Harm reduction for woman – from service to advocacy

July 10-12, 2009

Odessa, Ukraine

Friday, July 10th

 9:00-9:30          Introductions, Review of Seminar Goals and Agenda, Ice-breaking Exercise

Olga Rychkova, Maria Golovanevskaya, IHRD; Wyndi Anderson, IHRD Consultant on Women’s Programs

9:30 – 10:45     Session One - User Centered Approaches to Service Provision for Women

                            Screening and Discussion of Bevel Up, a documentary–style training film on the experience of outreach nurses and their clients in Vancouver, Canada

Facilitator:  Wyndi Anderson

10:45-11:00      Coffee Break

11:00-12:30      Client Outreach and Engagement: Challenges and Best Practices

                            Julia Gorbunova, Timur Islamov Foundation, Naberezhnye Chelny; Olga Beliaeva, Virtus,
Dnepropetrovsk; and Nino Janashia, Xenon, Zugdidi  

                            Facilitator:  Olga Rychkova

12:30 – 13:30   Small Group Work:  Real-Life Challenges in Service Provision

Participants will be divided into small groups to discuss specific cases, which may include legal and social issues, parenting and child custody concerns, domestic violence, and discriminatory treatment by medical professionals.

Facilitators: Wyndi Anderson, Nastya Bezverkha, OSI Health Media Initiative Consultant, IRF and IHRD staff

13:30-14:30      Lunch

14:30-16:30      Session Two - Concurrent Training Sessions

Pregnancy and Addiction: Problematic Substance Use in Pregnancy- Integrating the community and hospital within a harm reduction model to improve outcomes

Ronald Abrahams, MD,  Clinical Professor in the Dept. of Family Practice at The University of British Columbia Medical School, Medical Director of Perinatal Addictions at BC Women's Hospital, Consultant Physician at Sheway Maternity Clinic

Case Management and Harm Reduction Counseling

Dasha Ocheret, European Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) Drug Policy Coordinator; IHRD Advisory Group Member

Basic principles of case management and specific features of a case management project designed for drug using women; Motivational interviewing as a special method of counseling when a client makes such a difficult choice as avoiding or reducing drug use during pregnancy.

16:30-17:00      Wrap-up and Preview of Day 2

                            Olga Rychkova and Wyndi Anderson

 18:30                 Informal dinners at three restaurants

Transportation will be provided, and sign up sheets will be posted earlier in the day

Saturday, July 11th

 8:30-10:00        Optional visit to Odessa methadone clinic

10:00-11:30      Session Three - Women and Stimulant Use

Luciano Colonna, IHRD Consultant

11:30-11:45      Coffee Break

11:45-12:45      Session Four - Advocacy – What Does it Mean?: A Recap

Wyndi Anderson and Nastya Bezverkha

12:45 – 14:00   Lunch

14:15-15:45      Session Five – Advocacy Challenges and Best Practices

                            Faciliator:  Dasha Ocheret

                            Maxim Demchenko, Light of Hope, Ukraine

                            Anna Krikova, Humanitarian Action, Russia

                            Irena Yarmolayeva, Asteria, Kyrgyzstan

                            Dmytro Groysman, Vynnytsa Human Rights Group, Ukraine

15:45-16:00      Coffee Break

16:00-17:30      Storytelling for Advocacy

                            Nastya Bezverkha                                                                                   

17:30 – 18:00      Checking in and Preview of Day Three

                            Olga Rychkova, Wyndi Anderson

Evening free for participants to arrange dinners according to their preferences.

 

Sunday, July 12th

 9:00-10:30        Identifying Advocacy Priorities – Country Group Work

                            Facilitators:  Wyndi Anderson, Nastya Bezverkha, IHRD Staff

10:30 – 10:45   Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:30  Developing Advocacy Campaign Strategy Ideas – Country Group Work Cont’d

                            Facilitator: Wyndi Anderson, Nastya Bezverkha, IHRD Staff

12:30-13:30      Working Together – Next Steps

                            Wyndi Anderson and Olga Rychkova

13:30- 14:00     Closing and Distribution of OSI Seminar Certificates

Lunch and departure by 15:00