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Other Borders
International Women’s Health Conference
Derry Well Woman, on behalf of the Cross Border Women’s Health Network, is hosting an international conference on women’s health in May 2008. The conference is entitled Other Borders. The aim is to make a health impact by raising awareness and opening up the debate on the need to improve health status and reduce health inequalities through focussing on:
- Women and exclusion
- Maintaining women’s roles in determining health and well-being when societies move from conflict to post conflict
- Meeting health needs on a cross border basis
In securing this aim our objectives are:
- To bring together speakers from around the world to disseminate/share information and experience of working with women and exclusion, maintaining women’s roles in determining health and well-being when societies move from conflict to post conflict and meeting health needs on a cross border basis
- To develop and strengthen international links between health and social care professionals, academics, researchers, development workers and politicians interested in the key role women play in determining population health status
- To lobby politicians and decision makers for action against health inequalities and social exclusion in border areas
Date: May 29th to 30th 2008
Place: Everglades Hotel, Derry Northern Ireland
Format: keynotes, paper sessions at Workshops on each theme, panels, discussions, and informal interaction.
Across all themes we would encourage the active involvement of stakeholders through presenting and co-presenting papers or taking part in workshops and panel discussions.
Maximum no. of participants: 200
Conference Themes
Other Borders, the international women’s health conference, takes as its core message the importance of a women’s health focus in the drive to improve health status and reduce health inequalities. In particular the Conference will focus on exclusion, well-being in post conflict societies and meeting health needs on a cross border basis.
Stakeholders include community representatives and activists, health and social care professionals, academics, researchers, development workers, private business, decision makers and politicians interested in the key role women play in determining population health status.
Workshops will be organised over the two days across three core themes as follows:
- Women and Exclusion
- Maintaining women’s roles in determining health and well-being when societies move from conflict to post conflict
- Meeting health needs on a cross border basis
Each theme will be addressed by two keynote speakers, one providing an international perspective, and the other a perspective local to the north west of Ireland. The keynote presentations will be followed by workshops relating to the particular theme. Presentations and submissions are invited for these from groups who have developed models of good practice as well as from academic research papers.
Speakers and Workshop Participants will focus/ reflect on common themes and opportunities for common / collective action to improve health status and reduce health inequalities within and across border areas.
Theme 1
Women and exclusion
The theme has been adopted in recognition of the clear links between exclusion and poor health status. The promotion and securing of inclusion is central to reducing health inequalities and improving health status.
Contributions to this theme should address issues arising in the following broad areas:
- Health status and social inclusion in cross border areas
- Actions and processes to be taken to promote social inclusion
- Strategies which promote women’s involvement in decision making on a range of health determinants
Theme 2
Maintaining women’s roles in determining health and well-being when societies move from conflict to post conflict
The theme has been adopted in recognition of the key role of women in determining family and community well-being. The theme is underpinned by evidence of a decrease in support for the women’s sector and women’s action when societies move from conflict to peace.
Contributions to this theme should address issues arising in the following broad areas:
- Impacts of conflict and post conflict environments on women’s health
- Role and impact of women in determining community health status in conflict and/or post conflict societies
- Maintaining and expanding the role of women and women’s organisations in transition from conflict to peace and also in post conflict societies
Theme 3
Meeting health needs on a cross border basis
The theme is concerned with exploring/sharing models of cross –border co-operation and collaboration on a range of health determinants (including Health and Social Care service delivery) which can demonstrate a positive health impact and avoidance of neglect in border areas.
Contributions to this theme should address issues arising in the following broad areas:
- Health inequalities that are based on disadvantage, marginalisation and isolation specific to cross border areas
- Approaches to effective cross border co-operation and collaboration on a range of health determinants e.g. economics, education, housing, environment, infrastructure and health service delivery
- Practices which demonstrate the positive health impact of political and organisational dialogue on cross border health issues
Types of presentations
Papers:- presenters of papers will deliver a presentation of a maximum of 15 minutes. Presentations on each theme will be followed by an opportunity for questions and discussion.
We are particularly interested in evidence based models of good practice or interventions which address these issues and preference will be given to papers reflecting effective interventions/solution on topics
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