Fw: Seeking women's input about HIV and the criminal law

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Dear all,

For your information, participation and divulgation

Cheers

isabel nunes

http://www.seres.org.pt/

www.facebook.org/seres.vih

---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Laurel Sprague <laurelsprague@...>Date: Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 11:16 AMSubject: Seeking women's input about HIV and the criminal law"lspragu2@..." <lspragu2@...>Cc: Strub <sean.strub@...>

Dear all,

For those who don't know me, my name is Laurel Sprague and I am the Regional Coordinator for the North American affiliate of The Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+NA). I am writing to ask for your help in recruiting women to participate in an on-line survey about HIV and the use of the criminal law. This is the largest and most comprehensive survey of its kind ever done in the United States and it is truly a grassroots effort. Strub and I (with The Sero Project) have worked closely to create and implement the survey and we received a tremendous amount of community input, largely from other people living with HIV, into the questions that are asked in the survey.

I am really pleased about the number of people who have completed the survey so far (over 2500). However, only 18% of respondents have identified themselves as women. Because women's experiences of HIV and the criminal law may be quite different from men's, it is tremendously important to me to do everything I can to make sure that enough women's voices are included. If enough women respond, I will be able to break the survey results down by gender to see if there are meaningful differences (and it looks already like there will be differences).

Would you consider taking the survey and/or forwarding it to any groups or people in your address book who might be interested in adding their experiences and opinions to this survey? We want as many people as possible from all groups to be involved, but are particularly looking for women respondents.

The survey has been designed primarily for respondents in the U.S.(or from the U.S. living outside the country) who are people living with or otherwise affected by HIV - including key populations, family members, people who work in the field, affected communities, and people who just simply care. If you are not from the U.S., you are still welcome to fill out the survey. There is a place where you can indicate your country.

Here is the link to the survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HIVandtheCriminalLaw

Apologies for the mass email and cross-postings.

With great appreciation for your time and warmest regards,

Laurel

Lecturer, Eastern Michigan University

Regional Coordinator, GNP+NA

The Global Network of People Living with HIV, North America

Ann Arbor, Michigan USA

+1 734 657 2569

Skype: laurelsprague