Relevant terms from the Child and youth voice research findings index:
Body image, Diversity.
Authors: Mihi Joy Nemani - School of Sport, Manukau Institute of Technology and School of Health, University of Waikato and Holly Thorpe - School of Health, University of Waikato
This paper contributes to a growing international dialogue about the need for new culturally-informed understandings of body image by young women from indigenous and culturally marginalised communities.
Working at the intersection of Mana Wahine and Masi methodologies, this article amplifies the voices of young Māori and Pasifika wāhine who actively participate in sport and/or physical activity, embrace and appreciate their strong brown bodies, and are critically reading and rejecting dominant Western framings of beauty and femininity.