Health in Difference Conference 2007
Wednesday February 14, 2007

On 14th and 15 June 2007 Brisbane will be host to the Health in Difference conference: Changing Spaces, Changing Faces. It is the 6th National LGBT Health Conference. The 5 conference themes are: changing cultural and social climates emerging health issues advancing/actioning contemporary legal rights evolving/exploring relationships living diversity Early bird rates for the conference… Read More »Custom Single Post Header

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Health in Difference Conference 2007

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

On 14th and 15 June 2007 Brisbane will be host to the Health in Difference conference: Changing Spaces, Changing Faces. It is the 6th National LGBT Health Conference. The 5 conference themes are:

  1. changing cultural and social climates
  2. emerging health issues
  3. advancing/actioning contemporary legal rights
  4. evolving/exploring relationships
  5. living diversity

Early bird rates for the conference expire on 28th February.

Link to the conference: www.healthindifference07.org.au

Things to Read, Watch & Listen

Forced Marriage

On November 1st 2023, Accredited Family Law Specialist and Page Provan Director Stephen Page presented a paper at the Brisbane Zonta Club about forced marriage. I acknowledge the Jagera and Turrbal peoples, on whose lands we meet today, their elders, past, present and emerging. Ruqia Hidari was aged 21 and living in Victoria, when, according to police,… Read More »Forced Marriage

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ACT Government Surrogacy Bill

The ACT Government has today introduced a bill to amend the ACT’s surrogacy laws. The proposed changes are more incremental than fundamental. They include allowing a single person to undertake surrogacy, for the surrogate to be single if needed, a requirement for legal advice and counselling beforehand, a written agreement being required, that traditional surrogacy is… Read More »ACT Government Surrogacy Bill

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Planning to resolve: ADR in ART

ADR can help resolve disputes in ART cases. ADR is not limited to mediation and arbitration. Other types of informal dispute resolution can resolve disputes. When assisted reproductive treatment cases go off the rails, they can have the next level of bitterness and volatility. There can be a keen sense of betrayal when things don’t… Read More »Planning to resolve: ADR in ART

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