ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Nazli Aghazadeh-Wegener

Nazli Aghazadeh-Wegener’s research concerns intersectional class discrimination in the German welfare state. Her doctoral thesis is supervised by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ute Sacksofsky, M.P.A. (Harvard). She is a research assistant at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Astrid Wallrabenstein (Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court).

POSTS BY Nazli Aghazadeh-Wegener

11 June 2024

Nothing but your own Constitution?

The recent report on Germany by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights following her visit in late 2023 records an alarming situation regarding social inequality in Germany. The document criticizes Germany for its approach to combat social inequality. Similarly harsh in tone reads the statement by the Federal Government on the Commissioner’s report, claiming the situation not to be as alarming as presented and the German law to have been misinterpreted. What’s it all about? Continue reading >>

05 August 2022

Nazli Aghazadeh-Wegener

Klassismus und Grundgesetz

Das Vorhaben der Ampel-Regierung, mit dem Bürgergeld „Hartz IV“ abzulösen und durch die Corona- und Energiekrise ausgelöste Debatten um soziale Entlastungsmaßnahmen (zuletzt auch hier) bestätigen, dass Armut in Deutschland ein Maß erreicht hat, das strukturelle sozialstaatliche Korrekturen erfordert. Um Armut effektiv zu begegnen, bedarf es jedoch auch eines Umdenkens auf Verfassungsebene. Eine Zusammenschau des Sozialstaatsprinzips und der Gleichheitsgarantien bietet Schutz vor klassistisch-intersektionaler Diskriminierung. Continue reading >>

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