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.

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.

1.Introduction: Pacific values, practices and insights into sexuality, gender and health. Part I Young people, culture and education. 2.Pacific youth-led sex positive responses and gender equity advocacy in Fiji. 3.Weaving policy, theory and practice: Relationships and sexuality education and Pacific young people in Aotearoa New Zealand. 4.Inangaro | Desire: The 'writing in' of m-p- | young Cook Islanders' sexual and relationship desires into resources for sexuality and relationships education. 5.A Positive Youth Development approach to addressing sexual and gender diversity with Pasifika young people in Australia. Part II Sexual and reproductive health and well-being. 6.Sexual and reproductive health needs, challenges and opportunities in the Pacific. 7.Grassroots action for improved menstrual health and educational justice with girls in East Kwaio, Solomon Islands. 8.From burdens to blessings: A Pacific perspective on infertility and assisted reproductive technologies in Aotearoa | New Zealand. 9.Socio-structural influences on young men's experiences of sex, pregnancy and pregnancy prevention in Papua New Guinea. 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. Part III: Belonging, connectedness and justice. 11.Moana masculinities in the diaspora: Cultural identity and performance on the dance stage and the sports field. 12.Making meaning out of objects: Self, connectedness and belonging among sexuality diverse men and transgender women in Papua New Guinea. 13.Localising human rights for men of diverse sexuality, transgender women and people living with HIV in Papua New Guinea. 14.Family and gender violence in Chuuk, Micronesia. 15.Gender inequality and Pacific-led solutions for a global problem.