On 25 November 2024, Joan Njagi will defend her thesis investigating the extent to which information and communication technologies (ICTs) are being used to navigate the socio-cultural tensions surrounding SRHR and reconceptualize adolescent sexuality in Kenya, critically interrogating who is included or excluded in this reconceptualisation.
- PhD student
- Date
- Monday 25 Nov 2024, 16:30 - 18:00
- Type
- PhD defence
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Aula B
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
In her research Joan Njagi sought to understand whether and how such reformulation, where it exists, is applied to 10-17-year-old adolescent girls, as well as what considerations, decisions and strategies were made regarding their inclusion or exclusion.
She found that ICTs do indeed reconceptualize sexual health interventions by moving beyond bio-medical, protective, and risk management approaches and concludes that socio-cultural environments influence how implementers use ICTs to address SRHR. This results in limitations for adolescent girls who continue to be denied access to comprehensive sexuality education in both offline and online spaces.
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Doctoral Board
Chair
Doctoral dissertation supervisor
Professor Wendy Harcourt, ISS
Professor Kristen Chaney, University of Victoria, Canada
Full Doctoral Committee
- Professor Deevia Bhana, University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Professor Nkatha Murungi, University of Pretoria
- Dr Pauline Oosterhoff, Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex)
- Professor Arul Chib, International Institute of Social Studies
- Dr Roy Huijsmans, International Institute of Social Studies
- More information
The ceremony will begin promptly at 15:30 hrs in the ISS auditorium (Aula B) of the ISS, Kortenaerkade 12, The Hague. The doors will be closed after the start of the Public Defence, but will be briefly opened after the candidate’s introduction to allow latecomers to enter.
Children under 7 years old are not allowed in the Aula during the first part of the ceremony.
The ceremony will be followed by a reception in the Atrium of the ISS.
Professors are invited to join the academic procession.
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