in Cologne in 2016, Job Portal of the Employment Agency in Aachen in 2016, etc.  In interviews in Cologne, Düsseldorf, Munich and Bonn since 2016 With: the Kölner Stadt Anzeiger on Girls´Day, 26.04.2018, the initiative OpenTransfer for the summary of the annual work in form of an e-book in 2018, the Deutschlandfunk on October 12th 2017 in context of herCareer fair in Munich, the VDI magazine on October 26th 2017 the “Academy of the Deutsche Welle” in Bonn in 2016 and with the „Technical Journalism“ branch of study of the University Bonn- Rhein-Sieg in Cologne in 2016

www.dibev.de/mint_fm-fm.html www.dibev.de/mint_refugees-migrants.html www.facebook.com/dibMINTFMigrantinnen Instagram: mintfmfm  By the German politicians and political parties in Düsseldorf and Cologne since 2017 By the: Senior Mayor of Cologne, Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) in Düsseldorf in 2017, Ministry of Health, Emancipation, Care and Age of North Rhine-Westphalia (MGEPA) in Düsseldorf in 2017, District Mayor of Cologne Porz in 2018, District Mayor of Cologne Lindenthal since 2016, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen in Cologne in 2017, etc.  On the following websites since 2016 ◦ VDI Nachrichten in 2018 https://www.vdi-nachrichten.com/Karriere/Aus-Mitte-Gesellschaft ◦ Kölner Stadt Anzeiger in 2018 and 2017 ◦ Deutscher Akademikerinnenbund e.V.“ in 2017 http://www.dab-ev.org/de/termine.php ◦ Kölner Frauenportal in 2017 http://www.frauenportal.koeln/cms/piCal/index.php?caldate=2016-6-30 ◦ UN Women, National German Committee in 2017 https://www.unwomen.de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen-von-un-women-nationales- komitee-deutschland/internationales-symposium-2017.html ◦ Deutschlandfunk in 2017: http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/frauen-messe-hercareer-migrantinnen-fuer-mint- berufe-gesucht.680.de.html?dram:article_id=398098 ◦ openTransfer in 2016 http://www.opentransfer.de/9151/mint-fmfm-bildung-und-berufseinstieg-fur- fluchtlinge-und-migrantinnen/ ◦ Lizzynet in 2016 http://www.lizzynet.de/47490640.php ◦ Weltoffene Hochschule Refugees Welcome der TH Köln in 2016 https://www.th-koeln.de/hochschule/chronologie_30736.php ◦ Frauenbüro Darmstadt in 2016 ◦ etc.

Publication  e-book: “#Ankommen Junge Geflüchtete in NRW” of the Bertelsmann Fund and Bürgermut e.V. In 2018, Pages 66 – 69 https://opentransfer.de/e-book-ankommen/  Publication of the October issue 3-2016 of „Die Ingenieurin“ on MINT FM-FM The magazine of the German Association of Women Engineers, dib e.V.  Publishing Articles on the project in various magazines since 2016 Articles on our project in other magazines For example in most of the issues of “Die Ingenieurin” and the booklets of the dib e. V. since 2016, in the Kölner Stadt Anzeiger on our Girls’ Day activities on February 28th 2018, in STEM-magazine 30-DIB published by the Competence Centre for Diversity and Equal Opportunities (Kompetenzzentrum Diversity und Chancengleichheit e. V.) in 2017, in the press release of the City of Darmstadt in 2016, in the local paper “Porz www.dibev.de/mint_fm-fm.html www.dibev.de/mint_refugees-migrants.html www.facebook.com/dibMINTFMigrantinnen Instagram: mintfmfm am Montag” on March 12th 2016, etc.  Providing the female refugees and migrants with the information regarding education and career entry since 2016 on: German site: www.dibev.de/mint_fm-fm.html English site: www.dibev.de/mint_refugees-migrants.html Facebook: www.facebook.com/dibMINTFMigrantinnen Instagram: mintfmfm

Future plan Continuation and intensification of our hitherto work, e. g.: extending our network and personal contacts with female refugees and migrants, expansion and further activities of our working group, expanding our activities in more cities in Germany or globally and also showing a stronger presence on internet, facebook and instagram.

Organising further joint events, especially government-financed projects with present and future partners like migrant organisations, member associations of The German Women´s Council and other institutions such as The Federal Employment Agency and its regional agencies, The Federal Ministry of Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Universities, Universities of Applied Sciences, Job Portals of the Employment Agencies, Chambers of Commerce and Industry and so on.

Contact: [email protected]

Dr.-Ing. Kira Stein, [email protected]

Dr.phil. Dipl.-Ing. Afsar Soheila Sattari, [email protected]

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