Iran's Uprisings: A Feminist Foreign Policy Approach

Autor: Mirzaei, Diba, Talebian, Hamid
Přispěvatelé: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Nahost-Studien
Rok vydání: 2022
Předmět:
Sozialwissenschaften
Soziologie

Internationale Beziehungen
Social sciences
sociology
anthropology

International relations
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
internationale Beziehungen
Entwicklungspolitik

Women's Studies
Feminist Studies
Gender Studies

International Relations
International Politics
Foreign Affairs
Development Policy

Iran
Frau
Frauenbewegung
Frauenfeindlichkeit
Frauenrechtlerin
Frauenpolitik
Protest
Protestbewegung
Demonstration
Feminismus
islamische Gesellschaft
Islam
Menschenrechtsverletzung
Gewalt
Polizei
politisches Regime
Außenpolitik
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
woman
women's movement
mysogyny
feminist
women's policy
protest
protest movement
demonstration
feminism
Islamic society
human rights violation
violence
police
political regime
foreign policy
Federal Republic of Germany
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Zdroj: 6, GIGA Focus Nahost, 12
Druh dokumentu: Arbeitspapier<br />working paper
ISSN: 1862-3611
DOI: 10.57671/gfme-22062
Popis: The current uprisings in Iran following the death in police custody of Mahsa Jhina Amini, a young Kurdish woman, carry strong implications for states that have adopted a "feminist foreign policy" (FFP). The ongoing protests there allow such states as Germany to showcase the potential of their FFP by responding to the violation of women’s and other marginalised groups' rights happening right now. The intersectional and inclusive viewpoint within the feminist scholarship must be indivisible from feminist foreign policy-making. Those states who have adopted an FFP must establish clear-cut and practical measures to distinguish it from current foreign policy approaches. Iranian women are at the epicentre of the current uprisings in Iran. However, the protests are intersectional and have mobilised a wide spectrum of marginalised groups. An FFP should showcase the voices of the latter and propose sound measures to defend their rights. In this vein, the political agency and demands of women and other marginalised groups in Iran must be clearly acknowledged and prioritised. The standpoint of Iranians and women should be inseparable from all measures taken against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Therefore, modes of engagement with the latter should not be restricted to the country's nuclear programme if "security" is conceived of from a feminist viewpoint. Any compromise over the nuclear negotiations with Iran that has as its trade-off the continuation of human rights' violations shall not be made under a sound FFP. Alternative measures should be taken in response to the brutal crackdown on the Iranian people by their government. Intersectional media outreach, sanctions targeting the political establishment, forming a diverse advisory team, and including gender in the collection as well as analysis of information are among such desirable measures. Supporting Iranian protesters and feminist networks on the ground and incorporating their standpoint should be the primary mode of engagement used.
Databáze: SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository