Symposium 6: Strength in Diversity
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| Friday, November 2, 2018 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Princes Ballroom A |
Details
While the concept of diversity is well recognised across the fields of sexual and reproductive health, it can mean different things in different contexts. In this session, speakers will be asked to speak about what diversity means and how it informs the work they do, spanning diverse and intersecting experiences of culture, indigeneity, ethnicity, generation, gender and sexuality. The session aims to build a shared understanding of the strengths that can be forged by drawing on and promoting diversity, and to also provide insights regarding how this might be achieved in practice, including in designing approaches to consultation and engagement, data collection and analysis, and resource development.
Learning objectives:
Increased understanding of how the concept of diversity is conceptualised and deployed across different areas of sexual and reproductive health ; Improved sensitivity to the complexities of diversity and the various intersections between diversities and Expanded awareness of how diversity can meaningfully inform effective practices in sexual and reproductive health promotion
Speaker
Dr Tawhanga Nopera
Health Promotion-takatāpui
Te Whariki Takapou
Dr Analosa Veukiso-ulugia
Lecturer
The University of Auckland
What diversity means with regard to sexual health issues within Pacific communities in Aotearoa New Zealand
2:15 PM - 2:30 PMBiography
Dr Analosa Veukiso-Ulugia, of Samoan descent, is a social work lecturer at the University of Auckland. With extensive experience across clinical, research, management and community settings, Analosa’s research focuses on Pacific sexual health and adolescent wellbeing. Her doctoral study explored factors that influence the sexual health attitudes, knowledge and behaviour of Sāmoan youth in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Dr Jillian Tipene
Researcher
Te Whariki Takapou
Promoting cultural responsiveness to Māori in sexual health research and education: What diversity means
2:30 PM - 2:45 PMBiography
Jillian Tipene is of Te Rarawa and Ngāti Kahu descent and is a mother of one exceptional child. She completed a PhD in te reo Māori and translation theory and ethics at Waikato University in 2014. Jillian works as a researcher with Te Whāriki Takapou, a national Māori sexual and reproductive health organisation, and with Te Kotahi Research Institute at the University of Waikato in the area of whānau, hapū, iwi and Māori community development. She is a member of the Māori Reference Group on Gene Editing with the Royal Society/ Te Apārangi, and a Trustee of the Ireti Puhipi Whānau Trust, based in Kaitāia.
Associate Professor James Ward
Head Infectious Diseases- Aboriginal Health
SAHMRI
What diversity means in responding to endemic and emerging STIs in remote Aboriginal communities
2:45 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Assoc. Prof James Ward has over 20 years of experience working within Aboriginal health and communities in Australia. He is a descendent of the Pitjantjatjara and Nurrunga clans of central and south Australia and currently leads a research program in infectious diseases and alcohol and other drugs at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute in Adelaide.
Aych McArdle
What diversity means in promoting the empowerment of young LGBTIQ people today?
3:00 PM - 3:15 PMBiography
Aych McArdle is a human rights activist based in Tāmaki Makaurau working in the intersections between health, education and social services.
Aych has worked across many rainbow community organisations and initiatives in Aotearoa and brings a wealth of experience in working in the "in-between" spaces. Currently the research and human rights expert at the Intersex Trust of Aotearoa New Zealand, Local Advisory Member of CCS Disability Action, Executive Board member at OUTLine and project collaborator at ReFrame
Aych McArdle
Panel Discussion
3:15 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Dr Tawhanga Nopera
Health Promotion-takatāpui
Te Whariki Takapou
Panel Discussion
3:15 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Dr Jillian Tipene
Researcher
Te Whariki Takapou
Panel Discussion
3:15 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Dr Analosa Veukiso-ulugia
Lecturer
The University of Auckland
Panel Discussion
3:15 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Dr Analosa Veukiso-Ulugia, of Samoan descent, is a social work lecturer at the University of Auckland. With extensive experience across clinical, research, management and community settings, Analosa’s research focuses on Pacific sexual health and adolescent wellbeing. Her doctoral study explored factors that influence the sexual health attitudes, knowledge and behaviour of Sāmoan youth in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Associate Professor James Ward
Head Infectious Diseases- Aboriginal Health
SAHMRI
Panel Discussion
3:15 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Chair
Terryann Clark
Senior Lecturer
Auckland University
Christy Newman
Professor
Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney
