Senior Lecturer
Overview
I am an anthropologist, and my research focuses on stigma and racism, particularly in in eastern Indonesia, West Papua, and Papua New Guinea. My work contributes to discussions of racialisation, sovereignties, and vulnerabilities, by looking across different contexts, including education, employment, health, and gender.
I have three current research projects.
- Reproductive sovereignty - Indigenous Papuan experiences of antenatal care and hospital delivery, especially caesarean births (funded by a UQ grant).
- Health, social and economic vulnerabilities and resilience in Indonesia (funded by an ARC Discovery Project grant, with colleagues from UWA and Oxford)
- Engaging customary leaders in HIV prevention in West Papua, Indonesia (DFAT-Australia Indonesia Institute, in collaboration with Dr Els Rieke Katmo, Universitas Negeri Papua)
Some recent publications:
- Culture vs Consent: Distrust in doctors’ decision making around c-sections is a key cause of Papuans’ avoidance of hospitals, ICulture vs consent - Inside Indonesia
- Global HIV Interventions and Technocratic Racism in a West Papuan NGO, Medical Anthropology, DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2020.1739036
- Dreams made small: The education of Papuan highlanders in Indonesia (Berghahn, 2018)
- Indigenous Masculinities and the “Refined Politics” of Alcohol and Racialization in West Papua, The Contemporary Pacific volume 31, Number 1, 36–63
- Let’s talk more about racism in Indonesia, The Conversation
- From 'Stone-Age' to 'Real-Time': Exploring Papuan Temporalities, Mobilities and Religiosities
- And numerous policy briefs published by the Australian National University
I teach undergraduate and postgraduate anthropology courses on colonialism, racism, development, health, gender, and social theory with a regional focus on Indonesia and the Pacific. I also coordinate Honours Research Seminar B.
Research Impacts
My research has contributed evidence that challenges and changes the way that HIV interventions are developed and implemented in Indonesia. For example, I was part of a team that developed and launched an Indigenous HIV Prevention Strategy for Tanah Papua, funded by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. This work draws on local best practices and experiences to define an agenda and priority actions for HIV prevention in the fastest growing HIV epidemic in our region. I also conducted the first study of preventing parent to child HIV transmission in West Papua province, providing valuable insights into the lives of Indigenous mothers with HIV to guide health policy. I have shared my work on HIV in West Papua on ABC Radio, and recently discussed violence in the Papuan highlands in the Talking Indonesia podcast. I inform and evaluate critical social, gender and health programmes with the Australian government (DFAT) and the United Nations. In doing so my work has contributed new ideas about how global health initiatives intersect with critical political conditions in local contexts and how we can improve these dynamics.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University
Publications
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Journal Article: ‘Saving our people’: health workers, medical citizenship, and vernacular sovereignties in West Papua
Munro, Jenny (2020). ‘Saving our people’: health workers, medical citizenship, and vernacular sovereignties in West Papua. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 26 (3) 1467-9655.13318, 633-651. doi: 10.1111/1467-9655.13318
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Journal Article: Global HIV interventions and technocratic racism in a West Papuan NGO
Munro, Jenny (2020). Global HIV interventions and technocratic racism in a West Papuan NGO. Medical Anthropology, 39 (8), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2020.1739036
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Journal Article: Indigenous masculinities and the “refined politics” of alcohol and racialization in West Papua
Munro, Jenny (2019). Indigenous masculinities and the “refined politics” of alcohol and racialization in West Papua. The Contemporary Pacific, 31 (3), 36-63. doi: 10.1353/cp.2019.0005
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Book: Dreams made small: the education of Papuan highlanders in Indonesia
Munro, Jenny (2018). Dreams made small: the education of Papuan highlanders in Indonesia. New York, United States: Berghahn Books. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvw04f91
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Book Chapter: Gender struggles of educated men in the Papuan highlands
Munro, Jenny (2017). Gender struggles of educated men in the Papuan highlands. Transformations of gender in Melanesia. (pp. 45-67) edited by Martha Macintyre and Ceridwen Spark. Acton, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/tgm.02.2017.02
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Journal Article: (Not) getting political: indigenous women and preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in West Papua
