ABOUT

The WRI 2021 convening will focus on Research at the Intersection of HIV and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health: Best Practices, Gaps, and Barriers. Sexuality plays an important role in the lives of many women, including those living with HIV. Yet sexual and reproductive health among women has been a relatively underexplored area of HIV research.  In the context of HIV, these aspects of health take on additional meaning for women, given that most women acquire HIV through sex and their biological potential to transmit HIV to their children.

There is a range of research and policy issues related to the intersection of HIV and sexual and reproductive health for women that requires the cross-disciplinary and cross-sectoral attention that the WRI can uniquely provide. Because the WRI addresses topics through a problem-solving lens, this meeting will go beyond articulating the issues to developing a series of recommendations for research, clinical practice, and policy on how to advance the HIV and sexual and reproductive health needs of women living with HIV.

The WRI 2021 will establish a baseline understanding about the intersection between HIV and women’s sexual and reproductive health and review the most recent and relevant research on the topic. We will examine the policy implications women’s HIV and sexual and reproductive health research, as well as the “real world” impact those findings have had on women living with HIV. We will share challenges, successes, and best practices in advancing relevant research and the application of those findings to programs and policies. We will create an action plan to help move the field forward. As with all WRI meetings, we will also identify actions that individual WRI members can take to address the gaps and challenges in this research and its implementation.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

We will arrange hotel accommodations for all attendees. Please do not contact the hotel directly.  We will confirm your hotel reservations for the nights of October 7th, 8th and 9th.  Additional night requests are based on availability and are at the expense of the attendee.

TRAVEL INFORMATION

Air Ticketing: Due to the uncertainty of the on going pandemic, we will hold off on booking any flights until further notice.  Please complete your registration as if you will be requiring a flight to Utah.  A flight itinerary will be sent to you for your approval before anything is ticketed.

Ground transportation to and from the airport in Utah will be arranged for you.  Specific details will follow.

REGISTRATION PROCESS

Please note that when you register, you will be asked to upload your CV/bio.  You may return at a later point to do this, however, if you can do it at the time of registration, it would be greatly appreciated.

WRI will cover the cost of transportation and lodging for non-governmental and non-industry participants.

For questions regarding registration, please contact debbie.cooke@meetingmasters.biz