The Terms of Reference and latest Work Plan for the Positive Women's Network can be downloaded below.
The NAPWA Positive Women’s Network is an advisory group, constituted to provide NAPWA with an ongoing forum for the discussion of issues for HIV positive women, and to enable collaboration between those involved in the work of policy and advocacy for women living with HIV and AIDS in Australia.
The Women’s Network helps:
The NAPWA Women’s Network is chaired across the membership and coordinated by the NAPWA Portfolio Coordinator position within the NAPWA secretariat.
Positive women are eligible to apply for membership of the Network if they demonstrate that they are:
Representative membership, is selected through a call for Expressions of Interest process - initiated by NAPWA and extending for a fixed term of two years.
For resource reasons, membership will be limited at any time to 15 women.
As one of the primary roles of the Network is to facilitate a broad national involvement, appointments may be preferentially made in order to ensure the maximum participation of as many States and Territories as possible, and to ensure that women participating in NAPWA’s work have the opportunity to be a part.
The membership may, from time-to-time, coopt new members whose membership must then ratified through the NAPWA Board.
Members of the Network are also selected to ensure a range of skills, advocacy experience and expertise is available to the group. Appointments are generally individual, not organisational.
Membership is determined by the NAPWA Board and based on the following criteria:
The group meets primarily by teleconference, with some limited capacity for face-to-face meetings. An email group is used out-of-session to facilitate discussion and consultation between meeting times, circulate information for discussion, and assist in NAPWA’s consultation process as matters arise.
Teleconference costs are covered by NAPWA, and airfares and travel costs will be covered by NAPWA for face-to-face meetings. Child care arrangements will be facilitated by NAPWA as required to support women to attend face-to-face meetings.
The group is supported by the National Portfolio & Networks Coordinator within the NAPWA Secretariat, and is linked to the NAPWA Board through a NAPWA Board representative – nominated by the Board at each AGM.
NOTE: The work of this group is primarily conducted electronically, a basic knowledge of, and access to, the internet is essential.
| Attachment | Size | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Terms of Reference [1] | 136.72 KB | |
| Work Plan [2] | 105 KB |
Links:
[1] http://www.napwa.org.au/files/womens_network_TOR.pdf
[2] http://www.napwa.org.au/files/womens work plan 6.doc