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23rd Nov 2022

Series 2 Episode 9 - The Nuance of International HIV Gender and Health with Alice Welbourn

Episode 9 –  The Nuance of International HIV Gender and Health

This episode takes us on a journey on an international stage. Alice lets us know the current Global research she working on to help change policy, using 7 different languages and involving 90 countries. This amazing work with inform the WHO guidelines on reproductive health for women living with HIV.

Episode Guest - Alice Welbourn

At HIV Matters we have been closely following the career of Alice over the last few years. For over 30 years, Alice has worked on international level for gender and health issues. She is also a trainer, writer and researcher in this subject area as well as many other things. We can't wait for your to learn more with us from the wonderful Alice.

WHO Guideline on SRHR of women living with HIV

Building a safe house on firm ground survey report

WHO SRHR Guideline

Implementation checklist

Case study annex

And some articles:

WHO article about the survey

Journal of Ethics article about the survey

Salamander website page about it all

Collaborative research

AIDS Conference posters

Imperial College film on collaborative research


And some articles:

On the WHAVE podcast paper on participatory research

On the WHAVE podcasts – eg no. 12 about peer research

UNAIDS ALIV[H]E Framework

ALIV[H]E in Action: Case studies

Importance of Women’s involvement in clinical research trials, Namiba A et al 2022 - article


Intimate Partner Violence and violence in healthcare settings

JIAS VAW article

JIAS MH article

ICW videos about pregnancy and violence in healthcare settings

Article about coerced sterilisation in Namibia etc.


Women’s rights to perinatal care

eSRHR – 4M policy brief


Alice openDemocracy article: “When Things Fall Apart” 2009

4M site: https://4mmm.org/

Community-based gender-transformative programmes: violence against women is preventable

Stepping Stones & Stepping Stones Plus

Stepping Stones with Children 

Stepping Stones website and CFAR website (our colleagues in Uganda who are in the process of taking over the global knowledge hub for Stepping Stones)

Stepping Stones FAQs and Adaptation Guidelines

And some articles:

Holden, S., Gordon-Dseagu, V. L., Gordon, G., Chiziza, N., Kiwia, P., Magesa, D., Manyama, W., & Welbourn, A. (2019). Building resilience to adverse childhood experiences: An assessment of the effects of the Stepping Stones with Children training programme on Tanzanian children affected by HIV and their caregivers. Health Education Journal78(2), 124–137. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896918787217

Stepping Stones with Children films: a collection of films about the Stepping Stones with Children programme, including several made by adult and child participants themselves, one year on: https://vimeo.com/showcase/3822203

Ellen Bajenja: International Women’s Day, March 2021 webinar: Stepping Stones To Girls’ Rights

Jewkes R, Flood M,  and James Lang J.  From work with men and boys to changes of social norms and reduction of inequities in gender relations: a conceptual shift

in prevention of violence against women and girls Lancet 2015; 385: 1580–89 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61683-4

 CUSP Collective and feminist scaling of gender transformative programmes

Thought piece:

Community for Understanding Scale Up (2021). “Enhancing Social Norms Programs: An Invitation to Rethink ‘Scaling Up’ from a Feminist Perspective.” Community for Understanding Scale Up.

Webinar: March 2022 on this thought piece.

Blog: Enhancing Social Norms Programs: An Invitation to Rethink "Scaling Up" from a Feminist Perspective Rebecka Lundgren, CUSP. SVRI website. 2022.

Infographic: Feminist Scale Supports Movements. CUSP 2022.



HTUN, M., & WELDON, S. (2012). The Civic Origins of Progressive Policy Change: Combating Violence against Women in Global Perspective, 1975–2005. American Political Science Review, 106(3), 548-569. doi:10.1017/S0003055412000226

Funding women’s rights’ networks

Making waves funding blog

WHAVE podcast paper on funding

SVRI report on funding


Trauma-aware care

Article about the importance of the 1st clinic visit: 

Peyre, M.E. et al. (2016) Influence of the First Consultation on Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV-infected Patients, PubMed Central (PMC). Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5037933/ (Accessed: 2016). 

Training of healthcare providers

Marijo Vazquez: WHAVE podcast on training medical students in Barcelona, Spain

Greater involvement of people living with HIV in healthcare article:

Morolake, O., Stephens, D. and Welbourn, A. (2009), Greater involvement of people living with HIV in health care. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 12: 4-4. https://doi.org/10.1186/1758-2652-12-4

Other references

Forest bathing

Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Doughnut Economics Kate Raworth (website and youtube)

Report about HIV and women and COVID:

ITPC, GALZ, JSF, PYWV, YP, Making Waves and Salamander Trust (2022) 

Are the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women living

with HIV still confined by Covid-19?: An analysis of then and now.

Dunaway K, Brion S, Hale F, et al. What will it take to achieve the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV? Women’s Health. 2022;18. doi:10.1177/17455057221080361

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