Vaginismus Awareness Day

We established Vaginismus Awareness Day in 2015 to end the silence around painful penetration and it has since become recognised and supported internationally.

Join us as we mark VAD '23

• Date: Friday 15th of September 2023
• Venue: Akasa
• Address: 5 Prince Edward Road, Hackney Wick, London E9 5LX
• Train station: Hackney Wick
• Cost: £6 (£3 towards venue hire + £3 towards the Pay It Forward Dilator Scheme) 
• £3 tickets also available for those on low income
  

VAGINISMUS AWARENESS DAY PANEL 

HOST: 

Evie Fehilly, Sex Educator & Performer

Evie is a sex educator, sex clown and queer performer. Evie creates taboo-busting theatre and films, but also puts sex education at the core of her work – both hosting the sex-clown cabaret in London and running workshops at Sh!

EXPERT PANEL:

Hazel Mead, Illustrator, Feminist & Taboo-Tackler

Hazel combines beautiful imagery and diverse characters with meaning and story, and often creates social commentary images that tackle taboos.

Lisa Mackenzie, Co-Founder of The Vaginismus Network 

The Vaginismus Network is a community for people with Vaginismus that raises awareness of the condition, and connects, supports and empowers those living with it.

Fran Bushe, Award-Winning Comedian, Writer & Performer

Fran's book My Broken Vagina is one woman's funny, moving, and sometimes awkward quest to fix her sex life, but it's the story of millions of women everywhere - half of all women have felt pain during sex.

Sarah Berry, Sex & Relationship Therapist