August 20, 2021 — Today, Positive Women’s Network - USA (PWN) commemorates the annual Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (SHAAD). Launched by the Southern AIDS Coalition in 2019, SHAAD is a day set aside for individuals all over the nation to [...]
June 16, 2021: People living with HIV and other conditions who know first-hand what it feels like to be denied insurance coverage due to preexisting conditions, as well as the millions of people who gained coverage through Medicaid expansion, can [...]
People living with HIV know that one step in leading a healthy life is having access to life-saving medication. What do you do when access to those medications is taken away from the people who most need them? If you [...]
March 23, 2020: It is almost impossible to have a conversation these days without COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, creeping in. Before so many people around the world really understood the seriousness of the new disease, JD [...]
March 13, 2020Dear PWN Family,Recent weeks have been full of news—some of it confusing and contradictory—about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, which was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization this past Wednesday.We have heard that PWN members are [...]
The Blacker the Plan: Black AIDS Institute’s groundbreaking new report challenges HIV advocates to address anti-Blackness, invest in Black communities, end disparities in health care access, and build capacity in the Black community to respond to the epidemic. Feb. 7, 2020: [...]
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Contact: communications(at)pwn-usa.org POSITIVE WOMEN’S NETWORK – USA LAUNCHES 2020 HIV VOTER ENGAGEMENT PLAN The intensive, multi-state voter engagement plan will leverage the power of people living with and affected by HIV to activate communities historically ignored by [...]
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, [email protected], 347.553.5174 In “Be Your Own Best Advocate,” women living with HIV share their experiences navigating frustrating doctors’ visits, offer tips and encouragementApril 2, 2019: Engagement and retention in care are critical following an HIV diagnosis. [...]
March 27, 2019: This week, the Trump administration signaled that it will argue for the complete invalidation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN), a national membership body of women and people of trans experience living with [...]
March 8, 2019: As March 10 rolls around each year, organizations stage events, issue statements, and pump out tweets for National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD). The day is important to observe: Nearly four decades into the epidemic, [...]
Venita Ray, Deputy DirectorFebruary 07, 2019: As a Black woman living with HIV, I always approach National Black HIV AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) with a little bit of dread. Each year, we, hear the same numbers: “Black folks represent 12% [...]
September 28, 2018: Last weekend, in its latest attack on the most vulnerable Americans, the Trump administration announced a proposal that, if implemented, would intimidate and seek to punish immigrants for accessing--or even being perceived as potentially needing--nutrition, housing, and medical [...]
August 29, 2018: PWN-USA members and staff will be at USCA in beautiful Orlando, Florida, representing U.S. women living with HIV. We hope you will join us for some of these discussions and presentations. Whether you are at USCA or [...]
Trump Administration’s Domestic Gag Rule Would Take Away Our Right to Choose--and Our Health CareMay 21, 2018: Positive Women’s Network - USA strongly condemns the Trump-Pence administration’s latest attack on sexual and reproductive health, rights and bodily autonomy of low-income people, [...]
This statement is also available in Spanish. A call to marshal our full resources, voice and political power in support of immigrants targeted by hateful policies and dangerous, dehumanizing rhetoric. Borders are imaginary political lines drawn to consolidate power and resources. [...]
by Arneta Rogers, Policy Director, Positive Women’s Network - USAFebruary 7, 2018: Today marks the second National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day we have observed under the most openly racist administration in decades. The legacy of slavery, violence against and systemic [...]
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, [email protected], 347.553.5174 The new initiative, featuring a series of short videos in which real women living with HIV address important topics, followed by virtual coffee table chats offering real-time conversation and Q&A, will launch Oct. 23 October [...]
September 28, 2017: In Washington, D.C., and in states across the country, PWN-USA members stood up and fought hard to protect the promise of the Affordable Care Act from the latest attack, the Graham-Cassidy bill. It was the worst of a [...]
September 26: It’s been a long, hard few months. You deserve kudos–and a break. We thought we had killed the ACA repeal bill in the House in March, only to have it resurface in April and pass the House in [...]
Thursday, Sept. 21 ISSUE: It’s now or never. Senate Republicans have just over a week to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and the devastating Graham-Cassidy proposal is gaining steam, even though it will do exactly what previous repeal bills would [...]
August 8: We did it! Through people power, we killed the efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act! At least for now, and just by one vote. We have lots of work ahead of us. All members of Congress are home for the August [...]
July 28: Let it sink in. Savor it. If victory is sweet, this is a whole chocolate cake with ice cream, whipped cream and cherries on top. The efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act have died. And it’s all because [...]
