Transformations of Gender in Melanesia

• Main Author: Spark, Ceridwen (auth, Editor)
• Other Authors: Macintyre, Martha (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: ANU Press 2017
• Series: Pacific Series
• Subjects: Society & culture: general; Gender studies: women; Gender studies, gender groups; Sociology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Despite the plethora of research on gender and the many projects designed to improve their status in the Pacific region, women continue to be disadvantaged and marginalised in social, economic and political spheres. How are we to understand this and what does it mean for researchers, policy-makers a...