Sex and Gender in the Pacific: Contemporary Perspectives on Sexuality, Gender and Health

About

Angela Kelly-Hanku is Senior Principal Research Fellow in the Sexual and Reproductive Health Unit at the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research and a Scientia associate professor in the Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society Faculty of Medicine at UNSW Sydney Australia. She has a background in the social sciences and public health and works at the intersection between culture sexuality gender health and well-being. With colleagues she has undertaken pioneering qualitative and participatory research in Papua New Guinea on a wide range of sexual reproductive and maternal health issues. Angela is committed to working in a collaborative and empowering way with the communities she serves in her research most notably young people people living with HIV people who sell and exchange sex sexuality diverse men and transgender people. Peter Aggleton has a background in the social sciences as applied to well-being education and health. He holds senior professorial positions at a number of universities including The Australian National University in Canberra UNSW Sydney and UCL in London. He is an adjunct professor in the Australian Research Centre for Sex Health and Society at La Trobe University in Melbourne. In addition to his academic work as a researcher teacher editor and writer Peter has served as a senior adviser to UNAIDS UNESCO UNFPA and WHO. He has worked extensively across Africa Asia and Latin America.Anne Malcolm is a freelance consultant with a background in social work and public health. She has decades of experience working with global health programmes providing specialist consultancy and support in programme management design and evaluation to a range of government and non-governmental organisations particularly in the Pacific region.