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Celebrating African women in Aotearoa New Zealand

by admin | Mar 31, 2012 | Africa, Multiculturalism, Women, Writing

I was honoured to be invited by the African Community Forum Incorporated to attend and speak at an event on March 10th 2012 to celebrate International Women’s Day. I have written elsewhere about my links with East Africa. Briefly, I was born in Tabora Tanzania...

Shifting Out the Sweetness: Migrant Motherhood in New Zealand

by admin | Apr 7, 2007 | Goa, Maternity, Migration, Women

DeSouza, R. (2007). Sifting out the sweetness: Migrant motherhood in New Zealand. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Reproduction, Childbearing and Motherhood: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (pp. 239-251). New York: Nova Science Publishers. Abstract Migration leads to...

The ultimate engagement of life: Being mentally healthy

by admin | Mar 11, 2007 | Goa, Mental health, Migration, Multiculturalism

Published in (2007) Asian Magazine, 4. I came across a wonderful definition of health by Jesse Williams in 1928 the other day in a book that I was reading. Williams defines health as being “the optimal condition of being that allows for the ultimate engagement...

Mutual sustenance: Goan women and the Catholic church in New Zealand

by admin | Apr 30, 2006 | Faith, Goa, Maternity, Women

First published in Goanet Reader Sun, 30 Apr 2006 and also published in the Indian Catholic May 21,2006 On December 3 2005, Catholic Goans in Auckland, New Zealand celebrated the Feast of St Francis Xavier with a mass in Konkani, the first time such an event had been...

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  • Participatory research methods for investigating digital health literacy in culturally and linguistically diverse communities
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  • Being an ally, not just on International Day of People with Disability…but, every day.
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  • How inclusive is craftivism?
  • What does meaningful participation look like in Citizen Science?

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