7 January 2025Tēnā koutou e Justice Select Committee members My name is Dr Ruth De Souza (FACN). I am writing this submission as an individual New Zealand citizen. I write this as a Registered Nurse, educator, and a migrant to […]
Submission to the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill 2025 Read Post »
I have spent most of my career working with birthing people. I will declare at the outset that I am interested in a critical, holistic, lifespan approach to reproductive and sexual health, rather than a biologically deterministic view. Just as
Why don’t we treat menopause the way we treat birth? Read Post »
“…the neo-liberal academy has compelled me to compete and compare, to work on my own, to overwork, and to count narrowly. At various times, neoliberal ideologies have crept into my mind/writing/body, breaking me down. The academy’s “finite games” of winners
Why write/read book chapters? Community, connection, and creativity. Read Post »
VALA Libraries, Technology and the Future invited my fabulous colleague from Melbourne University Fiona Tweedie and I to participate in a webinar discussion as part of Open Access Week. The webinar was hosted by VALA President, Katie Haden. VALA are an
Can open data disrupt power relations in health and enhance consumer participation? Read Post »
March is an exciting month for me with events and exhibitions about M/others and birthing, starting with a panel at M/Other at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne. “Last year, more than 300,000 children were born in Australia, yet systems in
Birthing, M/othering Read Post »
So, this incredible book Nursing a Radical Imagination: Moving from Theory and History to Action and Alternate Futures, Edited by Jess Dillard-Wright, Jane Hopkins-Walsh, Brandon Brown has been published, and what a thrill to have a chapter in it! The
Teaching into a headwind and Nursing a Radical Imagination Read Post »
It has been a privilege to be a part of the team who created The Nurses’ and Midwives’ art exchange, at the RMIT Design Hub Gallery as part of the Big Anxiety Naarm/Melbourne. The exhibition highlights creative responses and stories
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When I was twelve years old I went on a work experience trip to a Radio station 1ZM in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland with my pal Mandy Cunningham. I had big dreams of being a DJ and radio announcer but I was
