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Posithiva Gruppen (PG) regularly organises social and knowledge-enhancing activities for women living with HIV. Social activities can be museum visits and outings. Through the Knowledge Network for Women Living with HIV, knowledge is disseminated within the target group, but also to the rest of society. The network organises evening seminars and workshops, among other activities.
The Knowledge Network for Women Living with HIV
Knowledge Network for Women Living with HIV is Posithiva Gruppen’s program area for women. The purpose of the network is to increase knowledge within the target group (women living with HIV) but also to increase knowledge about women and HIV in society at large. All HIV-positive women who wish to increase their own or society’s knowledge about HIV are welcome to actively participate in the network.
Two HIV-positive women took the initiative to form the network back in 2015. They were frustrated about the fact that women were given low priority in issues concerning HIV in Sweden. They were fed up with ignorance, invisibility, and stigma. Since 2017, the network has been a program area within Posithiva Gruppen (PG), Sweden’s national patient organisation for people living with HIV.
What do we do in the Knowledge Network?
The Knowledge Network for Women Living with HIV organises seminars, lectures, workshops, and events. The activities are usually organised in Stockholm, occasionally in other cities, as well as online. If you want to participate in an activity that takes place in Stockholm, Posithiva Gruppen can book and pay for travel tickets to and from the activity. Participation in the Knowledge Network’s activities is always free of charge.
What topics are we working on in the Knowledge Network?
Examples of topics that we are working on in the Knowledge Network for Women Living with HIV are ageing, breastfeeding, medical side effects, rights, relations, co-morbidity, stigma, and quality of life.
Women who are involved in the network are the ones who suggest which topics should be raised in the network. If you are a woman living with HIV, you are welcome to propose topics by contacting us directly via e-mail or phone, or by answering the Knowledge Network’s digital survey (available in Swedish and English).
Contact
If you have questions about the Knowledge Network/Posithiva Gruppen’s program area for women living with HIV, or if you wish to get involved, do not hesitate to contact us at kunskapsnatverk@posithivagruppen.se or (+46)(0)70-040 77 81. If you want to send us something by mail or to visit our office, our address is Östermalmsgatan 5, 114 24 Stockholm, Sweden.
