Silent Sexualities - Desire, Love and Constructive Wellness
October 28 - November 2, 2007 Mombassa, Kenya

The goal of the ARSRC Sexuality Institute is to strengthen African intellectual resources and reshape sexuality research, discourse and action on the continent towards healthy, pleasurable, responsible and respectful sexuality.

The 2007 Sexuality Institute seeks to:

	Provide a forum for health professionals (researchers, programmers, policy makers, and donors) in Africa to dialogue, share ideas, generate new knowledge and approaches, to inform a constructive sexuality engagement and agenda.
	Identify and promote potential actions in supporting positive sexualities.
	Build a constituency of "change agents" to stimulate actions towards entrenching a positive sexualities framework in the region.

This year's Institute draws on the recognition that Africans as individuals, sick or not, have sexual desires and make conscious choices and effort in seeking meaningful sexual relationships as a way of contributing to their wellness.   As such, love and intimacy are part and parcel of wellness.   Thus, the Institute will discuss themes covering experiences and desires that go beyond the physical to the emotional expressions of sexuality. The Institute seeks to challenge the predominant medical discourse on sexuality and explore how research and programmes need to change in order for them to contribute to the achievement of satisfying sexual lives and greater well-being.