Proffered Papers 3 - Social, Political and Cultural Aspects
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Monday, September 16, 2019 |
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Meeting Room 2 |
Speaker
Ms Sandra Norman
Project Officer
Sexuality Education Counselling & Consultancy Agency Inc
UPSKILLING THE WORKFORCE ABOUT THE DOUBLE TABOO - SEXUALITY AND DISABILITY
1:30 PM - 1:45 PMBiography
Sandra Norman has been working in the field of sexuality for 20 years and in disability for 10 years. As an educator her work spans the topics of sexual health, domestic violence, suicide prevention and aged care. She currently works for SECCA and for Living Proud.
Dr Stephen Bell
Senior Research Fellow
Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society
YOUNG ABORIGINAL PEOPLE’S ENGAGEMENT WITH STI TESTING IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA
1:45 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
Stephen Bell, a social scientist at the Kirby Institute, conducts community-based research in partnership with young people and other marginalised populations in a variety of settings in Africa, Asia, Pacific-Asia and Australia using qualitative, participatory and ethnographic methods to explore sexual, reproductive and maternal health, and other public health issues.
Ms Lena Van Hale
Manager of Magenta
Sexual Health Quarters (fpwa)
GENDER INCONGRUENCE AND DEPATHOLOGISATION: BUILDING ON THE GROWING SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS WITHIN SEXUAL HEALTH AROUND GENDER DIVERSITY.
2:00 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
Lena Van Hale is a Perth based transgender woman, and transgender health advocate. Lena works for Sexual Health Quarters and is Manager of the Magenta project, WA's sex worker health and support project.
Ms Kate Whitford
Research Officer
Kirby Institute
SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON HIV TESTING AMONG FEMALE SEX WORKERS IN THREE URBAN SETTINGS IN INDONESIA
2:15 PM - 2:30 PMBiography
Kate Whitford is a Project Officer and PhD candidate in the Public Health Interventions Research Group, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney. Kate has a background in surveillance of HIV, STIs and blood-borne viruses, and is currently working on projects investigating HIV and STI prevention in marginalised populations in Australia and internationally.
Ms Liz Duck-Chong
Self Employed
‘A BODY I AM COMFORTABLE WITH’: THE INTERPLAY OF HORMONES AND SEX FOR TRANS AND GENDER DIVERSE PEOPLE
2:30 PM - 2:45 PMBiography
Liz Duck-Chong is a freelance writer, researcher, sexual health advocate and peer worker, and filmmaker, who enjoys keeping her work with at least one foot squarely in the LGBTQIA+ community.
Dr Lisa Fitzgerald
Senior Lecturer
University Of Queensland
“THE PROBLEM IS SEXUAL HEALTH STUFF…IT’S HARD TO FIND A SPOT FOR EVERYONE”: GENDER VARIANT AND SEXUALLY DIVERSE YOUNG PEOPLE’S EXPERIENCES OF (SEXUAL) HEALTH SERVICES
2:45 PM - 2:50 PMBiography
Dr Lisa Fitzgerald is a public health sociologist with research interests in the health and well being of people experiencing marginalisation and the social determinants of (sexual) health. She is engaged in social research projects related to HIV, sexual health, young people, and LGBTI health.
Ms Michelle Laws
Regional Programme Manager
Marie Stopes International
INTEGRATED MENSTRUAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
2:50 PM - 2:55 PMBiography
Michelle Laws is the GAP Regional Programme Manager at Marie Stopes International. Michelle specialises in gender equality and sexual and reproductive health programming in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Most recently, she has led menstrual health initiatives targeted at improving adolescent access to SRH education and services.
Ms Giselle Newton
PhD Candidate
Centre For Social Research In Health, UNSW
EVALUATING CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS USING PEER SUPPORT FROM REDDIT
2:50 PM - 2:55 PMBiography
Giselle Newton is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW. Her research interests include sexual and reproductive health, digital health communication, online support groups and digital intimacy. Her current research explores how donor-conceived offspring use digital platforms to connect with peers and genetic relatives.
Co-chair
Stephen Bell
Senior Research Fellow
Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society
Mish Pony
Chief Executive Officer
Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association