What is LBT Women’s Health Week?



What is LBT Women’s Health Week?LBT Women’s Health Week 2019 takes place from the 11th to the 15th of March. It is a mainly online campaign, using the hashtag #LBTWomensHealth19 and including the following elements:WebinarsTwitter Q&ASharing data and researchSocial media takeoversInformation and views from our AmbassadorsSharing your pledgesEvents and discussionsTargeted clinics and support groupsLaunch of the LGBT Sector Women’s NetworkThe aim of LBT Women’s Health Week is to raise awareness about lesbian, bisexual and trans women’s health inequalities, to make it easier for service providers to empower service users and for communities to support LBT women.The week is also an opportunity to celebrate, highlight and learn from the work of groups and services which provide dedicated support to lesbian, bisexual and trans women.What is the focus of LBT Women’s Health Week 2019?The main focus of LBT Women’s Health Week 2019 is visibility. We are using ‘visiBiLiTy’ to highlight the B, L and T – representing the diverse women in our communities.We’re organising, leading and supporting events and activities across the country and in social and print media, and on the radio. We are also providing you with facts and information to help explain why LBT Women’s health and wellbeing needs to be made a priority, infographics to spread the word and a good practice guide to support your action. We’re particularly excited to be launching a network for women working in the LGBT sector, and releasing the results of some interesting new research on LGBT women’s health.Why do we need LBT Women’s Health Week?There are an increasing number of statistics which show the health inequalities that LBT women face, but these facts are rarely publicised and the health needs and experiences of the women in our communities are almost never the focus of national campaigns or projects. Within LGBTQ spaces, women and their needs are often marginalised, and within work which focuses on the health needs of women, the inequalities and risks that LGBTQ women experience are rarely accounted for. LBT Women’s Health Week aims to change this.Read up on the facts and figures here: the week, we’re running a number of events. You can find out more about all the events taking place on our website: Drop us an email (lgbtpartnership@) with the information about your event and we’ll add it to the list.Monday 11th March:National LBT Women's Health Week launch - Manchester - 6-9pm - LGBT Foundation, 5 Richmond Street, ManchesterTuesday 12th March:Twitter Q&A - 2-4pm - OnlineAPPG on Sexual and Reproductive Health - The Sexual and Reproductive Health of Lesbian, Bi and Trans Women - 5.30-7pm - House of Lords, LondonWednesday 13th March:(Tentative) Sharing what we know about LBT women's health - a webinar - TBC - OnlineThursday 14th March:Creating inclusive community spaces - a lunchtime webinar - 12.30-1.30pm - OnlineLGBT+ Sector Women’s Network launch - 5-7.30pm - Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, LondonFriday 15th March:Why Does Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Women's Health Week Matter? - a lunchtime webinar - 12.30-1.30pm – OnlineKey Actions to take during and in the run up to LBT Women’s Health WeekWe’re calling on individuals and organisations to commit to making at least one practical change to better include, support and empower LBT women. You can make a pledge in each of these areas on our website: You can read more about how to take action in our Good Practice Guide: We want to see:LEADERSHIP roles and positions of influence for lesbian, bi and trans women in the healthcare system and the LGBT and VCSE sectorsDuring the week we’ll be inviting women who work in the LGBT sector to the launch of a network, coordinated by Consortium, which will aim to provide a space for women to discuss barriers, ideas and solutions with peers. This first meeting will be an opportunity to feed in to the development of the network. Register to attend the launch, which takes place 5 – 7:30 pm Thursday 14th March in London, here.We are also asking organisations across the VCSE and Health and Care sectors to increasing representation of LBT women on decision making bodies, and invest in training and other initiatives to support LBGTQ women to develop into roles and positions of influence.Can you take concrete action during the week to support the women who work in your organisation? Pledge your activity on our website, and we’ll share it during the week.MONITORING of lesbian, bi and trans women’s sexual orientation and gender identity because if we’re not counted, we don’t countSexual Orientation, Trans Status and inclusive gender monitoring are vital if we are to continue to identify and address the needs of our communities. This is particularly important for LBT women, where a significant lack of data means their needs are often invisible, and therefore unmet, within services. Find out more by following the links below, and commit to updating your monitoring practices as a pledge during LBT Women’s Health Week.Sexual Orientation MonitoringTrans Status MonitoringIf you already collect all of this data, what more could you be doing to interpret and act upon it? SERVICES that recognise the