In October 2017, Sophia Forum entered the Aviva Community Fund contest to try to win financial support for our advocacy training events. Competition was fierce, and despite receiving a lot […]
Read moreCategory: HIV, women and the health sector
Invisible no Longer: HIV and Women
GET INVOLVED Are you a women living with HIV? We want to hear from you about your experiences and what you think needs to change to ensure that women living […]
Read moreAviva Community Fund – Vote for WISE-UP+
After the success of our advocacy training WISE-UP+ events in 2014 and 2015, Sophia Forum are hoping to run two more WISE-UP+ events in 2018 with the help of our […]
Read moreExploring the infant feeding practices of immigrant women in the North West of England: a case study of asylum seekers and refugees in Liverpool and Manchester
Emily Hufton* and Joanna Raven† *Manchester Centre for Sexual Health, Central Manchester NHS FoundationTrust, Manchester, UK, and †Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School ofTropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK Abstract Little […]
Read moreExperiences of stigma among people living with HIV accessing care through the National Health Service
C Ferraro1 , L Benton1 , I Lut1 , A Hudson1 , P Kirwan2 , J Jefferies2 , V Delpech2 , S Okala2 , W Sseruma3 , R Mbewe3 , […]
Read moreSalamander Trust (2014). Building a safe house on firm ground: key findings from a global values and preferences survey regarding the sexual and reproductive health and human rights of women living with HIV. WHO, Geneva.
http://www.athenanetwork.org/assets/files/General%20-%20publications/BuildingASafeHouseOnFirmGroundFINALreport190115.pdf
Read moreDhairyawan, R., Tariq, S., Scourse, R., & Coyne, K. (2013). ‘Intimate partner violence in women living with HIV attending an inner city clinic in the UK: prevalence and associated factors’. HIV Medicine, 14(5), pp. 303–310.
Many studies throughout the world have shown high rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) experienced by women living with HIV but data from the UK has been lacking. This study […]
Read morePrimary Care Access: How General Practice Can Better Respond To the Needs of People Living with HIV
Publisher: Positively UK Date: 2011 Format: Report Link to report
Read moreResponse to: Mainstreaming the commissioning of local services to address violence against women and girls
Author: The Sophia Forum and Positively Women Publisher: The Sophia Forum and Positively Women Date: 2010 Format: Consultation Response Link to consultation response Joint submission from The Sophia Forum and Positively Women in response to […]
Read moreGreater Involvement of People Living with HIV in health care
Author: Odetoyinbo, Stephens and Welbourn Publisher: Journal of the International AIDS Society Date: 2009 Format: Article Link to article
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