About the project
For whom is the website?
This website is primarily aimed at adolescents and young people with a refugee or migrant background aged between 14 and 24 who are looking for reliable information on sexual and reproductive health. Young people themselves know best what interests them and which questions are important to them. This section therefore answers questions that young people have asked themselves and whose answers they have then checked for comprehensibility by experts.
Unfortunately, we are not yet able to deal specifically with the bodies and sexuality of trans* people, as the young people involved have not (yet) asked these questions. We think it would make more sense to develop a brochure focusing on trans* and intersexuality in a further project together with interested young immigrants.
We have also decided not to use the gender asterisk* or the gender gap (underscore) on this website. These characters would make the text significantly more difficult to read and understand for the target group (who are still learning German) and pose challenges for translation.
Why does this Website exist?
Health is a human right. This includes sexual and reproductive health. Young people have the right to correct and understandable information about this. This is the only way they can protect their own health and that of their partners.
How did this project come about?
This website is a follow-up to the “Youth 4 Youth” brochures for young refugees.
The desire to better reach young refugees in the area of HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health as a whole led to the idea in 2016, together with many partners, in particular the Berlin working groups “HIV-Prävention und Migration” and “Frauengesundheit Migration”, to develop a brochure on this topic together with young refugees. The Netzwerkstelle HIV/AIDS und Migration as part of the Association for Intercultural Work – Verband für interkulturelle Arbeit (VIA) e. V., Regionalverband Berlin/ Brandenburg e.V. took on this task. Thanks to the support of the Berlin Senat and Paritätischer, it was initially possible to produce a brochure for refugee boys in Arabic translation. Demand for the “Youth 4 Youth” brochures quickly became very high, even outside of Berlin.
Thanks to funding from the Federal Ministry of Health, the Parität Foundation and the great commitment of many contributors, the boys’ brochure could be revised to meet national needs and the implementation of this project could also be realized for girls and young women with refugee or migration biographies.
We are particularly pleased that the “Youth 4 Youth” website is now also available on the basis of these brochures, enabling us to reach young people even more effectively.
Who developed the project?
Many committed people and organizations were involved in the long process of creating the brochures and the website, but above all young refugees from various institutions. They dared to take part in the project and revealed their sometimes very intimate questions. They selected the most important questions for them and checked the experts’ answers for comprehensibility. They were also involved in the design of the brochures and the website.
Our special thanks go to them, as well as to the authors who answered the questions, and to all others who supported and promoted the project.
Line Göttke
Published by
Network Centre HIV/AIDS and Migration
Association for Intercultural Work (VIA)
Regional Association Berlin/Brandenburg e. V.
Petersburger Str. 92
10247 Berlin
Tel: 030-29 00 69 49
Fax: 030-29 00 69 50
netzwerkstelle@via-in-berlin.de
Project management & editing Line E. Göttke
Authors
Cornelia Bauschke, Lisa Cabrera, Susanne Freund-Fourure, Marion Gottschling, Falco Jan Kranert, Lisa Hütte, Julia Karstädt, Patrizia Lange, Dirk Salfemeier, Cornelia Schnelle (Centre for Sexual Health and Family Planning Berlin); Dörte Döring (independent sex educator), Elisabeth Fischer (VIA e. V.); Lisa Frey, Melody Ledwon (Family Planning Centre Berlin – BALANCE e. V.); Diana Heide, Rita Kühn, Gabrielle Stöcker (pro familia Landesverband NRW e. V.); Luise Ihrig (Berliner Aidshilfe); Stefan Müller (Mann-O-Meter e. V.); Karen Saure (psychologist); Team pro familia Berlin
Other contributors
Dr Abir Alhaj Mawas (Terre des Femmes); Halah Al Hayik, Taryn Walcott (VIA e. V.), Ahmed Awadalla, Celine Simon (Berliner Aidshilfe); Tzvetina Arsova-Netzelmann (SPI Research); Herbert Backes, Susanne Thomann (Senate Department for Health, Care and Equality, Berlin); Prof. Dr Theda Borde and students (Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin); Diana Crăciun, Tanja Gangarova (Deutsche Aidshilfe), Elisabeth Lange (subway); Vera Zins. Dr Theda Borde and students (Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin); Diana Crăciun, Tanja Gangarova (Deutsche Aidshilfe), Elisabeth Lange (subway); Vera Zinser and team (JWG Leben, urban social); and many others.
Print design TEKTEK | Tünya Özdemir
Web design kwikwi.org | Kathrin Windhorst
Specialist editing pro familia NRW e. V. (girls‘ issues) and Dörte Döring (boys’ issues)
Arabic translation Omar Ahmad (Girls‘ Issues); Saffana Salmann (Boys’ Issues)