Migrationshintergrund - Deutscher Vordergrund | Seyran Ates | TEDxRWTHAachen

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In her talk, Seyran Ates explains how being a liberal muslim woman still makes you stand out in German society today. Through anecdotes stemming from her own experience, Mrs Ates illustrates how prejudice and misconceptions are still very much present in everyday life - and what negative impact they have on the victims.

Seyran Ateş is a German lawyer and Muslim feminist born in Istanbul. She has practiced law since 1997, specializing in criminal law and family law. Her views, highly critical of an immigrant Muslim society that is often more conservative than its counterpart in Turkey, have put her at risk.

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