Events
14th International Women’s and Children’s Health and Gender (InWomen’s) Group Conference
Date
June 10, 2022 09:00am - 04:30pm
US/Central
Facing Our Challenges and Keeping Our Commitment in the Field of Gender and Substance Use
The International Women’s and Children’s Health and Gender (InWomen’s) Group is convening for it’s 14th InWomen’s Group Conference on Friday, June 10, with the option to attend virtually or in-person in Minneapolis, MN.
This year’s hybrid conference—sponsored by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW), the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD), and other private donors, and hosted by RTI International and the RTI Global Gender Center—will convene experts from around the world for four unique panel sessions on:
- The intersection of substance use, stigma, criminal justice, and drug trafficking
- Treatment, prevention, and gender-focused interventions for substance use
- The implications of using drugs while pregnant
- The role of support groups and provider-based trainings in survival and recovery.
In-person and virtual poster sessions will take place during the event as well.
This year’s opening introductions, led by Dr. Wendee Wechsberg, will feature special guest, Dr. Tetiana Kiriazova, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Institute on Public Health Policy, and Minneapolis social activist and poetess, Tegan Carr.
Registration for this conference closes on June 3 at 11:59PM ET. Learn more and register now.
The InWomen’s group is a multidisciplinary group addressing all aspects of substance use among women, children, and youth with respect to gender differences. Learn more.
Preliminary Agenda
| Time (CDT) | Event |
|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | Conference Opening Wendee M. Wechsberg, PhD, InWomen's Chair Poetry Tegan Carr, Poetess Special Guest Tetiana Kiriazova, PhD, Executive Director, Ukrainian Institute on Public Health Policy |
| 10:00 AM | Panel I: Women’s Intersectional Burden: Substance Use, Stigma, Criminal Justice, and Drug Trafficking Moderated by Vasundhara Varthakavi (Kavi), DVM, PhD, NIDA Intersections of Gender, Justice-Involved, Stigma, Harm Reduction, and Substance Use among “Sex Workers” and Women Living with HIV in Vancouver Andrea Krusi, PhD Associations Between Drug Overdose and Experiences of Violence Among Women in Community Supervision in New York City Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, EdD, MSS Gender and the Illicit Drug Trade: The Role of Women and Children in Transporting Small Quantities of Illicit Drugs in Kenya Bernice Apondi, MA Panel Discussion Q&A |
| 11:00 AM | Break |
| 11:15 AM | Panel II: Current State of Gender-focused Substance Use Treatment and Prevention Interventions: Globally and in the U.S. Moderated by Courtney Peasant Bonner, PhD, RTI International Substance Use Among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women in Southern Vietnam: Associated Factors for Informing HIV and STI Prevention and Intervention Programs Vu Thi Tuong Vi, MPH Building Capacity to Increase Sexual Health and Substance Misuse Prevention Services in Adolescent Behavioral Health Treatment Josephine Korchmaros, PhD, MA Women Living with HIV in a US-Mexico border region: Pilot test of a Peer Navigation Intervention addressing Substance use, Human Trafficking, and Intimate Partner Violence Lianne A. Urada, PhD, MSW, LCSW Panel Discussion Q&A |
| 12:00 PM | Poster Session and Refreshments 12:00 - 12:45 PM: Virtual Posters 12:45 - 1:30 PM: In-Person Posters Networking Break |
| 2:00 PM | Panel III: Why it Matters: Understanding the Implications of Using Drugs While Pregnant Moderated by Yukiko Washio, PhD, RTI International Women’s Perspectives on Nicotine and Cannabis Vaping during Pregnancy and Postpartum Julie Stinson, MA Group Prenatal Care for Pregnant Women with OUD: Preliminary Evidence for Benefits over Individual Prenatal Care Dennis Hand, PhD Reproductive Outcomes in Young Women Arrested for Methamphetamine Use in Taiwan: The Potential Role of Deferred Prosecution Chuan-Yu Chen, PhD Advancing the Inclusion of Alcohol Policy on Women’s Health and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Prevention Lindsay Wolfson, MPH We need a new “New Normal” Dianne Clarke, PhD, CAP Panel Discussion Q&A |
| 3:00 PM | Break |
| 3:15 PM | Panel IV: Sisterhood, Survival and Recovery: From Support Groups to Provider-based Trainings Moderated by Felicia Browne, ScD, RTI International MANAS: Women Surviving Multiple Forms of Violence Fighting Back the War on Drugs Joana Canedo, MA Wellbeing in Transgender Clients – Evaluation of New Model of Training for Professionals in Czech Republic, Italy, Spain Pavla Dolezalova, PhD Building Capacity and Collaboration to Identify and Respond to Interpersonal Violence (IPV) and HIV-Related Risks Within Community-Based Organizations Ashley Simons-Rudolph, PhD And Bad Mistakes, I’ve Made a Few: Coming Full Circle from Addiction to Science Deni Carise, PhD |
| 4:30 PM | Closing |
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