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Sex, gender and identity in Aotearoa New Zealand : contemporary problems and what to do about them. University of Auckland Winter Lecture Series 2020 A series of lectures delivered by Jennifer Curtin, Tracey McIntosh, Caroline Blyth, Anjum Rahman and Nicola Gavey [Webinars]

Contributor(s): Curtin, Jennifer | McIntosh, Tracey | Blyth, Caroline | Rahman, Anjum | Gavey, Nicola.
Material type: materialTypeLabelVisual materialPublisher: University of Auckland, 2020Description: 5 recorded webinars available online.Subject(s): CRIME | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | FAMILY VIOLENCE | GENDER EQUALITY | HOMICIDE | INTERSECTIONALITY | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | LGBTIQ+ | MĀORI | MASCULINITY | MUSLIM WOMEN | PREVENTION | PRISONERS | RACISM | SEXUAL VIOLENCE | WĀHINE | WOMEN | WOMEN PRISONERS | YOUNG MEN | YOUNG WOMEN | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: Lecture 1 - Professor Jennifer Curtin (41:34 min) | Lecture 2 - Professor Tracey McIntosh (46:37 min) | Lecture 3 - Dr Caroline Blyth (45:23 min) | Lecture 4 - Anjum Rahman (42:05 min) | Lecture 5 - Professor Nicola Gavey | Winter Lecture Series 2020
Contents:
Rethinking the representation of women: Politics and Aotearoa New Zealand's "diversity dilemma" / Professor Jennifer Curtin. 28 July 2020 (Lecture 1) Wāhine Māori and prison / Professor Tracey McIntosh, 3 August 2020 (Lecture 2) "An unlikely and lovable murderer”: Depictions of intimate partner homicide in the media and popular culture / Dr Caroline Blyth, 31 August 2020 (Lecture 3) Inequity within gender: Dealing with bigotry and racism / Anjum Rahman, 8 September 2020 (Lecture 4) Beyond consent: Sexual violence prevention with young men / Professor Nicola Gavey, 30 September 2020 (Lecture 5). Note: The lecture "The problem with masculinity" by Dr Ciara Cremin was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions
Summary: Aotearoa New Zealand is often regarded as world-leading in regards to gender equity, but many troubling trends remain. Internationally high levels of sexual harm require new strategies to overcome gender norms and other inequalities that perpetuate intimate partner and family violence. To overturn these norms we need to be honest about how a cultural fascination with narratives and images of sexual violence frame certain victims (white, middle-class, young, female) as less blameworthy and more deserving of sympathy than others. Huge increases in the female prison population, particularly amongst wāhine Māori, require new ways of thinking about the role of incarceration in addressing problems intimately connected to colonisation and institutional discrimination. Similarly, we cannot expect to overcome discrimination against Muslim New Zealanders without considering how contemporary gender debates can often exclude those from minority ethnic group backgrounds. Significant rates of mental health issues and suicide generally, but especially amongst trans and non-gender binary individuals, further focus attention on the need to rethink gender categories and what they mean. Given significant change is unlikely to occur without strong political action, our Parliament and other representative institutions must reflect the diversity of ‘we’ are as New Zealanders. In starting to address these issues, the speakers in the 2020 Winter Lecture Series will explore the multiple dimensions that shape sex, gender and identity issues in 21st century Aotearoa New Zealand. They will remind us of the importance of representation and the gains made while encouraging us to think beyond counting bodies or reducing gender equity to ‘women’s issues’. The lectures in this series will also demonstrate the intersectionality of gender and other issues such as class, ethnicity and sexuality, providing direction for what justice demands if Aotearoa New Zealand is to be a truly gender-inclusive country. (From the website). Five lectures were delivered from July to September 2020. Lecture 5 in the series was cancelled. Record #6823
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Rethinking the representation of women: Politics and Aotearoa New Zealand's "diversity dilemma" / Professor Jennifer Curtin. 28 July 2020 (Lecture 1) Wāhine Māori and prison / Professor Tracey McIntosh, 3 August 2020 (Lecture 2) "An unlikely and lovable murderer”: Depictions of intimate partner homicide in the media and popular culture / Dr Caroline Blyth, 31 August 2020 (Lecture 3) Inequity within gender: Dealing with bigotry and racism / Anjum Rahman, 8 September 2020 (Lecture 4) Beyond consent: Sexual violence prevention with young men / Professor Nicola Gavey, 30 September 2020 (Lecture 5). Note: The lecture "The problem with masculinity" by Dr Ciara Cremin was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions

Aotearoa New Zealand is often regarded as world-leading in regards to gender equity, but many troubling trends remain. Internationally high levels of sexual harm require new strategies to overcome gender norms and other inequalities that perpetuate intimate partner and family violence.

To overturn these norms we need to be honest about how a cultural fascination with narratives and images of sexual violence frame certain victims (white, middle-class, young, female) as less blameworthy and more deserving of sympathy than others. Huge increases in the female prison population, particularly amongst wāhine Māori, require new ways of thinking about the role of incarceration in addressing problems intimately connected to colonisation and institutional discrimination.

Similarly, we cannot expect to overcome discrimination against Muslim New Zealanders without considering how contemporary gender debates can often exclude those from minority ethnic group backgrounds. Significant rates of mental health issues and suicide generally, but especially amongst trans and non-gender binary individuals, further focus attention on the need to rethink gender categories and what they mean.

Given significant change is unlikely to occur without strong political action, our Parliament and other representative institutions must reflect the diversity of ‘we’ are as New Zealanders.

In starting to address these issues, the speakers in the 2020 Winter Lecture Series will explore the multiple dimensions that shape sex, gender and identity issues in 21st century Aotearoa New Zealand. They will remind us of the importance of representation and the gains made while encouraging us to think beyond counting bodies or reducing gender equity to ‘women’s issues’.

The lectures in this series will also demonstrate the intersectionality of gender and other issues such as class, ethnicity and sexuality, providing direction for what justice demands if Aotearoa New Zealand is to be a truly gender-inclusive country. (From the website). Five lectures were delivered from July to September 2020. Lecture 5 in the series was cancelled. Record #6823