[Viva] Fwd: Canadian Webinar Series: Supporting Safe HIV Disclosure, (in English) Thursday, November 16th, 2017: 9:00-10:30AM PST, 12:00 -1: 30 EST, and 6:00 -7:30PM in Geneva.

Thu Nov 2 14:17:17 PDT 2017

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From: Rebecca Gormley <rgormley at cfenet.ubc.ca>
Date: Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 2:01 PM
Subject: Canadian Webinar Series: Supporting Safe HIV Disclosure, (in
English) Thursday, November 16th, 2017: 9:00-10:30AM PST, 12:00 -1: 30 EST,
and 6:00 -7:30PM in Geneva.
To: Rebecca Gormley <rgormley at cfenet.ubc.ca>

Good afternoon,

I hope this finds you well. Please find below an invitation and
registration information for the second webinar in the Canadian Webinar
Series, *Supporting Safe HIV Disclosure *held on Thursday, November
16th. Please forward through your networks - apologies for any
cross-posting.

We hope that you can join us!

All the best,
Becky Gormley,
BC CHIWOS Coordinator

Dear Colleagues,

The *Canadian Webinar Series on Sexual and Reproductive Health and
Rights *would
like to invite you to '*Save the Date' *for the second of a multi-phase
series of webinars focused on key aspects regarding the sexual and
reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV in Canada:

*Supporting Safe HIV Disclosure:*

*Canadian Webinar Series on Implementing the WHO Consolidated Guideline on
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women Living with HIV*

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*WHO Consolidated Guideline Executive summary:*

http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/254634/1/WHO-RHR-17.03-eng.pdf?ua=1

*Link to the webinar on the consolidated guideline:*

https://webinar.com/channel/965084607443925509/recording/
3aa1937a10ff4ee3a5aae341092f4112/watch

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The World Health Organization consolidated guideline on the sexual and
reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of women living with HIV is grounded
in and advocates for a strengthened, comprehensive, woman-centred approach
to SRHR. The guideline outlines evidence-based recommendations and good
practice statements for key operational and service delivery issues that
need to be addressed in order to uphold human rights and promote gender
equality. Unique to the development of this guideline, a global community
survey was conducted on the SRHR priorities of women living with HIV. It
highlighted challenges experienced by women living with HIV who fear or
experience violence to safely disclose their HIV status.

In Canada, many women living with HIV report experiencing, and/or fear
experiencing violence and stigma, among other challenges, when disclosing
their HIV status to family, friends, service providers, and/or sexual
partners; particularly for those who experience multiple and intersecting
forms of discrimination. In many cases, disclosure may not be safe or
feasible. In Canada, where HIV non-disclosure is criminalized, women living
with HIV must navigate additional structural challenges to disclosure.

In response to the need for better guidance on how to ensure the safety of
women living with HIV within communities, as well as service and care
provision, this webinar highlights current strategies, challenges, and
opportunities to *support safe HIV disclosure *for women and girls living
with HIV. The webinar brings together perspectives from women living with
HIV, front-line community workers, researchers, clinicians, and policy
makers who will share key considerations and highlight research and service
gaps from the African, Caribbean, Black community, the Indigenous
community, and the importance of integrating principles of the Meaningful
Involvement of Women Living with HIV (MIWA) when designing
interventions and recognizing women’s resilience.

You are warmly invited to join this webinar on *Supporting Safe
HIV Disclosure,* *(in English*) *Thursday, November 16th, 2017*:
9:00-10:30AM PST, 12:00 -1: 30 EST, and 6:00 -7:30PM in Geneva.

*Webinar Objectives:*

The overall goal of the webinar series is to *support implementation of the
WHO consolidated guideline on the sexual and reproductive health and rights
of women living with HIV*.

Specific objectives include to:

• *Provide an overview *of current research about *HIV disclosure* in the
Canadian context using data from the Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and
Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS);

• *Introduce a toolkit *developed by women living with HIV and
stakeholders for health and social service providers to support safer HIV
disclosure;

• *Gain insights* from women living with HIV to highlight gaps in research
and priority areas for further attention;

• *Develop an action plan *on to support the sexual and reproductive health
and rights of women living with HIV in the Canadian context, including
actions to support safe HIV disclosure.

*Registration:*

Please follow this link to register for the webinar: https://attendee.
gotowebinar.com/register/1842154053037620737

Webinar ID: *808-505-915*

*Panelists/Speakers:*

*Kerrigan Johnson:*

Kerrigan is currently is the Executive Director of 2 Spirited People of the
1st Nations, who also works as a Research Assistant for Women's College
Research Initiative.

*Mona Loutfy:*

Dr. Mona Loutfy is a Full Professor, Infectious Diseases Specialist and
Clinician Scientist at Women’s College Hospital and the University of
Toronto. She launched the Women and HIV Research Program at the Women’s
College Research Institute in 2006 to carry out social justice research
related to women, reproductive health, stigma, quality of care and HIV and
HCV. She works from a community-based research model involving the people
that her research will affect at all stages.

*Manjulaa Narasimhan:*

Manjulaa coordinates WHO's work on strengthening linkages between sexual
and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and HIV interventions – at
advocacy, policy, programmatic and research levels. This includes the
development of WHO global guidance and tools on the SRHR for women living
with HIV as well as the SRHR of adolescent girls and young women.

*Angela Kaida: *

Angela is an epidemiologist and Canada Research Chair at Simon Fraser
University whose global research program centers on a rights-based,
evidence-informed, and community-driven approach to sexual and reproductive
health among women and youth affected by HIV.

*Valerie Nicholson:*

A Spirited Indigenous Warrior Woman: Valerie became active in HIV/AIDS in
2008, 2 years after her HIV diagnosis, and was the first Indigenous women
to Chair the Board Of Positive Living B.C. She is currently the Indigenous
Peer Navigator for Positive Living, Co-Chair of Red Road HIV/AIDS Network,
Board Member of AIDS Vancouver, a member of Canadian Aboriginal Aids
Network, CTN'S Prevention and Vulnerable Populations Working Group.

*Jasmine Cotnam: *

Jasmine currently holds two part time research coordinator positions at
Women’s College Hospital and works part time with the Canadian Aboriginal
AIDS Network  where she holds one of the  two APHA Liaison positions. In
addition to her full and part time positions Jasmine has been contracted as
a Peer Research Assistant with the Ontario HIV Treatment Network on various
studies, Women’s College Hospital on the CHIWOS Study, and McMaster
University on the WATCH Study.

*Marvelous Muchenje: *

Marvelous Muchenje is currently the Community Health Coordinator at Women’s
Health in Women’s Hands, Community Health Centre in Toronto. Diagnosed with
HIV in 1995, she continues to participate passionately in the HIV movement
advocating for the meaningful involvement of women living with HIV in
issues that have an impact on their wellbeing.

*Sandra Godoy:*

Sandra’s work at Women’s Health in Women’s Hands involves training and
proving support to AIDS Service Organizations in Ontario to integrate The
HIV-positive Sero-Status Disclosure Support Model. She has a Masters of
Social Work and has experience in sexual health promotion, STI, family
planning and mental health counseling. She has experience in developing
programs for local and international youth focusing on leadership,
sexuality and sexual reproductive health rights, and gender equity.
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