Event description:

In April 2022, a national community-academic partnership team including women living with HIV, researchers, service providers, policy-makers, and clinicians published a paper entitled Key Recommendations for developing a national action plan to advance the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV in Canada. The manuscript was a result of four years of national consultation with the HIV community in Canada, including an ancillary event at CAHR 2018. Since publication, the authorship team developed a knowledge mobilization strategy to move the recommendations into implementation, including a campaign for stakeholders across Canada to sign a commitment to implement and integrate these recommendations across policy, practice, and research.

This hybrid ancillary event will convene WHO representatives and national stakeholders in the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV to (1) Identify and pursue strategies to implement the five key recommendations in policy, practice, and research; and (2) Co-design an accountability plan, including how we collectively ensure ongoing commitment to the sexual and reproductive health and rights of the diversity of women living with HIV across Canada. Activities will include a land acknowledgement, networking lunch, presentations, World Café-style small working group discussions, and large group discussions.