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Sharyn Graham Davies

Sharyn Graham Davies

is associate professor in the School of Social Sciences and Public Policy at Auckland University of Technology. Her latest book, coedited with , is .

Indonesian 鈥榯olerance鈥 under strain as anti-LGBT furore grows

Indonesia is experiencing an unprecedented wave of anti-LGBT sentiment If there was a single event that has incited the current wave of violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Indonesia we might settle upon a minister鈥檚 affront at LGBT becoming visible in solidarity. Having been advised of a university-based LGBT support group, […]

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New book opens up conversations about sex and sexuality in Indonesia

A new prize-winning book that examines sex and sexualities in contemporary Indonesia was born out of a shared frustration, write the editors, LINDA RAE BENNETT and SHARYN GRAHAM DAVIES. Having been asked numerous times to deal with such diverse and complicated topics as 鈥業slam and sexuality鈥, or 鈥榞ender and sexuality in Indonesia鈥, or even 鈥榪ueer

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Beautiful virgins: the hard road to becoming an Indonesian policewoman

Being pretty and having a good body are key recruitment attributes for policewomen in Indonesia, writes SHARYN GRAHAM DAVIES. Late in 2014, Al Jazeera ran a story entitled 鈥榁irginity tests on Indonesia police condemned: Rights group says female police required to strip and undergo 鈥渢wo-finger test鈥 to prove virginity before recruitment.鈥 The story, based on

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