Munro, Jenny and McIntyre, Lynn (2016). (Not) getting political: indigenous women and preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in West Papua. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 18 (2), 156-170. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2015.1070436
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Journal Article: Compelling evidence: research methods, politics and HIV/AIDS in Papua, Indonesia
Munro, Jenny and Butt, Leslie (2012). Compelling evidence: research methods, politics and HIV/AIDS in Papua, Indonesia. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 13 (4), 334-351. doi: 10.1080/14442213.2012.694467
Grants
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Engaging adat leaders to support HIV prevention and care
(2019–2021) Australia Indonesia Institute
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Indigenous reproductive sovereignty and health services in Indonesia
(2018–2019) UQ Early Career Researcher
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Understanding the Social, Economic and Health Vulnerabilities in Indonesia (UWA led DP)
(2017–2020) University of Western Australia
Supervision
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How culture tunes technology and technology tunes cultures of healthcare: An ethnographic study of rural healthcare and the design and use of artificial intelligent (Ai) technologies
Doctor Philosophy
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Even 40 Skills Are Not Enough for a Man: Changing Masculinities, Responsibilities, and Moral Landscapes in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Doctor Philosophy
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Freedom on a Thread: Living in limbo as part of the `asylum legacy caseload¿
Doctor Philosophy
Publications
Featured Publications
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‘Saving our people’: health workers, medical citizenship, and vernacular sovereignties in West Papua
Munro, Jenny (2020). ‘Saving our people’: health workers, medical citizenship, and vernacular sovereignties in West Papua. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 26 (3) 1467-9655.13318, 633-651. doi: 10.1111/1467-9655.13318
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Global HIV interventions and technocratic racism in a West Papuan NGO
Munro, Jenny (2020). Global HIV interventions and technocratic racism in a West Papuan NGO. Medical Anthropology, 39 (8), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2020.1739036
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Indigenous masculinities and the “refined politics” of alcohol and racialization in West Papua
Munro, Jenny (2019). Indigenous masculinities and the “refined politics” of alcohol and racialization in West Papua. The Contemporary Pacific, 31 (3), 36-63. doi: 10.1353/cp.2019.0005
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Dreams made small: the education of Papuan highlanders in Indonesia
Munro, Jenny (2018). Dreams made small: the education of Papuan highlanders in Indonesia. New York, United States: Berghahn Books. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvw04f91
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Gender struggles of educated men in the Papuan highlands
Munro, Jenny (2017). Gender struggles of educated men in the Papuan highlands. Transformations of gender in Melanesia. (pp. 45-67) edited by Martha Macintyre and Ceridwen Spark. Acton, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/tgm.02.2017.02
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Munro, Jenny and McIntyre, Lynn (2016). (Not) getting political: indigenous women and preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in West Papua. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 18 (2), 156-170. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2015.1070436
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Compelling evidence: research methods, politics and HIV/AIDS in Papua, Indonesia
Munro, Jenny and Butt, Leslie (2012). Compelling evidence: research methods, politics and HIV/AIDS in Papua, Indonesia. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 13 (4), 334-351. doi: 10.1080/14442213.2012.694467
Book
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Dreams made small: the education of Papuan highlanders in Indonesia
Munro, Jenny (2018). Dreams made small: the education of Papuan highlanders in Indonesia. New York, United States: Berghahn Books. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvw04f91
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From ‘Stone-Age’ to ‘Real-Time’: exploring Papuan temporalities, mobilities and religiosities
Martin Slama and Jenny Munro eds. (2015). From ‘Stone-Age’ to ‘Real-Time’: exploring Papuan temporalities, mobilities and religiosities. Monographs in Anthropology, Canberra, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/fsart.04.2015
Book Chapter
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Facts, feasts, and forests: considering truth and reconciliation in Tanah Papua
Biderman, Todd and Munro, Jenny (2018). Facts, feasts, and forests: considering truth and reconciliation in Tanah Papua. Flowers in the wall: truth and reconciliation in Timor-Leste, Indonesia, and Melanesia. (pp. 205-232) edited by David Webster. Calgary, AB, Canada: University of Calgary Press.
