Funded by the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness

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DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING YOUR INTEREST:

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FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER 2019 (NOON)

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Register your interest here (conditions below): https://larc2020.eventbrite.co.uk

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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?

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We are delighted to announce that we will be running a free-of-charge, one-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 at the event 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’ (i.e. users do not have to remember to use them each day).

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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 has been rarely addressed – for example, in relation to LARC 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; and

• Ethical/best practice and alternative provision.

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If you are interested in attending this event, please express your interest by

Friday 18 October 2019 via this Eventbrite link: https://larc2020.eventbrite.co.uk.

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This is an expression of interest and not a guarantee of a place at the event. Unfortunately, we will be unable to consider any applications received after this deadline.

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 (r.eastham1@lancaster.ac.uk) and Gareth Thomas (thomasg23@cf.ac.uk). Places will be confirmed by 31 October 2019. We will not consider your application as valid until we receive a bio

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Bursaries of up to £50 to support travel may be available for attendees from voluntary sector organisations and students (see here). 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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