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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - Understanding Human Sexuality Seminar Series
Health System Trust, Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre & School of Health Systems and Public Health
2005-09-15

The Health System Trust in partnership with the Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre and the School of Health Systems and Public Health of the University of Pretoria is pleased to call for abstracts for the 2005 quarterly editions of its Understanding Human Sexuality Seminar Series.

The seminar is open to the general public. It is an opportunity for scholars, students, professionals, community workers, practitioners, and policy makers interested in any aspect of the field of Sexuality in Africa to learn, share experiences and engender healthy, respectful, responsible and pleasurable sexuality.

The goal of the Understanding Human Sexuality Seminar Series is to promote more informed and affirming public dialogue on human sexuality in order to engender positive changes in relevant policies and programmes on the African continent.

The Objectives are as follows:

• Provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, lessons learned and advocacy with a view to expand thinking and action in favour of healthy, respectful, responsible and pleasurable sexuality
• Contribute to the documentation of views, experiences and emerging knowledge on sexuality-related issues in Africa

Theme for the Fourth Quarter 2005 Seminar is: Sexuality, Violence and HIV/AIDS

And the deadline for receipt of abstracts is Friday 30 September 2005

If you are resident in Pretoria or Johannesburg (or visiting South Africa) and would like to make a presentation, you are welcome to submit an abstract (300 words maximum) with your full names, contact address, phone number, email address and a brief about yourself as you would like it to appear in the seminar proceedings. Full-length papers will be requested only from short listed candidates. The proposed date for the 1 day seminar is Friday October 21 2005 at 1000, at the School of Health Systems and Public Health on the CSIR Campus , Pretoria.

Publication
Selected seminar papers will be published every quarter by the Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre (ARSRC) based in Lagos, with the permission of the authors. At the end of the year, there will be four (4) rich Africa volumes.

All correspondence should be addressed to Understanding Human Sexuality Seminar Series, Health Systems Trust, Devonshire House 11th Floor, 49 Jorisseen Street, Braamfontein, 2000 Fax 011 4032447 Email address: shirley@hst.org.za or nomondeb@mweb.co.za or mary.mwaka@up.ac.za or visit the following websites: http://www.hst.org.za or http://shsph.up.ac.za

Also please visit the ARSRC website www.arsrc.org - for more information about the Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre initiative and to read the papers that were presented in the 2004 seminars.

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