Some activities Mentor Mothers have been up to.
LeaSuwanna Griffith is a Black British Caribbean ambassador, activist, and advocate with almost 20 years’ experience in healthcare, peer support, and community engagement. She shares her lived experience as a woman living with HIV to challenge stigma and amplify the voices of women often left out of the conversation. LeaSuwanna works at St Bart’s Hospital […]
Congratulations to Mentor Mother Lucy, based in Kenya, who recently released her new book, Hope Made a Way. “As many as the stars above are as many people who are just where you are, going through what you are going through and wanting the answers that you want. This is why I wrote Hope Made […]
Congratulations to MM Mercy who has completed her year 2 community placement as part of her (BSc) Adult Nursing studies.
Congratulations to Mentor Mother LeaSuwanna Griffith on her excellent panel input into the Gilead symposium – Who’s role is it anyway: the annual health reivew – at the national National HIV Nurses Association Conference #NHIVNA2023. The session focussed on encouraging nurses that the annual review is a perfect time to get the most out of their patients, with meaningful […]
Congratulations to Mentor Mother Sam who rocked her 4M special #uequalsu dress at a presentation to Social Workers #JSWEC2023 in Glasgow.
Congratulations to MM Husseina who presented her poster – Co-production in HIV research: reflections from a study on building relationships, conducting qualitative research and developing skills remotely, at a Round Table lunch session at #AIDSIMPACT2023 conference. She presented from her perspective of Peer Researcher co-production in health research which involves collaborative partnership with people with lived […]
Congratulations to Susan who moderated the session: Health inequalities at the THT staff conference. A poem written by 4M Mentor Mother KC through her ‘Champions for Change’ work in Bristol, and a photo by Mentor Mother Charity was also shared for her work with the National HIV Testing week. In the photo is MM Susan, in the middle […]
Congratulations to Mentor Mother Fungi who is settling into her role as Health Inequalities Lead at Terence Higgins Trust, which she started in October 2022.
4MNet is thrilled to share Our Stories Told By Us – A book launch held on Thursday 25th of May at Positive East. Authored by five Black African women living with HIV in the UK including 4M Mentor Mothers Memory Sachinkoye, Rebecca Mbewe, Charity Nyirenda and Angelina Namiba. This book focuses on the UK HIV […]
The Stepping Stones gender-transformative social norms change programme works with participants of communities across the genders and generations, to build a shared vision to overcome the complex challenges they face with regard to their sexual and reproductive health and well-being. Where the programmes have been well adapted, in line with the structure and principles of […]
Angelina Namiba was a guest speaker at the Womens HIV awareness day at the Royal Free Hospital in March 2023 providing information and support to Health Care Professionals caring for women with new or known diagnosis of HIV in pregnancy.
We set up 4MNet to meet our priority of providing ourselves and our peers with psycho-social, perinatal support, as an essential part of our sexual and reproductive health and rights. This translates into positive outcomes for our babies, extended family and communities.
Core funding especially is an ongoing challenge for small women's rights organisations like ours and your support will go a long way in diversifying our income and sustainability to enable us uphold our Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights throughout our life.
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