by admin | Jun 11, 2016 | Cultural safety, Inequalities, Maternity, Migration, Multiculturalism, Nursing, Power relations, Racism, Refugees, Women, Writing
Cite as: DeSouza, R. (2016, June 1st). Keynote address-Providing Culturally Safe Maternal and Child Healthcare, Multicultural Health Research to Practice Forum: Early Interventions in Maternal and Child Health, Program, Organised by the Multicultural Health Service,...
by admin | Jun 11, 2016 | Aotearoa New Zealand, Cultural safety, Feminism, Maternity, Migration, Nursing, Research, Women, Writing
Unpublished manuscript that never found an appropriate institutional home, but sharing for those who might be interested. Cite as: DeSouza, R., & Butt, D. (2016, June 11). “I had to keep my options open”: White mothers and neoliberal maternity. [Web log post]....
by admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Feminism, Food, Inequalities, Maternity, Migration, Multiculturalism, Nursing, Power relations, Women, Writing
I attended the 5th International Conference on Nutrition and Nurture in Infancy and Childhood: Relational, Bio-cultural and Spatial Perspectives from Wednesday, 5 November 2014 – Friday, 7 November 2014. Those who know me or follow my work will know that I am...
by admin | May 11, 2014 | Fathers, Feminism, Inequalities, Maternity, Women, Writing
I’ve written a lot about maternity, an interest derived from my clinical nursing practice and an interest in the intellectual and political ways in which women’s bodies have been mobilised in nationalist state interests. My interest in...
by admin | Mar 12, 2014 | Colonialism, Cultural safety, Feminism, Inequalities, language, Maternity, Migration, Multiculturalism, Nursing, Power relations, Professional development, Racism, Research, Women
Cite as: DeSouza, Ruth. (2014). One woman’s empowerment is another’s oppression: Korean migrant mothers on giving birth in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. doi: 10.1177/1043659614523472. Download pdf (262KB) DeSouza J Transcult Nurs-2014....
by admin | Jul 25, 2013 | Australia, Colonialism, Feminism, Inequalities, Maternity, Power relations, Racism, Women, Writing
As a child I was enchanted by the idea of princesses and fairy godmothers and obsessed with the story of Sleeping Beauty. I even directed classmates in a play version of it in the playground of my Nairobi primary school. In case you aren’t familiar with the...
