日時：2025年2月8日（土）13時～16時
場所：稲盛財団記念館3階 中会議室
京都大学大学院アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科/京都大学アフリカ地域研究資料センター
（Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University）
演題： Negotiating Unintended Marital Outcomes of using Modern Contraceptives in Uganda
(研究会題目：Situating Gender, Sexuality and Family in Eastern Africa: Lessons and Challenges from Uganda and Beyond）
講師：Prof. Peter Atekyereza (Makerere University)
要旨：In most parts of Africa virility and womanhood are strongly revered because they relate to their ability to bring forth new life, which is considered a sign of God’s favour and blessing and an important rhythm of nature. The manifestation of this form of sexuality was structured and regulated through socio-cultural beliefs and norms. Traditionally, getting pregnant outside marriage in Africa was abominable and culprits were severely punished. Birth of a child was and remains instrumental to peace and stability of family relations and society: traditionally, it was a joyous moment for biological parents and relatives both the living and departed. Overtime, the value of children, especially the number of children a family can have, has become contentious. Development economists argue that uncontrolled population growth is responsible for poverty and deprivation among families in high fertility rural regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Hence, beyond the indigenous and/or traditional methods of contraception, the use of modern contraceptives has been promoted for better family planning and maternal and child health. However, the use of modern contraceptives has had unintended results, which have affected spousal relationships sometimes leading to contradictory outcomes. This presentation focuses on some of these contradictory outcomes and their implications for marital sexual arrangements and stability.
連絡先：Wakana Shiino wakana[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp
申し込み：https://forms.gle/Ed61xFJRSAQ36iHZ6 2025年2月6日締切
備考：以下の研究グループとの共催
ILCAA Joint Research Projects (by Visiting Researchers: Prof. Peter Atekyereza'Revisiting the Ecological Family Perspective to Reposition Functioning of Families in Uganda into Contemporary Development, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists(23K12341)「現代ウガンダ北西部の都市開発と社会的ステレオタイプの再生産・克服に関する研究」(PI: Nobuko Yamazaki), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)(23K22041) 'Volcanic Dynamics of Sexualities, Marriage, and Singleness in Contemporary East African Societies', (PI:Wakana Shiino).