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Contributing to the APSRHM newsletter is a great chance to publicise your work, research 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.

Meeting of Interagency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations (IAWG)
Date: Monday 2 October 2006- Wednesday 4 October 2006
Location: The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

University of New South Wales, in cooperation with IAWG and UNFPA, is hosting the first 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 is keen to extend its membership in the Asia/Pacific region.
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 review global initiatives in reproductive health, explore regional challenges and include sessions on mental health/psychosocial care and reproductive cancers.
As participation by non IAWG members may be limited due to space it is important to register your organisation's interest by 12 September 2006.

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

Critical Half: Engaging Men in ''Women's Issues''
Women for Women International, a non-profit humanitarian organisation, seeks submissions for the winter 2007 issue of its bi-annual academic journal, Critical Half.
The journal is intended to raise awareness and spark debate among a variety of audiences by presenting various perspectives on economic, social, and political issues as they relate to women in international development and conflict and post-conflict societies.
This issue of the journal will focus on how men can be engaged to promote positive change in gender relations at the family, community, and national levels.
Articles should provide at least one example of a country's experience that demonstrates the writer's argument. Papers should incorporate a theoretical framework for the argument where possible and a discussion of its practical implications.
The submission deadline is October 15, 2006. Past issues are available at: http://www.womenforwomen.org/repubbiannual.htm

Women and Health Issue
Pakistan Journal of Women's Studies (PJWS) solicits writings for its December 2006 issue on Women and Health. A variety of contributions that focus on women's experience regarding health are welcome.
Papers should be mailed to the editor PJWS at niswan_pk@hotmail.com or pakistanwomenstudies@gmail.com or sent to C 31 Norman Heaven Block 15, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi, 75290, Pakistan. For more information visit the website.

Exchange on HIV/AIDS, Sexuality and Gender
Contributions are needed for forthcoming issues. Contributions should be about gender and HIV/AIDS, sexual health or sexuality. For more information visit the website.

XVIII World Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health and the 1st World Congress for Sexual Health
Sydney, Australia, April 15-19 2007
The conference theme, Achieving Health, Pleasure and Respect , captures the essentials of sexual health. This meeting will be truly multidisciplinary and introduce to participating clinicians, researchers, educators, activists and policy makers to the manifold, diverse and often controversial perspectives of contemporary sexual heath.
Online submissions for abstracts are now open. Themes for abstracts include, Sexual health & the MDGs, sexual rights, STI/HIV-epidemiology , sexual violence, Genital Mutilation and other harmful practices, unplanned pregnancy and behavioral issues in contraception.

Deadline for submission of abstracts is September 15, 2006, for more information on submitting an abstract click here.

The 4th International AIDS Society Conference on Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention
Sydney, Australia, 22 - 25 July 2007
As the fourth conference in this series, IAS 2007 will feature reports of the latest developments in the areas of basic, clinical and prevention science. The conference will continue its strong emphasis on treatment and pathogenesis, while building upon the biomedical prevention agenda introduced in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2005. As a defining feature of the conference, IAS 2007 will examine how scientific advances can, in very practical ways, inform the global response to HIV/AIDS.
The 4th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention welcomes the submission of abstracts for original contribution to the field.
Guidelines
The deadline for abstract submission is midnight Central European Time (CET) on 1 March 2007.
Please follow the guidelines provided on the website and submit your abstract online.
After an abstract has been submitted, modifications can be made via the personal page before the abstract submission deadline of 1 March 2007.

