Dear community, On Monday, a St. Louis grand jury failed to bring charges against Ferguson County Police Officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed 18-year old Michael Brown. This verdict is horrifying and devastating for Michael's family, and for folks in [...]
First-Ever National Day of Action to End Violence Against Women with HIV Observed on October 23 With Rallies, Ruckus-Raisings and Social Media Actions Across the US FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Olivia Ford, [email protected] / 347.553.5174 October 23, 2014 – Violence [...]
On October 23, join us in breaking the culture of violence against women with HIV and all women! Things You Can Do on the October 23 Day of Action: Change your Facebook and/or Twitter profile image to one of the [...]
Lepena Reid, Janet Kitchen and Rose Todd, South Florida SPEAK UP! A National Leadership Summit for Women Living with HIV is just one week away! Here's everything you need to know, whether you're coming to the Summit or following [...]
By Teresa Sullivan, PWN-USA Board of Directors Teresa Sullivan. “We, as women living with HIV, envision a life free from violence, coercion, and discrimination for all people. We, as women living with HIV, demand an end to the [...]
By Naimah Oneal, Regional Co-Chair, PWN-USA-Ohio Naimah Oneal. My name is Naimah Oneal; I am a mother, grandmother, auntie and lastly I am a woman living with HIV. I must say that I am truly living with HIV [...]
Positive Women’s Network – USA Mourns and Condemns the HIV-Related Murder of a Texas Woman Contact: Olivia Ford, PWN-USA - Brooklyn, NY - [email protected] - 347.553.5174 Venita Ray - Houston, TX [...]
Inclusion. Collaboration. Conflict resolution. Restorative justice. Nuance. Challenge. Coalition. Rage. Healing. Power. There was an energy in Grinnell, Iowa, last week as more than 150 dedicated advocates gathered for HIV Is Not a Crime: The Grinnell Gathering, from June 2-5, [...]
By Evany Turk Evany Turk. Women are a vital part of our community. Women wear lots of hats and control much of the household, and when a woman is diagnosed with HIV that doesn't stop. Unfortunately she now [...]
By Margot Kirkland-Isaac Margot Kirkland-Isaac. I was truly saddened when I received the news that the President's proposed 2015 budget sought to eliminate Ryan White Part D. It is unacceptable to me to think that, after all these [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Olivia Ford, [email protected] / 347.553.5174 March 26, 2014, New Orleans, LA - Just a few weeks ago, President Obama's budget for 2015 was released, proposing the elimination of Part D of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which provides [...]
Every day, PWN-USA inspires, informs and mobilizes women living with HIV to advocate for changes that improve our lives and uphold our rights. In 2013, we went through an extensive strategic planning process and listened to hundreds of stakeholders. Over [...]
By Waheedah Shabazz-El, PWN-USA Board Member and woman openly living with HIV One cannot deny the devastating impact of physical bruising, scarring, mutilation or death of women and girls due to violence because these unsightly images represent some of the [...]
By: Loren Jones As the oldest and only girl born to a welfare mom who had six children in nine years , way back in 1952, in North Philadelphia, I long ago accepted violence as a way of life. I [...]
PWN-USA Releases Groundbreaking Report on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for US WLHIV To read full report click here Despite significant advances in treatment and reduction in infectiousness, people living with HIV continue to face discrimination in the health care system, [...]
This summer, as part of a project to assess the state of sexual and reproductive health and rights for women living with HIV in the US, PWN-USA launched a national survey. The survey was taken by nearly 200 women living [...]
UNSPOKEN: Sexuality, Romance, and Reproductive Freedom for Women Living with HIV in the United States Findings from a National Survey by Positive Women’s Network – United States of America (PWN-USA) Summary: To better understand the current experiences of women living [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Waheedah Shabazz-El, Founding Member, [email protected], (267) 231-2647 Sonia Rastogi, Communications Director, [email protected], (408) 306-6805 Tyler Perry's Temptation Sentences People with HIV to a Lifetime of Stigma and Isolation April 16, 2013, New York, NY – “Tyler [...]
By Susan Mull Don’t you wish pop culture would critique the latest Supreme Court antics surrounding the Voting Rights Act? After all, aren’t we all more than a little appalled by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia saying that a critical [...]
Monday, April 1, 2013. It's not a joke. Today and tomorrow the Kansas Legislature will consider a bill that would expand the authority of state and local health officials to impose isolation or quarantine on people living with HIV and other [...]
PWN-USA leaders discuss HIV-positive women's rights in the era of treatment advances and new science From the BETABlog: Access to health care, and the quality of that care, are also of critical importance to women already living with the virus. [...]
PWN-USA stands with One Billion Rising Contact: Sonia Rastogi, PWN-USA Communications Coordinator 408.306.6805 // [email protected] February 14, 2013 - New York, NY This Valentine's Day, Positive Women's Network - United States of America (PWN-USA) shows our love for women by [...]
PUSHING THE GLASS CEILING: Life, Liberty and Justice for HIV+ Women by Nicole Seguin “Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.” - Nelson [...]
Sexual Rights of HIV+ Transwomen by Dee Borrego I’m puzzled by the question of what the sexual rights of HIV+ transgender women are. To me, as an openly HIV+ transwoman, the answer is as clear as glass. Simply put, [...]
Transphobia on Philadelphia’s public buses and trains: A Colourful Conversation with Andrea Lamour-Harrington By Andrea Lamour-Harrington I live in the fair city of Philadelphia, PA – “the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection.” Now let me elaborate on just [...]
By Acintia Wright In the U.S., it was recently reported that about 50% of women living with HIV are not receiving medical care. In San Diego County, the statistic is higher — 69% of women living with HIV are not [...]
By Gina Brown My name is Gina Brown and I am a woman living with HIV. I was diagnosed 17 years ago while pregnant with my daughter. I can still remember hearing the words, “you have AIDS and you’re [...]
By Brook Kelly Deon Haywood, Executive Director of Women with a Vision (WWAV) in New Orleans, LA, hosted PWN’s Human Rights Training in June 2011. PWN’s Brook Kelly interviewed Deon after the training. What is Women with a Vision’s (WWAV) [...]
Spotlight on the South: “I am not the enemy, I am the answer” – an interview with Bonetta Graves and Juanita Williams By Sonia Rastogi and Naina Khanna The epidemic in the Southern United States is “skyrocketing. Every week we [...]
Why Not Me? How I became an advocate for women on HIV and reproductive issues -by Michelle Anderson My name is Michelle Anderson and I live in Dallas, TX. Here is my story on how I transformed into an advocate [...]
By Kat Griffith I have been privileged to be able to represent the Positive Women’s Network-USA on a national committee charged with creating a training curriculum to teach practitioners in the field about the intersection between Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) [...]
By Positive Women’s Network-USA – June 5th, 2011 will mark 30 years since the first case of what now is called HIV was recorded in U.S. history. Since then, people living with HIV, advocates, allies, friends, and families have spoken [...]