Blog – Alternative Rites of Passage

An overview of the blog posts that appeared on this website:

Are Alternative Rites of Passage (ARPs) gender transformative?, 16 May 2022

What are ARPs a passage to?, 6 February 2022

We are very keen to generate discussion, so please feel free and use the comment section to respond to the blog posts. If you prefer not to give your name, you can simply give your background, such as development practitioner, academic, policymaker, NGO staff. Your email address won’t be shown on the page. We look forward to hearing from you!

Would you like to contribute to the blog series?

We welcome blogs on all aspects of ARPs, from scholars, practitioners and others with knowledge of or interest in this subject.

If you are new to writing blogs, you can always send us some ‘first thoughts’, and we can advise you on how to turn it into a blog. Take a look at some good blogs to get an idea of what it takes to make a good one.

Some basic tips:

· Keep it short, maximum 800 words. Preferably between 600 and 800.

· Write clearly, accessibly and concisely. No academic jargon please. Or if you use any, briefly explain it. Do not assume that your readers are either scholars or practitioners. Spell out all acronymns, apart from ARP.

· Choose one topic, and make three or four main points about it. It’s not a good idea to try and say too much in a blog.

· You can be provocative! We want to generate discussion and debate.

The blogs editor, Lotte Hughes, reserves the right to edit your blog. She will discuss any changes with you before publishing. Please send your draft blogs to: lotilda@hotmail.com