Avoiding stuck places: University educators’ views on supporting migrant and refugee students with transitioning through and out of higher education

University student equity cohorts experience inequitable graduate/ employment outcomes. These challenges are magnified for Culturally and Linguistically Marginalised Migrant and/or Refugee students (CALMMR). Consequently, this study aimed to investigate the views of Australian university educators on the transitioning of CALMMR students from higher education into employment. Employing mixed methods, this study commenced with a survey of university educators (n=40) followed by semi-structured interviews (n=13). Findings highlighted that specialised, diverse support is needed for CALMMR students across studies and into careers. Specifically, students faced additional challenges, which are not being met in a fragmented university system. Universities need to provide support that is more holistic, targeted, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive, to address the inequity in graduate/employment outcomes experienced by CALMMR students

“The most brutal immigration regime in the developed world”: International Media Responses to Australia’s Asylum-Seeker Policy

Despite intense media coverage of Australia’s asylum-seeker policy, there is minimal attention to structures and processes that influence international media perspectives. This article explores international media responses to Australia’s policy using a mixed-method approach. Our research focused on twenty-five articles from international media outlets surrounding the 2014 “riots” at Manus Island Regional Processing Centre. Three major themes (political relationships, domestic policy and practice, and treatment of asylum-seekers) highlight some key trends in international media representations of this event as an example. We discuss the implications of such findings for the production, representation, and reception of international media stories.Malgré une couverture médiatique intense de la politique australienne concernant les chercheurs d’asile, il y a très peu d’attention portée aux structures et processus qui influencent les perspectives médiatiques internationales. Cet article étudie les réactions de la part des médias internationaux concernant la politique australienne en utilisant une approche à méthodologie mixte. Nos recherches se sont portées sur 25 articles émanant de diffuseurs de médias internationaux autour des «émeutes» de 2014 au Manus Island Regional Processing Centre (centre de traitement régional pour l’immigration de l’île de Manus). Trois thèmes principaux (Relations politiques, Politique interne et pratiques, et Traitement des chercheurs d’asile) mettent en valeur des tendances clés dans la représentation de la part des médias internationaux de cet évènement particulier en tant qu’exemple. Nous abordons une discussion des implications de ces recherches pour la production, la représentation et la réception des actualités médiatiques internationales

Microfinance and Promotion of Gender Equality for the Diversity of Women: A Comparative Case Study Analysis

Microfinance is a popular poverty alleviation strategy. Donors target women, claiming to promote gender equality while reducing poverty. Studies report positive and negative evaluations, including in relation to women's equitable access to credit and gendered violence. Further investigation highlights the diversity of women, suggesting, for instance, that poor women may be excluded from microfinance programs, while younger, married women may be more vulnerable to gendered violence upon accessing microfinance than are other women. This suggests that women with different age, marital status and other categories access microfinance, with some women being particularly vulnerable to certain forms of oppression. This study therefore aims to explore how programs have sought to promote gender equality and address oppression for diverse women through investigating distinct theoretical perspectives on conceptualisations of gender equality within programs, specifically liberal feminist, radical feminist and postmodern feminist perspectives. This study contributes to theoretical debates by exploring how strategies - equal opportunity (liberal feminist), positive action (radical feminist) and intersectionality (postmodern feminist) - affect gender equality for diverse women. Adopting a qualitative approach, a comparative case study analysis was undertaken of two non-governmental organisation (NGO) programs in Kerala and Gujarat in India, that utilised different approaches: top-down and bottom-up, respectively. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with women program participants and NGO staff, document analysis and non-participant observation. This exploration affirmed that a mixture of feminist perspectives was important in promoting gender equality. In particular, however, this study suggested that the postmodern feminist perspective, through an intersectionality approach, provided a distinct contribution. An intersectionality approach involved referring to women's categories, including caste and religion, to generate knowledge on forms of oppression, with intersecting categories suggesting particular forms of oppression. Such knowledge was critical in the formulation of program objectives and tailored strategies to promote gender equality for diverse women. This investigation indicated that a bottom-up approach was important in meeting the needs of diverse women and argues for redirection of funding towards implementers utilising bottom-up approaches

People from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds: an open access annotated bibliography (2nd Edition)

This open access annotated bibliography has been curated by a collective of scholars who share an interest in the impacts of forced migration on people from refugee, asylum seeking and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) migrant backgrounds. These resources are intended to be shared with the international community of researchers, students, educators and practitioners who work with, or are interested in, forced migration, education, employment and resettlement