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Butt, Leslie, Munro, Jenny and Numbery, Gerdha (2017). Adding insult to injury: experiences of mobile HIV-positive women who return home for treatment in Tanah Papua, Indonesia. Mobilities of return: Pacific perspectives. (pp. 147-170) edited by John Taylor and Helen Lee. Canberra, ACT Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/mr.12.2017.07
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Gender struggles of educated men in the Papuan highlands
Munro, Jenny (2017). Gender struggles of educated men in the Papuan highlands. Transformations of gender in Melanesia. (pp. 45-67) edited by Martha Macintyre and Ceridwen Spark. Acton, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/tgm.02.2017.02
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Slama, Martin and Munro, Jenny (2015). From ‘Stone-Age’ to ‘Real-Time’: exploring Papuan temporalities, mobilities and religiosities – an introduction. From 'Stone-Age' to 'Real-Time': Exploring Papuan Temporalities, Mobilities and Religiosities. (pp. 1-37) edited by Martin Slama and Jenny Munro. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/fsart.04.2015.01
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“Now we know shame”: Malu and Stigma among Highlanders in the Papuan Diaspora
Munro, Jenny (2015). “Now we know shame”: Malu and Stigma among Highlanders in the Papuan Diaspora. From ‘Stone-Age’ to ‘Real-Time’: Exploring Papuan Temporalities, Mobilities and Religiosities. (pp. 171-196) edited by Slama, Martin and Munro, Jenny. ACT, Canberra: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/fsart.04.2015.07
Journal Article
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‘Saving our people’: health workers, medical citizenship, and vernacular sovereignties in West Papua
Munro, Jenny (2020). ‘Saving our people’: health workers, medical citizenship, and vernacular sovereignties in West Papua. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 26 (3) 1467-9655.13318, 633-651. doi: 10.1111/1467-9655.13318
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#BlackLivesMatter shines a light on webs of racism in West Papua
Munro, Jenny (2020, 06 15). #BlackLivesMatter shines a light on webs of racism in West Papua Indonesia at Melbourne online-online.
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Lessons from HIV/AIDS for the fight against COVID-19 in Indonesia
Munro, Jenny and Richards-Hewat, Sarah (2020, 05 05). Lessons from HIV/AIDS for the fight against COVID-19 in Indonesia The Conversation Indonesia
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Global HIV interventions and technocratic racism in a West Papuan NGO
Munro, Jenny (2020). Global HIV interventions and technocratic racism in a West Papuan NGO. Medical Anthropology, 39 (8), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2020.1739036
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Indigenous masculinities and the “refined politics” of alcohol and racialization in West Papua
Munro, Jenny (2019). Indigenous masculinities and the “refined politics” of alcohol and racialization in West Papua. The Contemporary Pacific, 31 (3), 36-63. doi: 10.1353/cp.2019.0005
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West Papuan refugees in Papua New Guinea: on the way to citizenship?
Munro, Jenny (2016, 07 19). West Papuan refugees in Papua New Guinea: on the way to citizenship? Devpolicy Blog
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Munro, Jenny and McIntyre, Lynn (2016). (Not) getting political: indigenous women and preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in West Papua. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 18 (2), 156-170. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2015.1070436
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Munro, Jenny, Patterson, Patrick B. and McIntyre, Lynn (2015). “Your father is no more”: insights on guardianship and abandonment from ultrapoor women heads of household in Bangladesh. Womens Studies International Forum, 53, 43-52. doi: 10.1016/j.wsif.2015.09.005
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The president and the Papua powder keg
Munro, Jenny (2015, 06 24). The president and the Papua powder keg New Mandala
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Politics hinders the fight against HIV in West Papua
Munro, Jenny (2014, 05 01). Politics hinders the fight against HIV in West Papua East Asia Forum
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Munro, Jenny, Parker, Barbara and McIntyre, Lynn (2014). An Intersectionality Analysis of Gender, Indigeneity, and Food Insecurity among Ultrapoor Garo Women in Bangladesh. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 10 (1), 68-82. doi: 10.18357/ijih.101201513202
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Munro, Jenny and Mcintyre, Lynn (2014). Why should I feed her less?: Challenging assumptions on daughter discrimination in the food provisioning values of ultrapoor Bangladeshi female heads of household. Women's Studies International Forum, 45, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.wsif.2014.03.014
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The Violence of Inflated Possibilities: Education, Transformation and Diminishment in Wamena, Papua
Munro, Jenny (2013). The Violence of Inflated Possibilities: Education, Transformation and Diminishment in Wamena, Papua. Indonesia, 95 (1), 25-46. doi: 10.5728/indonesia.95.0025
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"Nobody helps us": insights from ultra-poor Bangladeshi women on being beyond reach
McIntyre, Lynn and Munro, Jenny (2013). "Nobody helps us": insights from ultra-poor Bangladeshi women on being beyond reach. Development in Practice, 23 (2), 157-168. doi: 10.1080/09614524.2013.772118
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Compelling evidence: research methods, politics and HIV/AIDS in Papua, Indonesia
Munro, Jenny and Butt, Leslie (2012). Compelling evidence: research methods, politics and HIV/AIDS in Papua, Indonesia. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 13 (4), 334-351. doi: 10.1080/14442213.2012.694467
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Munro, Jenny (2012). “A diploma and a descendant!” Premarital sexuality, education, and politics among Dani university students in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Journal of Youth Studies, 15 (8), 1011-1027. doi: 10.1080/13676261.2012.693592
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Inclusion and exclusion in mid-life lesbians' experiences of the Pap test
McIntyre, Lynn, Szewchuk, Andrea and Munro, Jenny (2010). Inclusion and exclusion in mid-life lesbians' experiences of the Pap test. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 12 (8), 885-898. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2010.508844
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Rebel girls? Unplanned pregnancy and colonialism in highlands Papua, Indonesia
Butt, Leslie and Munro, Jenny (2007). Rebel girls? Unplanned pregnancy and colonialism in highlands Papua, Indonesia. Culture Health & Sexuality, 9 (6), 585-598. doi: 10.1080/13691050701515324
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Border testimonials: patterns of AIDS awareness across the island of New Guinea
Butt, Leslie, Munro, Jenny and Wong, Joanna (2004). Border testimonials: patterns of AIDS awareness across the island of New Guinea. Papua and New Guinea medical journal, 47 (1-2), 65-76.
