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 […]
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Cliffe, S., Townsend, C. L., Cortina-Borja, M., & Newell, M-L. (2011). ‘Fertility intentions of HIV-infected women in the United Kingdom’. AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 23(9), pp. 1093-1101
In the UK the number of pregnancies in women living with HIV increased dramatically over a decade but attitudes towards childbearing among women living with HIV have not been previously […]
Read moreNovember 2015 Newsletter
In this newsletter: Nearly 10 years on, needed now more than ever Raising the profile of positive women Poems from our WISE-UP+ participants A Cloud of Light: My HIV story […]
Read moreNearly, 10 years on, needed now more than ever
Raising the profile of positive women. Sophia Forum is celebrating our 10 year anniversary with our event, Wising Up: Women, Violence and HIV in the UK, in London in the […]
Read moreMy transition from a Wise-Up participant to a Wise-up facilitator
At wise-up 2014 Sometime last year, I read about an advocacy workshop for women living with HIV organized by Sophia forum. I was dealing with depression at the time so […]
Read moreHIV and Gender-based Violence: What are the Costs of Inaction?
With growing recognition of the links between gender-based violence and HIV, why is there still so little being done? And why do the women leading change, making a difference from […]
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Feasibility study to look at the potential for a national investigation into violence as a cause & consequence of HIV for women in England. Extract from Exec Summary There are […]
Read moreSophia Forum Round Table Meeting to address issues in relation to Women and HIV in the UK
Hosted by Baroness Gould of Potternewton On 18th January 2011 the Sophia Forum held a Round Table Meeting at the House of Lords, kindly hosted by Baroness Gould of Potternewton. The focus of the […]
Read more10 reasons why criminalization of HIV exposure or transmission harms women
Author: ATHENA Date: 2009 Format: Document Link to document
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