Sex and Gender in the Pacific: Contemporary Perspectives on Sexuality, Gender and Health

233 Pages·2023·7.843 MB·English

by  Angela Kelly-Hanku, Peter Aggleton, Anne Malcolm

Sex and Gender in the Pacific
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.
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 inter-
section between culture, sexuality, gender, health and well-being. With colleagues, she has un-
dertaken 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.
Sexuality, Culture and Health series
Edited by Peter Aggleton
UNSW, Sydney, Australia
Richard Parker
Columbia University, New York, USA
Sonia Corrêa
ABIA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gary Dowsett
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Shirley Lindenbaum
City University of New York, USA
This series of books offers cutting-edge analysis, current theoretical perspectives and
up-to-the-minute ideas concerning the interface between sexuality, public health,
human rights, culture and social development. It adopts a global and interdisciplinary
perspective in which the needs of poorer countries are given equal status to those of
richer nations. Books are written with a broad range of readers in mind, and will be
invaluable to students, academics and those working in policy and practice. The series
also aims to serve as a spur to practical action in an increasingly globalised world.
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Sex and Gender in the
Pacific
Contemporary Perspectives on
Sexuality, Gender and Health
Edited by Angela Kelly-Hanku,
Peter Aggleton and Anne Malcolm
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DOI: 10.4324/9781003142072
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Contents
List of figures x
List of table xi
List of boxes xii
List of contributors xiii
Acknowledgements xx
1 Introduction: Pacific values, practices and insights into
sexuality, gender and health 1
ANGELA KELLY-HANKU, PETER AGGLETON AND ANNE MALCOLM
PART I
Young people, culture and education 11
2 Pacific youth-led sex-positive responses and gender equity
advocacy in Fiji 13
JANA ALI-TRAILL
3 Weaving policy, theory and practice: Relationships and
sexuality education and Pacific young people in Aotearoa-
New Zealand 27
ANALOSA VEUKISO-ULUGIA, RIKI NOFO’AKIFOLAU AND
KATIE FITZPATRICK
4 Inangaro | Desire: The ‘writing in’ of māpū | young
Cook Islanders’ sexual and relationship desires into
resources for sexuality and relationships education 40
DEBI FUTTER-PUATI
viii Contents
5 A Positive Youth Development approach to addressing
sexual and gender diversity with Pasifika young people
in Australia 53
JIOJI RAVULO
PART II
Sexual and reproductive health and well-being 67
6 Sexual and reproductive health needs, challenges and
opportunities in the Pacific 69
ALYCE N. WILSON, ELISSA C. KENNEDY, AMANDA NOOVAO HILL,
LISA M. VALLELY, PINIP WAPI, ERROLLYN TUNGUNABOE,
MEREDITH TUTUMANG AND ALEC EKEROMA
7 Grassroots action for improved menstrual health and
educational justice with girls in East Kwaio,
Solomon Islands 81
DOROTHY ESAU, MICHELLE REDMAN-MACLAREN,
STEPHANIE WHEELER, RELMAH BARITAMA HARRINGTON AND
KAREN CHEER
8 From burdens to blessings: A Pacific perspective on
infertility and assisted reproductive technologies in
Aotearoa | New Zealand 94
EDMOND S. FEHOKO AND RHONDA M. SHAW
9 Socio-structural influences on young men’s experiences of
sex, pregnancy and pregnancy prevention in Papua New
Guinea 109
HERICK AENO, ELKE MITCHELL, SOPHIE ASE,
RICHARD NAKE TRUMB, PRISCILLA SELON OFI,
ANGELA KELLY-HANKU AND STEPHEN BELL
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 123
TELUSA TU’I’ONETOA, HILARY GORMAN,
KAREN MCMILLAN AND CHRISTINE LINHART
Contents ix
PART III
Belonging, connectedness and justice 139
11 Moana masculinities in the diaspora: Cultural identity
and performance on the dance stage and the sports field 141
ROANNIE NG SHIU, ASETOA SAM PILISI AND
DAVID TAUFUI MIKATO FA‘AVAE
12 Making meaning out of objects: Self, connectedness and
belonging among sexuality diverse men and transgender
women in Papua New Guinea 154
RUTHY BOLI-NEO, JAMEE NEWLAND, ANGELA KELLY-HANKU,
HERICK AENO, PETER AGGLETON AND KERRY H. ROBINSON
13 Localising human rights for men of diverse sexuality,
transgender women and people living with HIV in
Papua New Guinea 167
EMMANUEL PENI AND TIM LEACH
14 Family and gender violence in Chuuk, Micronesia 181
MANUEL RAUCHHOLZ
15 Gender inequality and Pacific-led solutions for a global
problem 192
FIONA HUKULA
Index 205