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I am an Associate Professor in Development Studies in the School of Social and Political Sciences. At the core of my research is an intellectual exploration of how the concepts of social reproduction and care labour underpin the three domains of empirical inquiry I pursue: i) Ethiopian migration ii) Social policy interventions for poor women in India and iii) Queer perspectives on migration and care. The theoretical frameworks I have developed in these three domains explicitly link social reproduction to the analysis of intersectionality, i.e., of multiple categories of social difference, such as gender, class, race, ethnicity, citizenship and sexuality. By focusing on these linkages, my work illuminates disaggregated dimensions of disadvantage that are not readily apparent in the conventional feminist conceptualisation of social reproduction.

Activities

Employment (4)

The University of Melbourne: Melbourne, VIC, AU

2011-06 to present | Professor (School of Social and Political Sciences)
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Bina Fernandez

The University of Melbourne: Melbourne, VIC, AU

2015-07 to 2018-12 | Senior Lecturer (School of Social and Political Sciences)
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Bina Fernandez

The University of Melbourne: Melbourne, VIC, AU

2011-06 to 2015-06 | Lecturer (School of Social and Political Sciences)
Employment
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Bina Fernandez

University of Leeds: Leeds, Leeds, GB

2008-09 to 2011-06 | Lecturer (School of Politics and International Studies)
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2011 | D.Phil in Development Studies
Education
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University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2003 | M.Phil in Development Studies (Distinction)
Education
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Tata Institute of Social Sciences: Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

1994 | M.A in Social Work, Specialization in Urban and Rural Community Development
Education
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Mount Holyoke College: South Hadley, Massachusetts, US

1992 | B.A. in Cognition and Culture
Education
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Funding (8)

Diaspora Humanitarians: How Australia-based migrants help in crises abroad

2021 to 2023 | Grant
Australian Research Council (ACT, ACT, AU)
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Bina Fernandez

Stateless Children of Migrants in Lebanon

2020 to 2020 | Grant
University of Melbourne (VIC, VIC, AU)
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Reason to Care: making the care needs of migrants visible to social policy

2015 to 2018 | Award
Australian Research Council (ACT, ACT, AU)
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Women, Labour and Livelihoods in India

2013 to 2013 | Award
University of Melbourne (VIC, VIC, AU)
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Rural Women’s Collective Livelihoods initiatives in India

2012 to 2012 | Award
University of Melbourne (VIC, VIC, AU)
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‘Ethiopian migrant women domestic workers in Lebanon and Kuwait’.

2010 to 2010 | Grant
British Academy (London, London, GB)
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Human Development Fellowship for Asia Pacific

2006 to 2006 | Contract
United Nations Development Programme (NY, NY, US)
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Radhakrishnan Chevening Scholar

2001 to 2003 | Contract
University of Oxford (Oxford, GB)
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Works (37)

Diaspora Humanitarians: How Diaspora Communities Respond to Humanitarian Crises

VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
2025-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: René Rejón; Bina Fernandez; Louise Olliff; Delvin Varghese
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Immobilisation of migrant domestic worker women and their children born in Lebanon

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
2024-05-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Karen Block; Bina Fernandez; Thomas McGee; Zahra Al-Barazi; Deidre Brennan
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Engendering migrant counterpublics: fun, care, solidarity, and resistance among Ethiopian domestic workers in Lebanon

Gender & Development
2024-05-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Bina Fernandez
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Care Support Experiences of Older Ethiopian Refugees Resettled in Australia

Australian Social Work
2024-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Bina Fernandez; Handun Athukorala
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At Risk of Statelessness: Children Born in Lebanon to Migrant Domestic Workers

International Migration Review
2023-07-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Bina Fernandez; Thomas McGee; Zahra Albarazi; Deirdre Brennan; Karen Block
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Racialised institutional humiliation through the Kafala

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
2021-02-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1369-183X
Part of ISSN: 1469-9451
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Ethiopian Migrant Domestic Workers

Springer International Publishing
2020 | Book
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Bina Fernandez

Crossing the Gulf: Love and Family in Migrant Lives by Pardis Mahdavi

American Anthropologist
2019 | Book review
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Bina Fernandez

