by admin | Mar 11, 2013 | Colonialism, Cultural safety, Feminism, Inequalities, Maternity, Migration, Multiculturalism, Nursing, Power relations, Racism, Women, Writing
I’ve just had the first paper from my PhD published: DeSouza, R. (2013), Regulating migrant maternity: Nursing and midwifery’s emancipatory aims and assimilatory practices. Nursing Inquiry. doi: 10.1111/nin.12020 In contemporary Western societies, birthing is...
by admin | Mar 8, 2013 | Faith, Feminism, Inequalities, Islamophobia, language, Media, Mental health, Migration, Multiculturalism, Racism, Refugees, Women, Writing
Today on International Women’s Day, it seems apt to share this article that I wrote on behalf of our research team for the Women’s Health Action Update, volume 16, Number 43, December 2012. Women’s Health Action is a charitable trust, that works to...
by admin | Mar 8, 2013 | Maternity, Mental health, Migration, Multiculturalism, Nursing, Power relations, Women, Writing
I am a member of the Perinatal Mental Health New Zealand Trust (PMHNZ) whose vision is to : “improve outcomes for families and whanau affected by mental illness related to pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood”. They produce a quarterly newsletter...
by admin | Dec 27, 2012 | Colonialism, Indigenous, Inequalities, Migration, Multiculturalism, Power relations, Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi, Women, Writing
When my parents were considering migrating from East Africa, their focus was on the white settler contexts of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. For a bunch of reasons I won’t go into here, they settled on Aotearoa New Zealand. A part of me...
by admin | Sep 1, 2012 | Cultural safety, Faith, Feminism, Islamophobia, Media, Migration, Multiculturalism, Racism, Women, Writing
I am interested in the issue of fairness. Anyone with siblings might be I would think. Whether it’s about making sure everyone gets an equally sized piece of cake or equal chances to speak, fairness has been a driving force in my life that I might have...
by admin | Aug 16, 2012 | Inequalities, Media, Migration, Refugees, Women, Writing
Recently the report “Doing it for ourselves and our children: Refugee women on their own in New Zealand” was launched in Auckland, New Zealand. The project was jointly undertaken by AUT University and Refugee Services New Zealand with the support,...
