1st Edition
Sex and Gender in the Pacific Contemporary Perspectives on Sexuality, Gender and Health
This book examines sex, sexuality, gender and health in the Pacific with a focus on three key sets of issues: young people, culture and education; sexual and reproductive health and well-being; and belonging, connectedness and justice.
Bringing together the work of scholars from across the Pacific region, this innovative volume showcases traditional knowledge and diverse disciplinary scholarship of policy and practice relevance. In addition to focusing on relationships, health, education, family and community, chapters engage with a number of cross-cutting themes, including violence, justice and rights, and sexuality and gender diversity. Drawing on the diversity and richness of the Pacific, its cultures, languages and people, the book lays the foundations for future conversations and scholarship for, and by, those within the Pacific.
Sex and Gender in the Pacific is an important resource for students, researchers and practitioners working in Pacific studies, sexuality and gender studies, public health, nursing, public policy, sociology, education and anthropology.
Chapter 1- Introduction: Pacific values, practices and insights into sexuality, gender and health
Angela Kelly-Hanku, Peter Aggleton and Anne Malcolm
Part I Young people, culture and education
Chapter 2- Pacific youth-led sex positive responses and gender equity advocacy in Fiji
Jana Ali-Traill
Chapter 3- Weaving policy, theory and practice: Relationships and sexuality education and Pacific young people in Aotearoa New Zealand
Analosa Veukiso-Ulugia, Riki Nofo’akifolau and Katie Fitzpatrick
Chapter 4- Inangaro | Desire: The ‘writing in’ of māpū | young Cook Islanders’ sexual and relationship desires into resources for sexuality and relationships education
Debi Futter-Puati
Chapter 5- A Positive Youth Development approach to addressing sexual and gender diversity with Pasifika young people in Australia
Jioji Ravulo
Part II Sexual and reproductive health and well-being
Chapter 6- Sexual and reproductive health needs, challenges and opportunities in the Pacific
Alyce N. Wilson, Elissa C. Kennedy, Amanda Noovao Hill, Lisa M. Vallely, Pinip Wapi, Errollyn Tungu, Meredith Tutumang and Alec Ekeroma
Chapter 7- Grassroots action for improved menstrual health and educational justice with girls in East Kwaio, Solomon Islands
Dorothy Esau, Michelle Redman-MacLaren, Stephanie Wheeler, Relmah Baritama Harrington and Karen Cheer
Chapter 8- From burdens to blessings: A Pacific perspective on infertility and assisted reproductive technologies in Aotearoa | New Zealand
Edmond S. Fehoko and Rhonda M. Shaw
Chapter 9- Socio-structural influences on young men’s experiences of sex, pregnancy and pregnancy prevention in Papua New Guinea
Herick Aeno*, Elke Mitchell*, Sophie Ase, Richard Nake Trumb, Priscilla Selon Ofi, Angela Kelly-Hanku and Stephen Bell
Chapter 10- Fofola e fala kae talanoa ‘a e kainga (roll out the mat so that the family can talk): Unplanned pregnancy and support for young women and girls in Tonga
Telusa Tu’i’onetoa*, Hilary Gorman*, Karen McMillan and Christine Linhart
Part III: Belonging, connectedness and justice
Chapter 11- Moana masculinities in the diaspora: Cultural identity and performance on the dance stage and the sports field
Roannie Ng Shiu, Asetoa Sam Pilisi and David Taufui Mikato Fa’avae
Chapter 12- Making meaning out of objects: Self, connectedness and belonging among sexuality diverse men and transgender women in Papua New Guinea
Ruthy Boli-Neo, Jamee Newland, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Herick Aeno, Peter Aggleton and Kerry H. Robinson
Chapter 13- Localising human rights for men of diverse sexuality, transgender women and people living with HIV in Papua New Guinea
Emmanuel Peni and Tim Leach
Chapter 14- Family and gender violence in Chuuk, Micronesia
Manuel Rauchholz
Chapter 15- Gender inequality and Pacific-led solutions for a global problem
Fiona Hukula
Biography
Angela Kelly-Hanku is Senior Principal Research Fellow in the Sexual and Reproductive Health Unit, at the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research and a Scientia associate professor in the Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society, Faculty of Medicine at UNSW Sydney, Australia. She has a background in the social sciences and public health and works at the intersection between culture, sexuality, gender, health and well-being. With colleagues, she has undertaken pioneering qualitative and participatory research in Papua New Guinea on a wide range of sexual, reproductive and maternal health issues. Angela is committed to working in a collaborative and empowering way with the communities she serves in her research, most notably young people, people living with HIV, people who sell and exchange sex, sexuality diverse men and transgender people.
Peter Aggleton has a background in the social sciences as applied to well-being, education and health. He holds senior professorial positions at a number of universities including The Australian National University in Canberra, UNSW Sydney, and UCL in London. He is an adjunct professor in the Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University in Melbourne. In addition to his academic work as a researcher, teacher, editor and writer, Peter has served as a senior adviser to UNAIDS, UNESCO, UNFPA and WHO. He has worked extensively across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Anne Malcolm is a freelance consultant with a background in social work and public health. She has decades of experience working with global health programmes, providing specialist consultancy and support in programme management, design and evaluation to a range of government and non-governmental organisations, particularly in the Pacific region.