needs of lesbian, bi and trans women, and provide the appropriate support and targeted services where neededThe week is an opportunity for those doing good work to support LBT women to publicise their work, using the hashtag #LBTwomenshealth19 to highlight pre-existing projects. It is also an opportunity to turn the focus of support groups, discussions and services towards LBT women during the week, which could perhaps be the start of a regular programme. We have also produced a good practice guide and toolkit to support organisations who want to make a change to better meet the needs of LBT women, but aren’t sure where to start. Find this on our website, here: VISIBILITY of lesbian, bi and trans women and their needs and experiences in all aspects of service design and deliveryThe partners who make up The National LGB&T Partnership will be doing social media takeovers during the week, sharing information and resources. We also have 9 ambassadors – women from our community who will be using their profile and influence to reach new audiences with information about LBT women’s health inequalities. Keep an eye and an ear out for discussion of LBT women’s health during the week in mainstream and LGBT media. It’s also a brilliant opportunity for any organisation to highlight the experiences of their LBT women staff and service users, both internally and externally. Check out our good practice guide for more ideas on what you can do. AmbassadorsOur ambassadors will each be using their unique influence to spread the word and take action on issues related to the health of the women in our community. Some will be sharing content on social media and in the press, others will be working behind the scenes to push through policy, and you may see some of them speak if you’re at one of our events.Our LBT Women’s Health Week Ambassadors 2019 will be being announced by Diva Magazine during February. If you would like more information in advance about who they are, please get in touch. You will be able to find out more on our website, soon: Not all of the ambassadors are active on social media, but most will be talking about the week across Twitter and Instagram. Once they’re announced, give them a follow to make sure not to miss their thoughts and ideas.Social Media The easiest thing you can do to support LBT Women’s Health Week is to retweet our tweets in the run up to, and during, the week. To see our content, please follow @LGBTPartnership. Our tweets will raise awareness of the week, provide key data about LBT Women’s Health, and signpost to our events, partners’ events and reports and resources being launched during the week. If you’d like to tweet or comment on retweets, please use the hashtag: #LBTWomensHealth19.As well as the ‘posters’ and infographics available to download from our website, here: you may wish to use the following sample social media posts:It's #LBTWomensHealth19, and we're calling for greater visiBiLiTy of the health needs and experiences of LBT women. This issue needs Leadership, Monitoring, Services and Visibility. Check out and share your pledge to make a change.We’re joining @LGBTPartnership to mark #LBTWomensHealth19, by [insert activity here]. Check out to find out more and get involved.Have you noticed something different this week? That’s right- it’s #LBTWomensHealth19, & our social media has been taken over by [INSERT NAME AND ROLE HERE]. We’re pledging to make sure lesbian, bisexual & trans women are heard & visible. More at an image (such as one of our infographics or posters) doesn’t reduce the amount of characters you can use, and increases the visibility of your message. We have provided a large range of infographics (and further data is available on our factsheet), so pick the infographic or stat most relevant to your work and use it to profile what you’re doing for, or why you care about, LBT Women’s Health.AccessibilityIf using an infographic or image, it is good practice to include a description of the image. This is useful for the blind and visually impaired who might use a screen reader, and also for people with poor internet connections and looking at small images (e.g. on phone screens). In Facebook posts and elsewhere where more space is available, it is good practice to include the text of an image such as a poster (or, for example, our images about pledges or what will be happening during the week), for the same reasons. This information is provided under all of our images when you click through to them on the webpage: What else can you do?The National LGB&T Partnership works with a range of partners to increase the impact of LBT Women’s Health Week and ensure that the needs of the women in our communities are understood and recognised across the organisations and bodies who could support them. If you work in the health system, elsewhere in the government or civil service, in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector or anywhere else where your work interacts with women and could support their health, get in touch with us (lgbtpartnership@) to discuss what you can do during the week and beyond, with our support, to develop and improve your practices around supporting LBT women. ................
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