Issue 4 Aug/Sep 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, Contributing to the APSRHM newsletter is a great chance to publicise your work, research 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 FINAL CALL TO PARTICIPATE Meeting of Interagency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations (IAWG) Date: Monday 2 October 2006- Wednesday 4 October 2006 Location: The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia University of New South Wales, in cooperation with IAWG and UNFPA, is hosting the first 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 is keen to extend its membership in the Asia/Pacific region. 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 review global initiatives in reproductive health, explore regional challenges and include sessions on mental health/psychosocial care and reproductive cancers. As participation by non IAWG members may be limited due to space it is important to register your organisation's interest by 12 September 2006. 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 CALL FOR PAPERS Critical Half: Engaging Men in ''Women's Issues'' Women for Women International, a non-profit humanitarian organisation, seeks submissions for the winter 2007 issue of its bi-annual academic journal, Critical Half. The journal is intended to raise awareness and spark debate among a variety of audiences by presenting various perspectives on economic, social, and political issues as they relate to women in international development and conflict and post-conflict societies. This issue of the journal will focus on how men can be engaged to promote positive change in gender relations at the family, community, and national levels. Articles should provide at least one example of a country's experience that demonstrates the writer's argument. Papers should incorporate a theoretical framework for the argument where possible and a discussion of its practical implications. The submission deadline is October 15, 2006. Past issues are available at: http://www.womenforwomen.org/repubbiannual.htm Women and Health Issue Pakistan Journal of Women's Studies (PJWS) solicits writings for its December 2006 issue on Women and Health. A variety of contributions that focus on women's experience regarding health are welcome. Papers should be mailed to the editor PJWS at niswan_pk@hotmail.com or pakistanwomenstudies@gmail.com or sent to C 31 Norman Heaven Block 15, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi, 75290, Pakistan. For more information visit the website. Exchange on HIV/AIDS, Sexuality and Gender Contributions are needed for forthcoming issues. Contributions should be about gender and HIV/AIDS, sexual health or sexuality. For more information visit the website. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS XVIII World Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health and the 1st World Congress for Sexual Health Sydney, Australia, April 15-19 2007 The conference theme, Achieving Health, Pleasure and Respect , captures the essentials of sexual health. This meeting will be truly multidisciplinary and introduce to participating clinicians, researchers, educators, activists and policy makers to the manifold, diverse and often controversial perspectives of contemporary sexual heath. Online submissions for abstracts are now open. Themes for abstracts include, Sexual health & the MDGs, sexual rights, STI/HIV-epidemiology , sexual violence, Genital Mutilation and other harmful practices, unplanned pregnancy and behavioral issues in contraception. Deadline for submission of abstracts is September 15, 2006, for more information on submitting an abstract click here. The 4th International AIDS Society Conference on Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention Sydney, Australia, 22 - 25 July 2007 As the fourth conference in this series, IAS 2007 will feature reports of the latest developments in the areas of basic, clinical and prevention science. The conference will continue its strong emphasis on treatment and pathogenesis, while building upon the biomedical prevention agenda introduced in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2005. As a defining feature of the conference, IAS 2007 will examine how scientific advances can, in very practical ways, inform the global response to HIV/AIDS. The 4th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention welcomes the submission of abstracts for original contribution to the field. Guidelines The deadline for abstract submission is midnight Central European Time (CET) on 1 March 2007. Please follow the guidelines provided on the website and submit your abstract online. After an abstract has been submitted, modifications can be made via the personal page before the abstract submission deadline of 1 March 2007. 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 NEWS IN BRIEF Abortion Issue Confronts Canberra's Aid Policy August 21 Radio Australia Asia Pacific Programs Fiji: Health Adviser Says no to Legalise Abortions August 16 Fiji Live Aceh has High Infant and Maternal Mortality Rates August 8 Antara News Indonesia	UPCOMING CONFERENCES Seminar on 'women and migration' 6th September, 1.45pm– 4.30pm, Parliament House, Canberra This seminar is organised by the Parliamentary Group on Population and Development to mark the launch of the State of the World Population 2006 Report, ‘A Passage to Hope: Women and International Migration.’ People with an interest in migration, particularly in aspects of migrant women’s health, are warmly invited to attend. Reservations are essential. Speakers will address migrant women’s experiences in Vietnam, China, Thailand and Australia. The Minister for Immigration, the Hon Amanda Vanstone, will participate. Policy makers from AusAID and the Department of Immigration as well as NGO representatives will attend. To RSVP please phone Jenny Goldie on 02 6282 8922 or email jenny@arha.org.au. 2nd AOGIN Conference 8-10th September, Cebu, Philippines More than 50% of cervical cancer cases in the developing world occur within the Asian-Pacific region. Therefore, we have developed an expert multi-disciplinary group within the region and along the lines of European Research Organization on Genital Infection and Neoplasia (EUROGIN) / European Course on HPV Associated Pathology Virus (ECHPV), as developed for Europe and, more recently, Latin America. AOGIN works with health care workers (as well as the lay public), particularly those in women’s health with the goals of collaboration and research, scientific exchanges, education and training, providing information, surveys and audits. AOGIN brings together clinicians and scientists whose work is related to genital infections and neoplasia. Contact the Conference Secretariat: a.richards@invivocom.com Australasian Sexual Health Conference 2006 Monday 9 to Wednesday 11 October, Melbourne Sexual health problems are major social problems in Australia and New Zealand and are significant causes of morbidity and, in some cases of HIV/AIDS, of mortality. The incidence and prevalence of some sexually transmissible infections remains unacceptably high in Australia and New Zealand, and unplanned pregnancies and sexual dysfunction cause considerable unhappiness and distress. Substantial resources are devoted to diagnosis and treatment of sexual health problems and there is an important role for appropriately trained medical practitioners in this area. Earlybird registration - Thursday 31 August 2006 Accommodation Booking deadline - Friday 8 September 2006 Standard Registration deadline - Thursday 28 September 2006 Please register online at: http://sexualhealth2006.com.au/registration Australasian Society for HIV Medicine Conference 2006 11 to 14 October, Melbourne The ASHM Conference brings together the range of disciplines involved in HIV & Hepatitis Management including: Basic science, Clinical medicine, Community programs, Education, Epidemiology, Indigenous health, International & regional issues, Nursing and allied health, Policy, Prevention, Primary care, Public health, Social research. The 2006 ASHM Conference will be held back-to-back with the 2006 Australasian Sexual Health Conference. Earlybird registration - Thursday 31 August 2006 Accommodation Booking deadline - Friday 8 September 2006 Standard Registration deadline - Thursday 28 September 2006 Please register online at: http://www.ashm.org.au/2006_conf/registration Seventh Congress of the International Federation of Professional Abortion and Contraception Associates - 'Freedom and rights in reproductive health' 13-14 October, Rome, Italy 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? NEW RESOURCES Resource Pack on Gender and HIV/AIDS Developed by the UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team 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 and contains the following documents: Operational Guide on Gender and HIV/AIDS: A Rights-Based Approach Review paper, 'Integrating Gender into HIV/AIDS Programmes' 17 Fact Sheets with concise information on gender-related aspects of HIV/AIDS Advocacy Kit for Growing Up Global: the Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries Advocates for Youth and Population Reference Bureau published a report in 2005 called Growing Up Global: the Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries. To facilitate use of this data by adult and youth activists working on youth reproductive and sexual health issues, they have now developed this new advocacy kit. The kit provides a series of fact sheets drawn from the publication, as well as calls to action and advocacy tips. Fact sheet topics include youth sexual & reproductive health; youth & marriage; youth & parenting and youth & education. NEW REPORT Public Choices, Private Decisions: Sexual & Reproductive Health & the MDGs This report was prepared by the UN Millennium Project which is an independent advisory body commissioned by the UN Secretary-General to propose the best strategies for meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This report presents evidence of the relationship between Sexual and Reproductive Health and each Goal. It underscores the urgent need to increase investments in improving the access to Sexual and Reproductive Health information and services, particularly for the poor. Otherwise, the MDGs cannot be met. The report also identifies and describes the policies and practical investments that can improve access to SRH services and information.
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