Courtney Tenz

Courtney Tenz lived in Cologne, Germany for over 15 years, working as a freelance writer and lecturer in culture studies. After researching post-war and post-Holocaust narratives of women's experiences during the war, she studied the lasting impacts of misogyny in (the former West) German politics and the country's laws regarding sexual assault and intimate partner violence. She contributed reporting on the 2015 attacks on women at the Cologne train station as well as legal background on features concerning Germany's stance on transitional justice and post-conflict restitution. A former editor for the Deutsche Welle Freedom of Speech project, she has written about the global repercussions on media freedom post-2016 and spoken at Re:publica about the online harassment of women journalists.

Her own writing at the intersection of conflict and culture, with a specific focus on women's rights, can be found in Harper's Bazaar, The Cut, Marie Claire, Artsy, The Art Newspaper, and The Guardian.

Sub-specialties:
Women's rights in Germany, Women politicians in Europe, German law, child poverty in Germany, intimate partner violence, Holocaust, German politics, women parenting alone / single parenting in Germany, German immigration law.