Naomi M. McPherson 

Naomi M. McPherson is a cultural anthropologist and Associate Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia. She has returned six times between 1980 and 2009 to Bariai, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea where, among other topics, she has studied concepts of gender and gender relations, gendered violence, ethno-obstetrics, and women’s maternal and reproductive health. Selected publications include: Modern Obstetrics in a Rural Setting: Women and Reproduction in Northwest New Britain (1994); Women, Childbirth and Change in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, P. Liamputtong, ed. (2007); Sik AIDS: Deconstructing the Awareness Campaign in Rural West New Britain, PNG. R. Eves and L. Butt, eds. (2008); Anthropology of Mothering. M. Walks and N. McPherson, eds. (2011); Black and Blue: Shades of Gendered Violence in West New Britain, PNG. C. Stewart, ed. (2012); Missing the Mark? Women and the Millennium Development Goals in Africa and Oceania. Naomi McPherson, ed. Demeter Press, February 2016.