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Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC): Exploring Ethical Practice and Reproductive Rights in Britain
10 January 2020
Bridge 5 Mill, Manchester
Website: https://thomasg23.wixsite.com/larc/workshop
DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING INTEREST: FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER 2019 (NOON)
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Do you work in a health and social care setting with service users who may use hormonal contraception? Are you an academic interested in reproductive health and rights?
We are delighted to announce that we will be running a free-of-charge, 1-day workshop entitled ‘Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC): exploring ethical practice and reproductive rights in Britain’ in Manchester on 10 January 2020. A programme will follow once speakers are confirmed.
Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) is a group of contraceptive methods which require insertion/removal by a trained professional. LARC has been welcomed by many contraception users and health and social care providers as they are extremely effective at preventing pregnancy and ‘forgettable’. However, historically, there are ways in which such provider dependent technologies have been misused, and the ethical aspects of current UK based interventions and policy involving LARC are rarely addressed (e.g. such as LARC being targeted at specific groups of women). In this workshop, we invite a small number of academics and stakeholders from health services, voluntary sector agencies, and social work to sketch out the social and ethical dimensions of LARC practices. Topics covered as part of this workshop may include (but are not limited to):
* Contraceptive choice and limits to choice;
* Policy and practice context of LARC – e.g. impact of targets and funding;
* The experiences and perceptions of service users and service providers;
* History and legacies of coercion and inequalities in contraception and reproductive health;
* Targeted contraceptive interventions and conditions of LARC use;
* LARC and reproductive and legal rights;
* If/how users' ethnicity, age, social class etc. influence LARC provision;
* Ethical/best practice and alternative provision.
If you are interested in attending this event, please express your interest by Friday 18 October 2019 (https://larc2020.eventbrite.co.uk/). This is an expression of interest and not a guarantee of a place at the event. Once you express your interest, you will be contacted by email with a request for you to send a short (max 100 words) description of your current job/academic position, and why you are interested in this event to Rachael Eastham ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) and Gareth Thomas ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>). Places will be confirmed by 31 October 2019. We will not consider your application as valid until we receive a bio.
Bursaries of up to £50 to support travel may be available for attendees from voluntary sector organisations and students. You should state that you wish to be considered for the bursary when emailing your bio to the organising committee.
We look forward to welcoming you to our workshop!
Rachael Eastham, Mark Limmer, Gareth Thomas, and Victoria Boydell (Organising Committee)
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