Fiji's patriarchal bargain

In a year marked by rising violence against women and gender minorities, Fiji’s deep-rooted patriarchal bargain warrants examining.

Bula Everyone

It has been an exhausting mid-year. Taking some time to recover from a brutal bout of international travel.

A Q&A session is coming in August for paid subscribers, previewing an upcoming presentation on social cohesion and ethnicity statistics in Fiji - including some of the findings that contributed to the following article.

In the meantime, here’s a free post - my piece in The Diplomat on Fiji’s patriarchal bargain, our drift toward gerontocracy, and why it’s worth reflecting on the violent underpinnings of our country’s spiraling violence and misogyny.

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