Tuesday Morning Plenary
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 |
9:15 AM - 10:50 AM |
Pacific Ballroom |
Speaker
Dr Anne Robertson
Medical Lead Sexual Health Service
Te Whatu Ora Te Pae Ora o Ruahine o Tararua MidCentral
Advocating for and developing sexual health in regional NZ
9:20 AM - 9:50 AMBiography
Born in London, Anne Robertson was brought up in a small community in the northeast of Scotland. In 1978, she moved to Whanganui, but later returned to the UK to complete her specialist training then settled in New Zealand in 1988. Robertson was MidCentral Health’s regional coordinator for Medical Sexual Assault Clinicians Aotearoa from 1990 to 2014, helping create a 24-hour roster for providing sexual assault therapeutic and forensic care for children, adolescents and adults in the region. She has also been a director of Sexually Transmitted Infections Education Foundation Aotearoa, and the co-lead author of the New Zealand HPV project and the New Zealand Herpes Foundation.
Mx Hayden Moon
Speaker
University of Sydney
Improving experiences in clinical settings for trans and gender diverse people
9:50 AM - 10:20 AMBiography
Hayden Moon (He/Him and They/Them) is a PhD candidate in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Sydney. Hayden's research centres on the experience of intersectional identities and communities and the performance of self. He also advocates for the LGBTQIA+, disabled and First Nations communities due to his connection and love of his peers.
Ms Catherine Healy
Senior Counsellor Case Manager
Relationships Australia South Australia
Human rights, advocacy and law reform for sex workers
10:20 AM - 10:50 AMBiography
Dame Catherine Healy is National Co-Ordinator of NZPC: Aotearoa New Zealand Sex Workers’ Collective, an organisation which advocates for the rights, safety, health and wellbeing of sex workers. She is a co-editor of “Taking the Crime out of Sex Work, “The Policy Press Bristol 2010. She is frequently invited to share the experience of law and policy surrounding sex workers in Aotearoa.
Chairperson
Riki Nofo'akifolau
General Manager
Village Collective
Julia Scott
Sexual Health Physician
Tu Ora Wellington Sexual Health Service