Health Sciences

Medical Anthropology
Reproductive and Sexual Rights
Public Health
Health Education
South East Asia
Islam and Health
Youth Health

Ambivalent Adolescence in Indonesia
A collaborative 5 year project between researchers from 4 Australian Universities commencing in 2006. This project will explore adolescent experiences of education; religious, cultural and national identity; the body and sexuality; parents and family; social life; popular culture; and work. Dr Bennett’s contribution will focus on research on the Eastern Indonesian Islands of Lombok and Flores.

Director of Muslim Youth (MY) Australia project exploring health, education and social connectedness from young Muslims living in Victoria.

Political economy and female sexuality in Eastern Indonesia, (CI) investigating the impact of the continuing economic and political crises on young women living in regional cities.

Survey of Islamic and Muslim Majority Schools in Victoria, (CI) a project conducted in collaboration with the Islamic Council of Victoria aimed at mapping the size, services, resources, facilities, contributions and particular values of this sector if independent schools.

Bennett, L.R. 2005. Maidenhood, Islam and Modernity: Single Women, Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Contemporary Indonesia. London/ New York: Routledge/Curzon.

Manderson, L and Bennett, L.R. eds. 2003. Violence Against Women in Asian Societies. London: Curzon.

Bennett.L.R. 2006. Opportunity, poverty and purity in paradise: Women working in Lombok’s tourist hotels. In Women and Work in Indonesia. L. Parker and K. Ford. Eds. London: Routledge (forthcoming).

Bennett.L.R. 2006. “Spirituality in the sterile field: Childbirth, syncretism and Islam”. In L. Bennett and M. Hokari eds. Locations of Spirituality: Experiences and Writings of the Sacred. Canberra: ANU Epress. (forthcoming)

Bennett.L.R. 2006. “Introduction: Locations of Spirituality.” In L. Bennett and M. Hokari eds. Locations of Spirituality: Experiences and Writings of the Sacred. Canberra: ANU Epress. (forthcoming)

Bennett, L.R. and Manderson, L. 2003. “Gender Inequality and Technologies of Violence.” in L. Manderson and L.R. Bennett eds. Violence Against Women in Asian Societies. London /New York: Curzon Routledge.

Bennett, L.R. 2002. “Modernity, Desire and Courtship: The Evolution of Premarital Relationships in Mataram, Eastern Indonesia.” In L. Manderson and P. Liamputtong eds. Coming of Age in South and Southeast Asia: Youth, Sexuality and Courtship. London: Curzon. 96-112.

Idrus, N. and Bennett, L. R. 2003. “Presumed Consent: Marital Violence in Bugis Society.” In L. Manderson and L.R. Bennett eds. Violence Against Women in Asian Societies. London: Curzon

Bennett, L.R. 2006. Zina and the Enigma of Sex Education for Indonesian Muslim Youth. Sex Education (forthcoming).

Bennett, L.R. 2006. “Muslim Women, Gender and Health in Southeast Asia and Australia.” In S. Joseph Ed. The Encyclopedia of Women in Muslim Cultures. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers (forthcoming).

Bennett, L.R. 2005. “Patterns of Resistance and Transgression in Eastern Indonesia: Single Women’s Practices of Clandestine Courtship and Cohabitation.” Culture, Health and Sexuality. Vol 6 (4): 6-12.

Bennett, L.R. 2003. “Indonesian Youth, Love Magic and the In/visibility of Female Desire.” RIMA. 37(1): 135-138.

Bennett, L.R. 2001 “Single Women’s Experiences of premarital pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Lombok, Eastern Indonesia.” Reproductive Health Matters 19 (17): 37-43.

Bennett, L.R. 2000. Sex Talk, Indonesian Youth and HIV/AIDS. Development Bulletin. June.

Andajani-Sutjahjo, S. and L.R. Bennett. 2006. Violence against new mothers in Indonesia: Cultural context, disclosure and the expression of unwanted sex. Violence Against Women. (forthcoming).

Bennett, L.R. 2003 “Indonesian Women, Reproductive Rights and Islam.” Published conference proceedings Rebuilding Indonesian A Nation of ‘Unity in Diversity’: Towards A Multicultural Society.” 3rd International Symposium of the Journal of Anthropology Indonesia. Denpasar, 16-19 June 2002.

Bennett, L.R. 2000. Sex, Power, Magic: Constructing and Contesting Love Magic and Premarital Sex in Lombok. Gender Relations Project Work Paper Series, No. 6: 1-18.

Bennett, L.R. and L. Manderson. 2000. Eliminating Sexual Violence Against Women: Towards A Global Initiative. Geneva: Global Forum for Health Research.

Bennett, L. R., Manderson, L. and J. Astbury.2000. Mapping A Global Pandemic: Review of Current Literature on rape, Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment of Women. Geneva: Global Forum for Health Research.

Bennett, L.R., Singer, M and J. Canon. 2000. Sexual Violence Against Women: A Working Bibliography (CD-ROM). Geneva: Global Forum for Health Research.

Bennett.L.R. 2005. “Zina and Reproductive/Sex Education for Muslim Youth in Indonesia.” Presented at 4th International Symposium of the Journal Anthropologi Indonesia. Depok, 12-15 July.

Bennett, L.R. 2004. “Zina and the Enigma of Reproductive Rights for Single Women: Providing Reproductive Education in Victorian Islamic Secondary Schools.” Presented at Islam, Human Rights and Gender Workshop. Newcastle, University of Newcastle, 5-6 July.

Bennett, L.R. 2003. “Between Agency and Coercion: The polemics of sexual secrecy for single Indonesian women.” Presented at Sexuality and Secrecy Conference Johannesburg, Wiser Institute, 22-25 June.

Bennett, L.R. 2002. “Spirituality in the sterile field: Childbirth, syncretism and Islam in Mataram, Eastern Indonesia.” Paper presented at Locations of Spirituality: ‘Experiences’ and ‘Writings’ of the Sacred. Canberra, Australian National University, 26-27 October.

Email: L.Bennett@latrobe.edu.au

Phone: +61 3 9285 5353