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Jioji Ravulo

Jioji Ravulo

Professor Jioji Ravulo is of Fijian Indigenous heritage and is Chair of Social Work and Policy Studies at University of Sydney.

Former NRL enforcer and Fijian international Kane Evans has come out as gay.

Queerness is all but invisible in the NRL. Kane Evans coming out must shift the dial

As a Pasifika man, former NRL star Kane Evans faced a heightened degree of difficulty in deciding to reveal his sexuality.

  • Jioji Ravulo

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There’s a better way to do ‘forced and tokenistic’ Acknowledgements of Country

People may feel forced to be “woke” or politically correct. It’s time to go beyond this and get personal.

  • Jioji Ravulo and Lynette Riley
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Don’t blame Pacific Island cultures for queer fear. Blame colonisation

With just over 45 per cent of NRL players identifying from a Pasifika heritage, it is important we understand and celebrate cultural diversity and their differences.

  • Jioji Ravulo
Some MPs have warned of the risk of a draft provision that gives religious schools the right to make personal faith a factor when hiring staff.

Confused by conservatives and their take on ‘cancel culture’? I am too

As a society, we should be holding people in power to account for creating policies and legislation that does harm. We should see such discomfort, disagreement and dissent as a healthy part of a democratic society.

  • Jioji Ravulo