Silence as a Form of Agency? Exploring the Limits of an Idea

Ethical Responsiveness and the Politics of Difference
2018 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783319939575
Part of ISBN: 9783319939582
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Bina Fernandez

Women appointed to “team Abiy” in Ethiopia

Democracy in Africa
2018 | Interactive resource
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Bina Fernandez

“Sconfinatori” e “sconfinatrici” queer. Complicità pragmatiche, indiscrezioni e sovvertimenti

Deportate, esuli, profughe
2018 | Journal article
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Bina Fernandez

Health inequities faced by Ethiopian migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

Health & Place
2018-03 | Journal article
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Bina Fernandez

Dispossession and the Depletion of Social Reproduction

Antipode
2018-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0066-4812
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Irregular Migration from Ethiopia to the Gulf States

Skilful Survivals - Irregular Migration to the Gulf
2017 | Book chapter
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Bina Fernandez

Queer border crossers

Queering International Law
2017 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781315266787
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Bina Fernandez

Reconfiguring Care Relationships

UN
2017-10-15 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2521-6112
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Bina Fernandez

Against the Grain: Indian Women Negotiate Land, Labour and Livelihoods in the New Millennium

Land, Labour and Livelihoods
2016 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783319408644
Part of ISBN: 9783319408651
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Critical Policies for Women

Academics Stand Against Poverty
2016 | Report
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Bina Fernandez

Land, Labour and Livelihoods: Indian Women's Perspectives

Palgrave-Macmillan
2016 | Edited book
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Precarious migrant motherhood in Lebanon

Open Democracy
2016 | Interactive resource
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Bina Fernandez

Public gains, private struggles: Women’s collective livelihood initiatives and gender inequality in India

Development Bulletin
2016 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1035-1132
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Renegotiating Patriarchal Bargains? Rural Women’s Collective Livelihood Initiatives in India

Land, Labour and Livelihoods
2016 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783319408644
Part of ISBN: 9783319408651
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Bina Fernandez

The Nature of Violence Faced by Lesbian Women in India

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Bina Fernandez
grade
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Essential yet invisible : migrant domestic workers in the GCC

2014 | Report
Contributors: FERNANDEZ, Bina
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Bina Fernandez via BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine

Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East

Palgrave Macmillan US
2014 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781349503018
Part of ISBN: 9781137482112
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Bina Fernandez
grade
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'Foreign Aid Policy' in Australian Political Party Poverty Audit

Academics Stand Against Poverty Oceania
2013 | Report
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Bina Fernandez

Borders and boundaries: containing African migrations

Africa’s International Relations: A Handbook
2013 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9780203803929
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Bina Fernandez

Traffickers, Brokers, Employment Agents, and Social Networks: The Regulation of Intermediaries in the Migration of Ethiopian Domestic Workers to the Middle East

International Migration Review
2013 | Journal article
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Bina Fernandez
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Transformative Policy for Poor Women

Burlington, VT and Surrey
2012-02-24 | Book
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Exploring the Relevance of Fraser’s Ethical-Political Framework of Justice to the Analysis of Inequalities Faced by Migrant Workers

International Journal of Social Quality
2011 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1757-0344
Part of ISSN: 1757-0352
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Household Help? Ethiopian Women Domestic Workers' Labor Migration to the Gulf Countries

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
2011 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0117-1968
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Bina Fernandez

IN THE SCALES

Interventions
2011-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1369-801X
Part of ISSN: 1469-929X
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Cheap and disposable? the impact of the global economic crisis on the migration of Ethiopian women domestic workers to the Gulf

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Bina Fernandez via BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine

Poor Practices: contestations around ‘Below Poverty Line’ status in India

Third World Quarterly
2010 | Journal article
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Engendering Poverty Policy in India

Gender and Discrimination: Health, Nutritional Status, and Role of Women in India
2009 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9780198076643
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Listening to People Living in Poverty

Bangalore: Books for Change
2003 | Book
Part of ISBN: 818738090X
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Bina Fernandez

Humjinsi : a resource book on lesbian, gay, and bisexual rights in India

Mumbai: India Centre for Human Rights and Law
2002 | Book
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