PrEP in Europe Summit – making women’s voices heard
Sophia Forum trustee Jacqui Stevenson blogs on PrEP in Europe Summit Sophia Forum participated in the recent PrEP in Europe Summit, held in Amsterdam in February, along with almost 120 other activists...
View ArticleThe Catwalk for Power, Resistance and Hope. Strutting for women with HIV
Susan Cole, Sophia Forum Trustee writes on International Women’s Day about women and HIV This International Women’s Day I planned to write a blog about women with HIV dripping with pathos and negative...
View ArticleBeing seen, being heard: ensuring women living with and affected by HIV are...
Sophia Forum trustee Jacqui Stevenson blogs on the #InvisibleNoLonger campaign When most people think about HIV in the UK, they don’t think about women. Yet in the UK, a third of all people living with...
View ArticleA 10,000 place PrEP trial was never going to meet demand – it’s time to make...
Alongside 31 other organisations, we are calling on NHS England and local authorities to ensure the routine availability of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) on the NHS in England by 1 April 2019. That’s...
View ArticleMaking women’s voices heard: Marie’s experience of accessing and being on PrEP
Sophia Forum co-chair Sophie Strachan blogs for the BASHH newsletter Women at higher risk of acquiring HIV can benefit from PrEP, but take-up of PrEP among women in the UK and in other similar settings...
View ArticleMenopause Support Group
The Sophia Forum and Chelsea & Westminster Menopause Clinic are working in partnership to deliver a new peer support group for women experiencing the menopause. It has been recognised there is not...
View ArticleSophie Strachan – Director
Sophie has been an advocate for women and HIV for 18 years. She has provided policy advice to public health organisations, NHS England, NICE, NGOs and academics, advocating both nationally and...
View Article30 years living with HIV
Blog by Julie Reynolds In January 2021 I will have been diagnosed with HIV for 30 years. In February I will be 55. Back in 1991 an HIV diagnosis was almost certainly believed to be a terminal one but...
View ArticleGetting to Zero Project
Getting to Zero – Peer Caseworker Thank you for your interest in applying for a job with the Sophia Forum. We work to advance the rights of women living with HIV and at risk of HIV and we...
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