Issue
3
June/July 2006
APSRHM
Asia Pacific
Sexual & Reproductive Health Matters
Welcome to the APSRHM e-newsletter, containing the latest information on international and regional events & conferences, research, resources and courses on sexual and reproductive health and rights in the Asia Pacific region and is primarily aimed at academics, experts and practitioners.
Dear All,
We would again like to put out a call for individual contributions and reports for the e-newsletter as we are aiming for APSRHM to be a platform for information sharing with substantial member generated information and articles.
Remember this is a great chance to publicise your work or events to a growing audience of international academics and practitioners in the sexual and reproductive health field.
We would also like to know what relevant conferences and events people will be attending or presenting at in order to enhance the contacts and representation of our region within the international sexual and reproductive health field.
Any contributions or information can be emailed to: apsrhm@arha.org.au.
Please note: We recently had some problems with the email address but everything is now back up and running.
CALL TO PARTICIPATE
First Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium (IWAG) meeting
Date: Monday 2 October 2006- Wednesday 4
October 2006
Location: The University of New South
Wales, Sydney, Australia
The University of New South Wales, in
cooperation with IAWG and UNFPA, is hosting the first Inter-Agency Working
Group on Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium (IWAG)
meeting to be held in the Asia/Pacific region since the group's formation
in 1995.
IAWG comprises about 40 organisations, including
non-governmental organisations, United Nation agencies and academic
institutions and welcomes new members.
The meeting will bring together
a range of individuals dedicated to improving reproductive health care for
people living in conflict and humanitarian and emergency situations to
discuss and debate key policy and programmatic issues. The meeting will
discuss options for regional groupings; agree on a program of work for
thematic groups for 2007/8 and provide a forum for sessions on new global
initiatives.
As participation by non IAWG members may be limited due to
space it is important to register your organization's interest as soon as
possible.
For further information on the program contact:
Dr Anna
Whelan at a.whelan@unsw.edu.au
Or register
your interest by sending details of your organisation and representative
to v.traynor@unsw.edu.au
For
further information on RHRC IAWG check http://www.rhrc.org/about/who.html
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Sexual and Reproductive Health and the
Millennium Development Goals in the Australian Aid program – The Way
Forward
Date: 14 August
8:30-12:30 & 11 September 8:30-12:30
Location:
Parliament House, Canberra
The Parliamentary Group on Population and
Development (PGPD) is holding a roundtable discussion on ‘Sexual and
reproductive health and the Millennium Development Goals in the Australian
Aid program’.
We encourage your participation in this event by making
a submission from which the PGPD will select individuals or organisations
to make a presentation at the roundtable. People are also invited to
participate and attend the round table.
Submission must be
received by no later than 9am 24 July
2006. Submissions should preferably be in electronic form
including full postal address and contact details and sent to: secretariat@pgpd.asn.au
Alternatively, submissions may also be sent to the Secretariat
at:
Parliamentary Group on Population and Development
PO Box
41
Deakin West ACT 2600
or faxed to 02 6282
8933.
Travel subsidies may be available to selected participants.
For further information, contact the PGPD Secretariat on email secretariat@pgpd.asn.au or phone
(02) 6282 8922.
CALLS FOR PAPERS
Working Papers on Women and International
Development
Michigan State University's Women and
International Development (WID) program publishes Working Papers on Women
and International Development, a peer-reviewed series examining the
relationships between gender and global transformation and exploring
processes of change, in the broadest sense.
The Working Papers series
is currently accepting manuscripts for review. With a focus on women and
gender in the global South. Possible topics include but are not limited
to:
- Gender, violence, and human rights - Gender and agriculture -
- Gender, health, and healthcare
- Fertility and reproduction
- Intra- and inter-family roles and relationships
If you are
interested in submitting a manuscript to the Working Papers series, please
send a 150 word abstract summarising the paper's essential points and
findings to Dr. Anne Ferguson, Editor, and Nidal Karim, Managing Editor,
at papers@msu.edu.
For more
information please go to http://www.wid.msu.edu/resources/callforpapers.htm
UPCOMING COURSES
Gender Health in the Asia
Pacific Region: Implementing Best Practice in Sexual and Reproductive
Health
Sydney, Australia, 28-30 September 2006.
Applications considered now, with limited grants available for
regional participants.
To register your interest or for more
information please contact:
Dr Alison Rutherford on 61 2 9385 2510 a.rutherford@unsw.edu.au or
Dr Anna Whelan at a.Whelan@unsw.edu.au.
School of
Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 27 - 30 July
The 14th International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI) Asia Pacific International Conference on Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS is being jointly organised by The Malaysian Medical Association and the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia in collaboration with Family Medicine Specialists of Malaysia. The programme will highlight the control of sexually transmitted infections (STI) including HIV and AIDS, with special reference to regional cultural practices and economic constraints. The Conference's theme is "STI: Challenges and Strategies".
Registration is still open please see the website for details.
XVI
International AIDS Conference
Toronto, Canada
13-18 August
Reproductive Health is examined at the
conference under Track D: Social, Behavioural and Economic Science and
microbicides also features as a topic at the conference for those
interested.
Rome, Italy 13-14 October
Sessions include recent developments in abortion technique, basics of medical abortion, update in contraception, perception of professionals performing abortions, who is afraid of a woman’s right to self-determination?.
RESOURCES
Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in Asia (RHIYA)
photo database
A newly developed comprehensive
online database gives you direct access to selected photographs taken in a
wide range of projects of the EU/UNFPA Reproductive Health Initiative for
Youth in Asia (RHIYA). Designed as an interactive tool, the database
offers the possibility for RHIYA members to add new photographs, thus
providing the latest visual insights into the wide range of activities
designed to improve the sexual and reproductive health of young people.
UNFPA/UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on Gender and HIV/AIDS
new resource pack on gender and HIV/AIDS
This resource
Pack aims to strengthen the impact of national HIV/AIDS programmes by
tackling a key underlying factor that fuels the epidemic: gender
inequality. The resource pack analyses the impact of gender relations on
the AIDS epidemic and provides guidance, including tools for effective
advocacy and programming.
NEW REPORT
Second Generation Surveillance Surveys of HIV, other STIs and Risk Behaviours in Six Pacific Island CountriesReport by the World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, University of New South Wales and with financial contribution from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria looks at HIV/AIDS in Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.
The report called for higher surveillance in the Pacific and better screening and treatment of chlamydia and other sexually transmitted diseases, which can also lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility. It also said scaled-up education and prevention campaigns were vital.
NEWS IN BRIEF
HIV has Struck 1 in 80 in
PNG
June 30 The Australian
UN Agencies Team up to Tackle Worsening
Sexual and Reproductive Health Worldwide
June 21 UN News
Bangladesh: Reproductive Health Rights
of Women Being Ignored
May 13 The New Nation
ABOUT THE NETWORK
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information sharing and discussion in the area of sexual and reproductive
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