Non-Governmental Organization

This association represents the interests of binational families and partnerships throughout Germany. We support the social and legal equality of people regardless of their skin color or their cultural origin.

We work as a non-profit organization in more than 30 cities in and outside of Germany. Counseling women and men regarding all issues of binational marriages and relationships is one focus of our work. We use legal restrictions and the various forms of disadvantage and discrimination as an opportunity to inform the public and to provide a basis for dialogue between the organization and the federal government.

One of our most important tasks is to highlight the chances and possibilities that arise when people of different cultures live together. In doing so, we rely on the experience of our members and pass on this knowledge in the form of publications, events, and training courses. We want to contribute to a culture of acceptance with various projects on intercultural topics.

The association of binational families and partnerships is a member of the German nondenominational welfare association (DPWV), the German women's council (DF), and the European Conference of binational / bicultural Relationships (ECB). We are represented in the European Coordination for foreigners' right to family life (ECFRFL) and in the German national coalition for the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

In its projects, DSW is committed to applying a humanitarian approach towards slowing down population growth by showing young people in Africa and Asia how they can prevent AIDS and unwanted pregnancy. Furthermore, DSW provides information about the causes and consequences of population growth.

Information centre one world provides information materials on culture, history, economy and politics of Third World countries. It focuses on the integration of North and South in economic and political terms. Since 1997, Info-Zentrum Eine Welt has had a promoting function for the German federal state of Schleswig Holstein aiming at the networking of groups working in the field of development policy as well as at promoting the interconnection of the environment and development in accordance with Agenda 21 (Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992; Earth Summit in Johannesburg in 2002). Major actions of the organisation include managing public relations and carrying out activities, exhibitions, themed weeks and projects.