Jenny Lorentzen

Senior Researcher at NUPI

Email: jenlor@prio.org

X: @jennylorentzen

Research Interests

Gender
Peacebuilding
Norm diffusion
Peace negotiations and peace processes
Women, Peace and Security

Jenny Lorentzen
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Blog posts
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News

Monday, 5 Dec 2022

Gender Research Group and its activities 2022

On 5 December Jenny Lorentzen held a seminar on Understandings of Gender in Security Sector Reform in Mali at PRIO.

News

Friday, 25 Jun 2021

June Issue of Gender, Peace and Security Update is Out

Read the Gender, Peace and Security Update – June 2021 issue here.

News

Friday, 11 Jun 2021

New Blog Post: Are Women the Solution to Violent Extremism?

"Women can contribute to preventing and countering violent extremism, but the international community’s understanding of their contributions is lacking", Senior Researcher Jenny Lorentzen writes in her latest PRIO blog post.

News

Wednesday, 26 May 2021

Jenny Lorentzen Moderates Dialogue for the UN Department of Peace Operation on the Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Mali

On Monday the 24th of May, Jenny Lorentzen moderated a virtual dialogue titled “Mandate to Mission: Real Life Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Mali”.

News

Wednesday, 7 Apr 2021

March Issue of Gender, Peace and Security Update is Out

The March 2021 issue of the PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update is out now.

News

Friday, 15 Jan 2021

New Article on How Policy Documents Frame Gender in Efforts at Preventing Terrorism and Violent Extremism

The latest issue of Politics, Religion & Ideology focuses on gender and the far right, and has been edited by Inger Skjelsbæk (UIO/ PRIO) and Katrine Fangen (ISS, UiO).

Recorded event

Monday, 9 Sep 2019 14:00–15:45 UTC+02

01:23:25

Women’s Participation in Peace Processes in Mali

We welcome you to this public seminar at the Peace Research Institute Oslo launching the PRIO Paper on Women's Participation in Peace and Reconciliation Processes in Mali.

PRIO Paper

2019

Women’s Participation in Peace and Reconciliation Processes in Mali

PRIO Paper

News

Friday, 17 Dec 2021

Anniken Huitfeldt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway, addresses the Security Council meeting that heard a briefing by Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Photo: UN Photo/Manuel Elías

Supporting Women, Peace and Security Integration During Norway’s Security Council Term

At the Dialogue Forum for Norway's membership in the United Nations Security Council, jointly organized by PRIO, NUPI and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we continuously seek to integrate gender dimensions in the exchange between researchers and policy makers on themes central for the Council term.

News

Wednesday, 23 Jun 2021

Jenny Lorentzen Contributes to the Launch of the New Norwegian Sahel Strategy

Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide and Minister of International Development Dag-Inge Ulstein presented the government's new strategy for the Sahel virtually on the 23rd of June.

PRIO Blogs

Wednesday, 9 Jun 2021

Women outside the Women Peace Hut in Gao, Mali. UN Women / Sandra Kreutzer

Are Women the Solution to Violent Extremism?

Women can contribute to preventing and countering violent extremism, but the international community’s understanding of their contributions is lacking. Women are often expected to assume roles as deradicalizing councillors or informants, but depending on context, it may be unsafe and unrealistic to assume that women will take on such roles. ...

News

Friday, 23 Apr 2021

New Article on Women as ‘new security actors’ in preventing and countering violent extremism in Mali

"The frames of counterterrorism and countering violent extremism are increasingly shaping much international engagement in Mali.

News

Monday, 8 Mar 2021

Jenny Lorentzen Talks Malian Women's Fight for Peace on PRIO’s Peace in a Pod

In honor of International Women's Day, we're highlighting the research of Jenny Lorentzen.

News

Friday, 18 Dec 2020

December Issue of Gender, Peace and Security Update is Out

The June 2020 issue of the PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update is out now.

PRIO Paper

2019

Participation des femmes aux processus de paix et de réconciliation au Mali

PRIO Paper

PRIO Blogs

Tuesday, 13 Feb 2018

Women’s Inclusion in the Peace Process in Mali

Women have been marginalized throughout the Malian peace process and their inclusion has received little priority, contrary to UN Security Council resolutions on the involvement of women in peace processes. Although legislation and policy frameworks promoting their inclusion are in place, implementation is lagging behind. Despite difficulties in the Malian ...

Current projects

Project

Jan 2013 –

High-Level Seminars on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Processes

Led by Torunn L. Tryggestad.

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