New Position in schools health education, Western Australia

June 23, 2017 5:23 am

 
Are you interested in a new position working health education, policy and planning?  Then check-out this position on the Jobs WA Board – posted 24 June  
The WA Health Department, Sexual Health and Blood Bourne Virus Program is seeking to appoint enthusiastic and dynamic educators to the Pool for the position of Senior Policy Officer working in the development of policies, programs and resources in priority and new emerging populations for sexually transmitted infections and sexual health education on a state-wide basis.
The appointed Officer from the Pool will undertake strategic projects with a special emphasis on intersectoral initiatives, including school-based programs and manage web-based content for multiple websites including sexual health curriculum based support for teachers, social marketing campaigns.
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UNSW event, 28 June: Sexuality and sexual citizenship in the later years

June 6, 2017 1:57 am

Innovations towards equality? Sexual citizenship, ageing and Internet dating
Professor Chris Beasley
Ageist assumptions about sex and sexuality abound in both scholarship and institutional practice, despite the significance of sexuality for older people signalled by their use of new technologies of intimacy, including Internet dating. From the perspective of justice and sexual citizenship, it is important to examine older people’s use of these practices and the ways in which they may advance freedom and equality. This paper focuses on heterosexual older people’s use of Internet dating in ways that advance gender equity.
Chris Beasley is Professor in Politics and, from 2009 to 2014, previous Co-Director of the Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender, at the University of Adelaide. Her books include Revaluing Care in Theory, Law and Policy (2016), Heterosexuality in Theory and Practice (2012) and Gender & Sexuality: Critical Theories, Critical Thinkers (2005). She is currently writing a book on Internet dating with Mary Holmes.
Supporting sexual wellbeing in later life: What do older Australians want, and what do they need?
Dr Bianca Fileborn
Contrary to ageist stereotypes, many older people continue to be sexually active throughout later life. Despite this, concern for sexual health among older adults continues to be a notable absence in the health and aged care sectors. In the context of an ageing population, and increasing STI rates amongst the 60+ age group, action is needed to support and foster the sexual health and wellbeing of older Australians. Drawing on findings from the Sex, Age & Me project – the first national study of older people’s sexual relationships and sexual health – this paper will explore the key issues older Australians are currently facing and outline future directions for support.
Bianca Fileborn is a lecturer in the UNSW School of Social Sciences. Her research focuses on sexuality in later life. She has been involved in two national Australian studies on sexuality, sexual health and older adults and has published widely in leading criminological and other journals. Her book Reclaiming the Night-Time Economy: Unwanted Sexual Attention in Pubs and Clubs was published by Palgrave in 2016.

This seminar is part of the UNSW Grand Challenge on Inequality

Wed 28 June 2017
4.00pm – 5.30pm
 Room 221/223, Level 2,
John Goodsell Building,
UNSW Kensington Campus (map ref F20)

This is a free event but bookings are essential.

Expressions of interest open for Family Planning Victoria/AFSEH event

May 10, 2017 3:44 am

The Pleasure Agenda – a by-invitation event

Pleasure and desire are fundamental components of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) yet are often absent from the agenda.

Family Planning Victoria, in partnership with The Australia Forum on Sexuality, Education and Health, is seeking expressions of interest from thought leaders to join with us for this key event.

At the event we aim to explore how we can further embed pleasure and desire into SRH policy and practice by:

  • Broadening the SRH discourse on pleasure and desire
  • Identifying research, policy, practice and omissions
  • Forming coalitions of interest to address identified omissions
  • Developing an advocacy agenda.

This event is aimed at those working in the SRH sector in areas such as education, health promotion, research, information translation, clinical practice and Government.

If you are interested in taking part in this agenda setting event please complete the Expression of Interest form by May 19, 2017.

Upcoming public events: UNSW Practical Justice Initiative

May 10, 2017 3:14 am

Two upcoming seminars in the UNSW Practical Justice Initiative series that may be of interest to AFSEH members:

Extent and effects of child sexual abuse in institutional contexts

May 16 2017, 4.30pm – 6.00pm

In this joint seminar Professor Carolyn Warner (Arizona State University) and Associate Professor Jan Breckenridge (UNSW Sydney) will comment on how institutions reproduce or intersect with gender and other concomitant inequalities, as well as the development of more effective institutional responses to disclosures of childhood sexual abuse.

More details and to register

https://pji.arts.unsw.edu.au/events/extent-and-effects-child-sexual-abuse-institutional-contexts

 

Sexuality and sexual citizenship in the later years

28 June 2017, 4.00pm – 5.30pm

 

Professor Chris Beasley (University of Adelaide) will discuss sexual citizenship, ageing and Internet dating, and Dr Bianca Fileborn ( UNSW School of Social Sciences) will explore what older Australians want, and need, to support their sexual wellbeing in later life.

More details and to register

https://pji.arts.unsw.edu.au/events/sexuality-and-sexual-citizenship-later-years

 

 

 

Australasian Sexual Health Alliance (ASHA) Conference. 6-9 November 2017

May 10, 2017 3:09 am

For several years, the annual conference of the Australasian Sexual Health Alliance has provided a setting in which issues of sexuality, sexual health and education can be discussed.

This year’s conference takes place between 6-9 November 2017 in Canberra. Among the keynote speakers is Simon Blake – Chief Executive of the National Union of Students in the UK and former CEO of Blake, the UK’s largest provider of sexual health information and services for young people. Simon gave a spectacular opening address at AFSEH’s first national conference in 2015

Full details of the ASHA conference are available here

http://www.sexualhealthconference.com.au/sexual-health-conference/about-sexual-health-conference/

Special AFSEH issue of Sex Education journal

May 10, 2017 2:59 am

A recently published issue of Sex Education contains key papers from AFSEH’s first national conference.

With an open access editorial introduction by Tania Ferfolja and Jacqueline Ullman, and an open access In Conversation between Simon Blake and Peter Aggleton, the issue contains papers details cutting edge research and commentary from across Australia.

Topics addressed include:

  • the importance of educating young people about HPV vaccination in schools;
  • teacher positivity towards gender diversity;
  • parents’ perspectives on sexuality education;
  • the politicisation of Australian queer affirming curriculum materials;
  • young people’s perspectives on homophobic language use; and
  • LGBTIQ experiences in tertiary education.

Contributors include Paul Byron, Cristyn Davies, Karyn Fulcher, Kerry Robinson, Barrie Shannon, Rachel Skinner and Andrea Waling

Full details here:

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/csed20/17/3?nav=tocList

Parents & sexuality education: New ‘Talk soon, talk often’ digital resource

April 10, 2017 12:48 am

The NSW version of the ‘Talk soon.Talk often’ sexuality education resource for parents is now online
 
Click HERE  for the Flip book version. 
 

 

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