This paper presents findings from an exploratory study that explored how Shona- Zimbabwean women living permanently in Australia understand and construct sexuality in following migration. Main concepts within sexuality under scrutiny in this paper therefore include: gender, embodiment and intimacy. A core finding of the study presented in this paper is how the Shona-Zimbabwean women primarily constructed sexuality in the framework of gender (womanhood) and thus understood both concepts synonymously. The women perceived that the body and intercourse were culturally constructed as means for procreation only. Intimacy and intercourse for relationship-building were perceived to be Western concepts but became a welcome addition to the migrant ...
In Australia and Canada, the sexual health needs of migrant and refugee women have been of increasin...
Constructions of normative sexuality shape the sexual scripts that women are permitted to adopt and ...
Minority ethnic immigrant women are frequently vulnerable to poor sexual health outcomes, due to poo...
This paper discusses the influence of cross-cultural modes of communication on perceptions of sexual...
A wide range of literature reveals that women in many African societies have historically been faced...
The population of African-Australians with refugee backgrounds from the Horn of Africa has increased...
This study explored how Indigenous women living in Australia understand, experience and construct se...
This paper discusses the influence of cross-cultural modes of communication on perceptions of sexual...
In recent times, there have been emerging issues on the relevance of the feminist movement in sub-Sa...
This study explored how Indigenous women living in Australia understand, experience and construct se...
This paper analyses the power of dress in defining and redefining identities for continental African...
Within sociological discourse, young people"s sexual practices have become an area of particular int...
It is widely recognised that sexual and reproductive health services are underutilised by culturally...
This database was compiled as part of the NWO funded doctoral research project entitled “Decolonised...
The transnational and global flows of people, ideas and capital across borders inescapably shape and...
In Australia and Canada, the sexual health needs of migrant and refugee women have been of increasin...
Constructions of normative sexuality shape the sexual scripts that women are permitted to adopt and ...
Minority ethnic immigrant women are frequently vulnerable to poor sexual health outcomes, due to poo...
This paper discusses the influence of cross-cultural modes of communication on perceptions of sexual...
A wide range of literature reveals that women in many African societies have historically been faced...
The population of African-Australians with refugee backgrounds from the Horn of Africa has increased...
This study explored how Indigenous women living in Australia understand, experience and construct se...
This paper discusses the influence of cross-cultural modes of communication on perceptions of sexual...
In recent times, there have been emerging issues on the relevance of the feminist movement in sub-Sa...
This study explored how Indigenous women living in Australia understand, experience and construct se...
This paper analyses the power of dress in defining and redefining identities for continental African...
Within sociological discourse, young people"s sexual practices have become an area of particular int...
It is widely recognised that sexual and reproductive health services are underutilised by culturally...
This database was compiled as part of the NWO funded doctoral research project entitled “Decolonised...
The transnational and global flows of people, ideas and capital across borders inescapably shape and...
In Australia and Canada, the sexual health needs of migrant and refugee women have been of increasin...
Constructions of normative sexuality shape the sexual scripts that women are permitted to adopt and ...
Minority ethnic immigrant women are frequently vulnerable to poor sexual health outcomes, due to poo...