Association of binational families and partnerships

The Verband binationaler Familien und Partnerschaften, iaf e.V. (Association of binational families and partnerships) is a German non-profit association that works nationwide at the intersections of family, migration, education and anti-discrimination policy. It describes itself as the only interest representation for binational, migrant and transnational families and couples operating simultaneously at federal, state and municipal level. Its work is explicitly anti-discrimination and anti-racism oriented, advocating for the fundamental and human rights of all families and couples living in Germany regardless of origin, sexual orientation or religion. The association was founded in 1972 as the Interessengemeinschaft der mit Ausländern verheirateten Frauen (iaf) by Rosi Wolf-Almanasreh. The motivation for founding the association was the attack at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, after which German-Palestinian families faced a difficult situation. It was entered in the register of associations in 1975 and renamed Verband binationaler Familien und Partnerschaften, iaf e.V. in 1997. Its federal office is located in Frankfurt am Main. Nationwide it maintains eight full-time offices and counselling centres as well as fourteen volunteer contact points. It offers discrimination- and racism-critical family counselling and mediation, general advice on family and foreigner law, migration, anti-discrimination and multilingualism, and organises events, workshops, seminars and further training on its themes. It publishes its own magazine as well as books and brochures, and issues statements on legislative proposals. The association is a member of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen Familienorganisationen, Der Paritätische, the Verband deutscher bildungsserver, the Deutscher Frauenrat and familiennetz Bremen. It is a registered association (eingetragener Verein) and therefore a private, non-profit organisation rather than a commercial company.

The association was founded in 1972 as the Interessengemeinschaft der mit Ausländern verheirateten Frauen (iaf) by Rosi Wolf-Almanasreh. The motivation for founding the association was the attack at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich; in the aftermath, German-Palestinian families faced a difficult situation. The association was entered in the register of associations in 1975 and renamed Verband binationaler Familien und Partnerschaften, iaf e.V. in 1997. Over the decades it developed into a nationwide organisation working at the intersections of family, migration, education and anti-discrimination policy. It operates at federal, state and municipal level and describes itself as the only interest representation for binational, migrant and transnational families and couples in Germany. Its federal office is in Frankfurt am Main, with eight full-time offices and counselling centres and fourteen volunteer contact points nationwide. It engages in discrimination- and racism-critical family counselling and mediation, general advice on family and foreigner law, migration, anti-discrimination and multilingualism, and organises events, workshops, seminars and further training. It publishes its own magazine and book and brochure publications, and issues statements on legislative proposals. It is a member of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen Familienorganisationen, Der Paritätische, the Verband deutscher bildungsserver, the Deutscher Frauenrat and familiennetz Bremen.

• 1997

  Renamed Verband binationaler Familien und Partnerschaften, iaf e.V.

• 1975

  Entered in the register of associations.

• 1972

  Founded as Interessengemeinschaft der mit Ausländern verheirateten Frauen (iaf) by Rosi Wolf-Almanasreh, motivated by the attack at the 1972 Olympic Games.

The only nationwide interest representation for binational, migrant and transnational families and couples in Germany, working at the intersections of family, migration, education and anti-discrimination policy.

• Discrimination- and racism-critical family counselling and mediation

• General advice on family and foreigner law, migration, anti-discrimination and multilingualism

• Events, workshops, seminars and further training

• Association magazine and book/brochure publications

• Statements on legislative proposals

1. 1Startseite: Verband binationaler Familien und Partnerschaftenverband-binationaler.de
2. 2Verband binationaler Familien und Partnerschaften – Wikipediade.wikipedia.org
3. 3Association of binational families and partnerships – Wikidatawikidata.org