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This paper examines the approaches to diversity management, with an emphasis on Women and First Nation communities in the South Pacific, specifically New Zealand (Aotearoa), Australia and two French Pacific Territories, Polynesia and New Caledonia. While all are European settler societies, their colonisation was by France or Britain. The focus of the analysis is on the legislative requirements promoting diversity and equality, organisational programs to promote diversity and equality, and the equity and diversity challenges confronting each of the countries/territories. The paper compares and contrasts the national approaches, and finds that patterns of colonisation, density of indigenous population and economic development, along with legislative heritage have all influenced the way in which equity and diversity is promoted and practiced. The paper focuses on the similarities and differences in approach, and identifies the challenges confronting each jurisdiction.

AbstractOur integrative review synthesizes and evaluates two decades of empirical research on well-being in the midwifery profession to reveal (1) how researchers have studied midwives' well-being; (2) key findings of research on midwives' well-being; (3) underlying assumptions of this research; and (4) limitations of this research. We find that research on midwives' well-being is disproportionately focused on individual midwives, who are assumed to be largely responsible for their own well-being, and that well-being in the midwifery profession is generally equated with the absence of mental health problems such as burnout, anxiety, and stress. Researchers have largely taken a narrow and instrumental approach to study midwives' well-being, focusing on work-related antecedents and consequences, and overlooking the influence of nonwork factors embedded in the broader socioeconomic and cultural environment. Drawing on more comprehensive and contextualized well-being frameworks, we propose a research model that (1) expands the well-being construct as it applies to midwives and (2) situates midwives' well-being in broader social, economic, political, and cultural contexts. Although developed in the midwifery context, our proposed research model can be applied to a host of professions.