November 2010

Autonomy: maiz is independently run. maiz is not affiliated with any party, church or other form of organization.

Self-organization: The first and foremost requirement for our work is that we are self-organized. maiz is a self-organization run by migrant women with an acute awareness and critical distance from neoliberal ideas.

Collective Self-Empowerment: We address the existing structures of power and domination critically in order to change them.

maiz is – Self-organization – Participation – Autonomy – Resistance – Transformation – Utopia

We are an independent organization by and for migrant women*. Our goal is to better the living and working situation of migrant women* in Austria and to promote their political and cultural participation, as well as to transform the existing, unjust social conditions.