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    Forum: Searching for a Global Solidarity: A Collective Auto-Ethnography of Early-Career Women Researchers in the Asia-Pacific
    (Oxford University Press, 2023-02-01) Agarwal A; Chen C-C; Choi S; Cruz FA; Hoo C-P; Watanabe A
    This forum critically reflects on discrimination faced by early-career women international relations (IR) scholars in the Asia-Pacific region in their workplaces and beyond. By taking a self-ethnographic perspective, six contributors from five countries provide an engaging overview of difficulties they face in their everyday lives. Against the backdrop of this diverse and globalizing region, the contributors are all academic migrants in search of employment and learning opportunities within the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. They lead migratory lives by frequently crossing ideational and material boundaries to contribute to a more diverse IR knowledge base, and they encounter numerous difficulties and forms of discrimination. This forum has two aims. First, in reflecting on the contributors’ own lived experiences, it highlights the diversity of issues faced by early-career women scholars in this region. Second, it calls for novel, more inclusive forms of solidarity that appreciates diversity as plurality across any divides.
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    Interactions between the Public and Assistance Dog Handlers and Trainers
    (MDPI (Basel, Switzerland), 2021-11-24) McManus B; Good G; Yeung P; Hart B
    This research aimed to explore the experiences of handlers and trainers of disability assistance dogs in terms of the types of interactions they had with members of the Aotearoa NZ (NZ) public and how these interactions were perceived, interpreted, and managed. A qualitative method, guided by an interpretive approach and social constructionism, was utilised to collect data via semi-structured interviews with six handlers and six trainers of assistance dogs. Data were analysed using thematic analysis with the social model of disability as the theoretical base. Findings indicated that participants regularly faced a complex range of unique interactions due to various factors such as the public’s lack of knowledge and understanding of the dog’s role and right of access to public places. While participants encountered brief friendly comments about the dog and its role, other encounters involved long conversations, invasive personal questions, interference with their dogs, and denied access to businesses, cafés, restaurants, and public transport. These findings underpin the need to provide more education to the public on the etiquette of engaging with handlers and their assistance dogs and more support for businesses to understand the legal rights of handlers. Through education and support to change societal attitudes and remove structural barriers, disabled people using assistance dogs may be able to independently participate in community life and be fully included without hindrance.
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    Determining the value of Māori nurses in Aotearoa : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Business Studies (Management), School of Management, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
    (Massey University, 2020) Te Whata, Tracy Deborah
    This thesis examines the experiences of Māori Registered nurses within Aotearoa, New Zealand. This research offers an understanding of how Nursing discourse is embedded within legislation, regulatory bodies, and nursing practice and its direct impact on the health and well-being of Māori nurses. This discourse continues to marginalise and undervalue tikanga. As Māori nurse’s workplace expectations of cultural responsibilities are undertaken over and above standard nursing practices. Māori nurses often get allocated what was coined ‘difficult’ or complex Māori patient and their whānau. Māori nurses must ensure whānau are kept culturally safe while navigating and advocating for whānau in health care organisations where 1 in 2 Māori nurses face racism and discrimination. This thesis explored the experiences of Māori registered nurses using a kaupapa Māori, mixed-method approach. The survey was distributed during a two-week period during Covid-19. Five semi-structured interviews were completed, and responses were used to inform a survey of which there were 342 respondents. Once the data was cleaned, 333 valid responses were used to examine the perspective of Māori Registered nurses. Also identified were the experiences of Māori nurses and the impact on career advancement, use of tikanga in practice, cultural identity, professional development, and racism and discrimination within their work environment. This thesis’s findings validated the lack of leadership, opportunities, and responsive practices required to ensure Māori nurses are supported and valued not only within their profession but within their organisations honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi requires creating real change for Māori nursing professionals to ensure they feel valued in their workplace, are fairly remunerated, and feel safe to identify and practice as Māori within their workplace.
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    Representing Islam: Experiences of women wearing hijab in New Zealand
    (New Zealand Psychological Society Inc, 15/04/2019) Ash E; Tuffin K; Kahu E
    An increase in commentary on the hijab, or Muslim headscarf, in Western countries can be attributed to multiple factors, not least among them the current political discourse relating to Islamic terrorism (Green, 2015). Despite Islam being a rapidly expanding religion in New Zealand, there is a dearth of research pertaining to Muslims. Here we aim to understand the everyday experiences of hijabi women in New Zealand. Six women were interviewed, and the data were analysed using an interpretive phenomenological framework. Three themes were identified: explanations for wearing hijab, interpersonal experiences, and the responses to these interpersonal experiences. Research findings point to a complex interplay of individual and socio-cultural factors which influence the everyday experiences of hijabi women.