JN (Janice) Lazarus

Dr Janice Lazarus is a Reproductive Justice scholar and interdisciplinary feminist researcher whose work focuses on advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights for marginalised populations. Her research foregrounds the lived experiences of those most affected by structural inequalities and develops conceptual and methodological tools that inform both academic debates and social justice movements.

She completed her PhD in Gender and Sexuality Studies at Birkbeck, University of London (2017-2024). Her doctoral thesis, "Contextualising Stigma within Unmarried Women's Experiences of Abortion in India", drew on in-depth interviews to explore how hierarchical systems of caste, class, and gender sustain stigma and restrict access to health care, offering a structural analysis of reproductive injustice.

At Wageningen University & Research, she is a Postdoctoral Researcher on the PERIODS Project, which looks at Human Rights in the Menstrual Movement. Her current work examines how menstrual stigma and justice are understood and contested. 

Dr Lazarus's work combines rigorous qualitative research with a strong commitment to ethical practice, participant safety and policy translation. She is dedicated to bridging scholarship and practice in order to advance reproductive and menstrual justice globally.