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PWV ANNUAL REPORT 2023-2024 – AVAILABLE NOW
Posted on 13th of November 2024
The Positive Women Victoria Annual Report 2023-2024 was approved at the PWV AGM on 19 November and is available to download At the AGM PWV Chair Stephanie Raper presented the Annual Report and gave an overview of PWVs achievements for…
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Ask An Immigration Lawyer Webinar
Posted on 13th of November 2024
Your Path to Living in Australia with HIV Date & Time: Wednesday, 20 November – 2:00pm to 3:00pm AEST Venue: Online With Special Guests: David Carter and Rhys Evans from the Health+Law Partnership Hosted by: Positive Women Victoria Immigration law and…
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POSITIVE WOMEN VICTORIA SEEKS BOARD MEMBERS (includes Associate Board Members)
Posted on 23rd of October 2024
Positive Women Victoria seeks skilled and passionate people to join its Board Do you want to share your skills to help support women living with HIV? Do you have ideas that will help Positive Women Victoria grow so we can…
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PWVs Annual Retreat 2025 at Queenscliff – Expressions of Interest open
Posted on 10th of October 2024
REGISTER TO ATTEND: Positive Women Victoria Annual Retreat 2025 – Friday, 28 February to Sunday, 2 March 2025. Due to popular demand, the PWV Annual Retreat is heading back to the historic seaside town of Queenscliff, Victoria, for 2025. Last…
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Missing Voices published in international journal
Posted on 1st of October 2024
Missing voices: building women living with HIV’s meaningful engagement in HIV clinical and cure research has been published in Culture, Health and Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care. Missing Voices was a research project from 2021 and…
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WE ARE MOVING!
Posted on 25th of September 2024
PWV’s new address is Level 4/ 25 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne All the PWV team are very excited to move to new premises at Level 4, 25 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne from 16 October. Just like at Coventry House, we will share…
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Immigration Law and Your Path to Living in Australia with HIV – WEBINAR
Posted on 20th of September 2024
Date & Time: Wednesday, 20 November 2024 at 2:00pm to 3:00pm AEST Venue: Online via Zoom With Special Guests David Carter and Rhys Evans from the Health+Law Partnership Immigration law and policy can be complicated and changes frequently. In this…
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PWV Retreat Activities Team – Join Now
Posted on 21st of August 2024
Would you like to help plan the PWV Retreat schedule? The PWV Retreat 2025 is booked for Friday, 28 February to 2 March (please save the date), and we are getting ready to plan an exciting schedule of activities. But we need you and…
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Menopause and Women With HIV presentation by Dr Nneka Nwokolo
Posted on 21st of August 2024
If you did not make it to PWVs event on Menopause and Women with HIV presentation by Dr Nneka Nwokolo on 23/9/24, you can listen to Nneka’s interview on JoyFM Well Well Well. Dr Nneka Nwokolo MBBS, FRCP, Dip GU Medicine…
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Chrissie’s Story: My experience at AIDS2024 as an HIV advocate
Posted on 21st of August 2024
Our Stories: Ending HIV Stigma podcast LISTEN TO EPISODE: Chrissie’s Story Chrissie has been living with HIV for 24 years. Originally from Zimbabwe, Chrissie lives in Australia’s Northern Territory with her family where she works as a social worker. But…
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Community Champions program returns for 2024
Posted on 20th of August 2024
The National Association of People with HIV Australia (NAPWHA) and Gilead Sciences Australia are pleased to team up for the fourth consecutive year for the Community Champion awards celebrating the unsung heroes in our communities who tirelessly support people…
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PWV webinar unpacks HIV science from AIDS2024 – WATCH THE RECORDING
Posted on 12th of August 2024
In Plain Language, the latest science in HIV cure, ARV treatments and combating inflammation and more…. Recorded: Wednesday, 14 August – 2pm to 3pm AEST Special Guest: Dr Jillian Lau, HIV clinical researcher from Melbourne This ”in conversation” webinar provides…
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Updated WHO Breastfeeding guidelines delayed till early 2025
Posted on 26th of July 2024
WHO advised at AIDS2024 on a session on Breastfeeding for WLHIV that the update of the WHO Breastfeeding Guidance was now planned for release in early 2025: a year later than originally advised. WHOs Meg Doherty, Director of the…
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HIV Cure Science – Latest Newsletter
Posted on 18th of July 2024
The HIV Cure Newsletter is from the HIV Cure Consortium Melbourne (an international hub of HIV cure research). In the lead up to AIDS2024, learn about the latest research in HIV cure. The world’s largest HIV conference, AIDS2024 is in…
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The new importance of taking a statin
Posted on 11th of July 2024
Talk to your HIV doctor about the role of statins in HIV health There has been a lot of talk about the health benefits of taking statins since the results of the REPRIEVE study were presented at the IAS HIV…
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Bolder Online for Over 50s – Sexuality and Aging – 17 July online – 4pm to 5:30pm
Posted on 11th of July 2024
Bolder Online – Health & Wellbeing for PLHIV over 50 Connect With Older People With HIV From Around Australia July session: Sexuality and Aging with special guest speaker: Dr Michael Lowy Date: Wednesday 17 July from 4:00pm – 5:30pm AEST Register: Bolder Online Bolder Online…
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PWV Retreat Activities Team – Join Now
Posted on 11th of July 2024
Would you like to help plan the PWV Retreat 2025 schedule? The PWV Retreat 2025 is booked for Friday, 28 February to 2 March (please save the date), and we are getting ready to plan an exciting schedule of activities. But we need you…
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Support Women Living With HIV – Rose Fund Appeal 2024
Posted on 4th of June 2024
Your generous donation will go directly to support women with HIV through Positive Women Victoria’s Rose Fund grant program. Target for the Rose Fund Appeal: $20,000 DONATE NOW The Rose Fund provides small grants to support members to complete personal…
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Inflammation and aging – a presentation by Professor Jenny Hoy
Posted on 28th of May 2024
In this presentation, Professor Jenny Hoy talks about inflammation and aging with HIV. Topics covered include: What is Chronic Inflammation? What it does to your body, including how being overweight increases inflammation and why? How to reduce inflammation by following…
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Your Safety and Security Online webinar – WATCH THE RECORDING
Posted on 15th of May 2024
Hear from an eSafety expert on how to stay safe and avoid online scams WATCH THE RECORDING Hear from an eSafety expert from the eSafety Commissioner on how to safeguard you and your children’s online presence. You will learn what…
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