[Viva] Fwd: Support a National Action Plan to Advance the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women Living with HIV

Fri Nov 16 21:02:37 PST 2018

Looking for feedback for this National Action Plan
Read below and please reply directly to Sarah Watt.
Thank you,
Margarite

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From: Sarah Watt <sarah_watt at sfu.ca>
Date: Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 3:58 PM
Subject: Support a National Action Plan to Advance the Sexual and
Reproductive Health and Rights of Women Living with HIV
To: margaritesanchez at gmail.com <margaritesanchez at gmail.com>

Dear Colleagues,

The collaborating partners for the *Canadian Webinar Series on Implementing
the WHO Guideline on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women
Living with HIV *are thrilled to invite you to *offer your input and
insight into the development of a national action plan to advance the
sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV
<https://goo.gl/forms/RdTkJvSXEHJXUE7r1>*.

We hosted an ancillary event at the 2018 Canadian Association for HIV
Research (CAHR) conference in April 2018: *Developing a National Action
Plan to Advance the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women
Living with HIV. *This event brought together nearly 100 women living with
HIV (WLWH), policy-makers, community workers, social workers, clinicians,
students, and researchers from across Canada to discuss policy,
programming, and research considerations that will lay the foundation
for a *national
action plan to advance the sexual and reproductive health and rights of
WLWH*.

We have created a preliminary report contains *summaries*, *key messages*,
and *detailed discussion notes* from each of the four discussion topics:

(1) Trauma- and Violence-Aware Care/Practice

(2) Supporting Safer HIV Disclosure

(3) Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice

(4) Resilience, Self-efficacy, and Peer Support

*The full report can be accessed at:*
*http://www.chiwos.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Developing-a-National-Action-Plan-A-CAHR-Ancillary-Event.pdf
<http://www.chiwos.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Developing-a-National-Action-Plan-A-CAHR-Ancillary-Event.pdf>*

*With over 100 participants contributing to the content in this report, we
are now circulating it as part of an ongoing process of soliciting feedback
from a wider community of stakeholders.* Input and insights offered will
inform the development of a national action plan to support, enhance, and
strengthen the sexual and reproductive health and rights of WLWH.

*We are delighted to share with you the initial themes, recommendations,
and opportunities that emerged and welcome you to join the conversation by
offering your feedback and recommendations on key priorities, gaps, and
next steps by filling out our Google Form
at: https://goo.gl/forms/RdTkJvSXEHJXUE7r1
<https://goo.gl/forms/RdTkJvSXEHJXUE7r1>*

We welcome you to share this email with your friends, colleagues, and
allies to help us broaden the conversation. *We ask that you submit your
feedback via Google Form <https://goo.gl/forms/RdTkJvSXEHJXUE7r1> by* *5PM
PST on Friday, November 23rd.* Answering these questions should only take
10 to 15 minutes of your time and will ensure that your voice is included
in the development of a national action plan to advance the sexual and
reproductive health and rights of WLWH.

Visit the CHIWOS website for additional webinar resources and links to
webinar recordings:  http://www.chiwos.ca/webinars
<http://www.chiwos.ca/webinars>

*On behalf of the collaborating partners for the Canadian Webinar
Series, thank you for your time** and input! *

Please contact Sarah Watt, Webinar Series Coordinator, at sarah_watt at sfu.ca for
more information.

*About the Canadian Webinar Series on Implementing the WHO Guidelines on
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Women Living with HIV*

In February 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the *Global
consolidated guideline on sexual and reproductive health and rights of
women living with HIV
<http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/254885/9789241549998-eng.pdf;jsessionid=8AD77C788BFBFA2B2235D754705D505E?sequence=1>.
*The
values and perspectives of women living with HIV (WLWH) were centered in
the development of these global guidelines, which place women, gender
equality, and human rights at the forefront of evidence-based
recommendations and best practices that the guideline describes.

As a response to this guideline, the Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and
Reproductive
Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS) partnered with five leading women and HIV
organizations in Canada, including the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network
(CAAN), Women’s Health in Women’s Hands Community Health Centre, the
Canadian Positive People’s Network (CPPN), the Oak Tree Clinic at BC
Women’s Hospital, the WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research
and Implementing Best Practices (IBP) Initiative, to develop and host a
multi-phase *Canadian webinar series on the sexual and reproductive health
and rights of women living with HIV*. The series brings together the voices
and perspectives of women living with HIV, front-line community workers,
researchers, clinicians, and policy makers to share key considerations and
to identify gaps in research and service.

To date, the webinar series has hosted four webinars:

i.) Trauma- and Violence-Aware Care/Practice <https://youtu.be/qSNlf29Q7rw>
;

ii.) Supporting Safer HIV Disclosure <https://youtu.be/leAlj4pP7HU>;

iii.) Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
<https://youtu.be/rhhrFTxspq4>; and

iv.) Resilience, Self-efficacy, and Peer Support <https://bit.ly/2SHE2Cu>.

The webinars, which are based upon key WHO recommendations relevant to the
Canadian context, highlight the needs, perspectives, and priorities of
WLWH. *Stay tuned for more information on our next webinar!*

Thank you again for your commitment to advancing the sexual and
reproductive health and rights of WLWH!

Sarah Watt
MPH (Population Health) (c) 2019
Simon Fraser University

I respectfully acknowledge that SFU sits on Coast Salish Territory, the
traditional territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh
(Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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