Conference Publication
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Home-brewed alcohol, gender and violence in Wamena, Papua
Munro, Jenny (2016). Home-brewed alcohol, gender and violence in Wamena, Papua. International Conference on Social Science and Biodiversity of Papua and Papua New Guinea (ICSBP 2015), Jayapura, Indonesia, 16–17 November 2015. Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Knowledge E. doi: 10.18502/kss.v1i1.428
Other Outputs
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Munro, Jenny, Katmo, Els Rieke and Wetipo, Meki (2020, 08 27). Culture vs consent: Distrust in doctors’ decision making around c-sections is a key cause of Papuans’ avoidance of hospitals Inside Indonesia
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Munro, Jenny and Hoffstaedter, Gerhard (2020, 06 22). COVID-19 and “medical citizenship”: How the pandemic is generating new forms of belonging and exclusion ABC Religion and Ethics
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Indigenous Women, Antenatal Care and Childbirth in Papua, Indonesia
Munro, Jenny (2016). Indigenous Women, Antenatal Care and Childbirth in Papua, Indonesia. Canberra, ACT, Australia: State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program, Australian National University.
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‘Luxury’ and ‘Disturbances’: Women’s Views on City Life in Honiara Settlements
Munro, Jenny and Carpenter, Jessica (2016). ‘Luxury’ and ‘Disturbances’: Women’s Views on City Life in Honiara Settlements. Canberra, ACT, Australia: State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program, Australian National University.
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Engaging Indigenous leaders in Tanah Papua’s HIV responses
Munro, Jenny (2015). Engaging Indigenous leaders in Tanah Papua’s HIV responses. SSGM In Brief. 52. Australian National University.
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‘HIV is our problem together': developing an Indigenous-led response to HIV in Tanah Papua
Munro, Jenny (2015). ‘HIV is our problem together': developing an Indigenous-led response to HIV in Tanah Papua. SSGM In Brief. 5. Australian National University.
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Papuan Perspectives on Family Planning, Fertility and Birth Control
Munro, Jenny (2014). Papuan Perspectives on Family Planning, Fertility and Birth Control. SSGM Discussion Paper. 2014/7. Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University.
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Report from the Field: HIV/AIDS in West Papua, July-Sept 2013
Munro, Jenny (2014). Report from the Field: HIV/AIDS in West Papua, July-Sept 2013. SSGM Working Paper. 2014/1. Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University.
Grants (Administered at UQ)
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Engaging adat leaders to support HIV prevention and care
(2019–2021) Australia Indonesia Institute
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Indigenous reproductive sovereignty and health services in Indonesia
(2018–2019) UQ Early Career Researcher
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Understanding the Social, Economic and Health Vulnerabilities in Indonesia (UWA led DP)
(2017–2020) University of Western Australia
PhD and MPhil Supervision
Current Supervision
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How culture tunes technology and technology tunes cultures of healthcare: An ethnographic study of rural healthcare and the design and use of artificial intelligent (Ai) technologies
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
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Even 40 Skills Are Not Enough for a Man: Changing Masculinities, Responsibilities, and Moral Landscapes in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
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Freedom on a Thread: Living in limbo as part of the `asylum legacy caseload¿
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
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Domestic Violence and Refugee Settlement: Exploring the ideologies and Practice of Service Providers supporting Refugee Women
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
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Exploring girls' participation in education in the highlands region of Papua New Guinea
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
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Discursive Renderings of Medicinal Cannabis Patients: Policy, Practice, Priorities
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
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The impact of feminism on young Chileans women's corporal practices.
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
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The Experience of Domestic Violence Protection Orders in Fiji: lessons from other jurisdictions
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
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Spiritual healing and its impact on mental health: A comparative analysis of Australia and the Solomon Islands
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
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Birthing on the margins: An ethnography of homebirthing in Australia
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Completed Supervision
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(2020) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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(2020) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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