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19 September 2025

Empowerment or Empire? Reassessing Germany’s Feminist Foreign Policy and its consequences on Iran’s civil society

Mara Bentzin analyses how Germany’s stance on economic sanctions on Iran undermines its Feminist Foreign Policy. This piece was a winner of the 2025 Yuan Changying Prize recognizing outstanding work by students in the pre-Honours course Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World.

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