Health and Safety: the challenges for women of HIV and Gender Violence
Hosted jointly with the
All Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Population Development and Reproductive Health
With many thanks to Bristol-Myers Squibb for kindly supporting the event
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health
Held
on Thursday 1st October 2009, at the House of Commons in Portcullis
House, this latest event in the Sophia Forum series looked
specifically at genderviolence in relation to Women and HIV, both in
the UK and internationally.
Please
scroll down to the bottom of this page to access the content of the
information packs handed to our guests. The flyer of the event can be downloaded by clicking on the link and the introduction power point by clicking here.
The audio recording of the evening will be soon available on this page.
Welcome address by Christine McCafferty MP, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health
"It was fantastic to see three great
speakers, expert moderation by Kylie Morris and excellent questions from the
floor. Each speaker brought a different perspective to women, HIV and Gender
violence."
Professor Charlotte Watts, Sigrid Rausing and Professor of Gender
Violence at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, gave
empirically backed insight into the links between violence against women and
HIV, highlighting that these links require greater attention and more action. To access Charlotte Watts' presentation, please click here.
Belinda Tima, HIV/TB Coordinator, Reach, and former Co-Chair of the UK Board of
the International Community of Women living with HIV and AIDS addressed the
need to tackle gender-based violence in Uganda. She spoke of the experience of
some of her peers growing up in the conflict zones in northern Uganda, and
highlighted the ongoing challenges.
Please click here to read Stephen Lewis' speech at the Commonwealth meeting on Tuesday 24th November on the anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda.
Rahila Gupta, Freelance Writer and Activist
and trustee of Southall Black Sisters focused on the situations facing women in
the UK. She spoke of the need to address harmful gender norms and welcomed the
government’s announcement of its intention to introduce domestic violence
education into schools.
Please click here to follow in real time the 16 blogs to be published by the "Women Won't Wait" Campaign for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence campaign which started 25th November.
Information pack:
(produced by Aimee Latta and Dr Rupa Zaman)
Biographies of our 3 speakers and of our Moderator for the evening, Kylie Morris
