Jeroen Lorist
Biographic Data
| ID | 913816 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeroen Lorist |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeroen |
| FAMILY NAME | Lorist |
| SIGNATURE | LORIST J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0522-9416 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Decoloniality and women's agency in sex education in Zambia
In 2018, 22 teachers and four government officers started a six-month development process, designed to integrate a gender-equity lens into sex education in Eastern Province, Zambia. The initiative was funded by the Dutch Government. In this article, I explore the emancipatory potential and limits of this gender transformative approach. Civil society privileges the empowerment of women's and girls' voices through participatory methods. This situat…
Paradoxes of Patrimony
This article examines the experiences and motivations of young volunteers engaged in the development domain of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Uganda. While promoting various family-planning projects, volunteers deftly navigated human-rights discourses of international donors, norms of religious leaders, and development narratives of national policymakers as they attempted to advance their own life projects. Through the creation of n…
The Fluidity of Patriarchy
In a context of rapid social change in post-conflict West Nile, Uganda, internationally funded non-governmental organisations and the state have joined efforts to reduce gender-based violence (GBV) amongst Lugbara people. That women rarely report GBV is often interpreted as an indicator that such interventions are failing because of flawed design or cultural recalcitrance. Seeking to understand women’s infrequent reporting of GBV, our research ex…
Engaging African Men through Sexual, Reproductive Health, and Rights Interventions
This article examines how research and ideas related to so-called positive masculinities have emerged and proliferated among employees of a Dutch development organization, enabling it to establish itself as a frontrunner in engaging men in campaigns to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Arguments draw on organizational ethnography conducted from September 2016 until July 2018 and analysis of discursive practices embedded in…
The Fluidity of Patriarchy
In a context of rapid social change in post-conflict West Nile, Uganda, internationally funded non-governmental organisations and the state have joined efforts to reduce gender-based violence (GBV) amongst Lugbara people. That women rarely report GBV is often interpreted as an indicator that such interventions are failing because of flawed design or cultural recalcitrance. Seeking to understand women’s infrequent reporting of GBV, our research ex…
Engaging African Men through Sexual, Reproductive Health, and Rights Interventions
This article examines how research and ideas related to so-called positive masculinities have emerged and proliferated among employees of a Dutch development organization, enabling it to establish itself as a frontrunner in engaging men in campaigns to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Arguments draw on organizational ethnography conducted from September 2016 until July 2018 and analysis of discursive practices embedded in…
The Fluidity of Patriarchy
In a context of rapid social change in post-conflict West Nile, Uganda, internationally funded non-governmental organisations and the state have joined efforts to reduce gender-based violence (GBV) amongst Lugbara people. That women rarely report GBV is often interpreted as an indicator that such interventions are failing because of flawed design or cultural recalcitrance. Seeking to understand women’s infrequent reporting of GBV, our research ex…
Paradoxes of Patrimony
This article examines the experiences and motivations of young volunteers engaged in the development domain of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Uganda. While promoting various family-planning projects, volunteers deftly navigated human-rights discourses of international donors, norms of religious leaders, and development narratives of national policymakers as they attempted to advance their own life projects. Through the creation of n…
Decoloniality and women's agency in sex education in Zambia
In 2018, 22 teachers and four government officers started a six-month development process, designed to integrate a gender-equity lens into sex education in Eastern Province, Zambia. The initiative was funded by the Dutch Government. In this article, I explore the emancipatory potential and limits of this gender transformative approach. Civil society privileges the empowerment of women's and girls' voices through participatory methods. This situat…
Gender Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Narrative (2 works)