May 24, 2019: Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule reinterpreting the scope of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Section 1557 is the non-discrimination section of the ACA. It bars health [...]
State Violence Won’t End Interpersonal Violence. What Will?by Kelly Flannery, PWN If/When/How Reproductive Justice HIV Legal FellowMay 23, 2019: Over 60% of women living with HIV in the U.S. have experienced intimate partner violence at some point in their lives. [...]
May 16, 2019: Dear PWN community,We’re furious and ready to fight. Are you with us? Yesterday, the governor of Alabama signed into law the most restrictive abortion ban in U.S. history, making abortion a crime at any stage of pregnancy. [...]
April 24, 2019: PWN Texas has been busy this legislative session! They have been leading the Texas Strike Force, a group of concerned community members ready to take action, and a rapid response team tracking both helpful and harmful legislation, [...]
PWN-USA is pleased to announce the second graduating class of our Policy Fellowship. These 2018-2019 fellows successfully completed a year-long fellowship to build the policy leadership bench for women, including women of trans experience, directly impacted by the epidemic and [...]
April 12, 2019: Today, the Trump Administration’s ban on transgender troops in the military went into effect. The ban is reminiscent of the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law, which was repealed in 2011, in that it allows transgender troops to [...]
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jsmithcamejo@pwn-usa.org, 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. [...]
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jsmithcamejo@pwn-usa.org, 347.553.5174The year-long, nonpartisan voter engagement and mobilization strategy will be led by women and transgender people living with HIV April 1, Washington, DC: Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN), a national network of women and people [...]
March 27, 2019: In 2015, Pat Kelly, founding member of Positive Women’s Network, held a discussion with the regional chapter of South Carolina about efforts to repeal or modernize HIV criminalization laws in other states in the U.S. That conversation [...]
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, [...]
Online Join PWN-USA Membership Engagement Coordinator Evany Turk online for a special #NWGHAAD Facebook Live about why we should be talking about #Medicare4All instead of condoms for all! Find Our Members in [...]
by Kelly Flannery and Naina KhannaMarch 7, 2019: International Women’s Day has historically called attention to social, economic, and political power imbalances based on gender around the globe. March 8, Positive Women’s Network - USA (PWN-USA), a national advocacy organization [...]
February 27, 2019: PWN-USA Virginia State Lead Deirdre Johnson is one busy advocate. Since the HIV Is Not a Crime III National Training Academy in Indianapolis last June, she has been collaborating with fellow advocates and activists in her home [...]
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% [...]
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jsmithcamejo(at)pwn-usa.org, 347.553.5174Positive Women’s Network – USA Invites Women Living with HIV to an Honest Conversation About the Ups and Downs of Dating with HIVThe latest installment in the #PWNCares multimedia series will launch Feb. 14 [...]
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, 347.553.5174, jsmithcamejo(at)pwn-usa.orgDesigned as a comprehensive, multimedia how-to guide and toolkit, it starts with the basics while offering resources and tips for seasoned advocates. January 24, 2019: Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN) is proud to roll [...]
January 22, 2019: The Supreme Court of the United States has given the Trump administration the green light to discriminate against people of trans experience. Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN-USA) strongly condemns this latest assault on the rights and dignity of [...]
January 15, 2019: Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN-USA) is proud to launch applications for the third year of our Policy Fellowship for Women and People of Trans Experience Living with HIV. The goal of the 9-month Fellowship is to increase [...]
Joint Statement from the United States People Living with HIV Caucus and HIVenas Abiertas, Positive Women’s Network-USA, Positively Trans, Sero Project, The Reunion Project and Thrive SSContact: Devin Hursey, US People Living with HIV Caucus: devhur1@gmail.com 816.872.2051Octavia Lewis, Positively [...]
December 5, 2018: We are thrilled to announce that Arneta Rogers, PWN’s first ever Policy Director, is moving on to do (even more) great things! Although we will miss her, we are so excited about Arneta’s next steps. Arneta built [...]
**Media Advisory for Orangeburg, SC, Monday 12/3**Contact: Pat Kelly, 803-747-6046World AIDS Day will be observed on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, at Orangeburg Town Square with a candlelight vigil to begin at 6pm with a program “Living Beyond Your Status” to [...]
Sanctuary (n): a place of refuge and protectionNovember 30, 2018: The AIDS legacy is built on creating sanctuary. When a mysterious epidemic that researchers did not yet understand and politicians did not yet dare name aloud claimed the lives of [...]
November 27, 2018: PWN-USA members and staff will be at the Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit in beautiful Los Angeles, California, representing U.S. women living with HIV. We hope you will join us for some of these discussions and presentations if you [...]
November 21, 2018: Positive Women’s Network – USA is a national membership body of self identified women living with HIV (WLHIV), which we define as including women, people of trans experience, non-binary and gender nonconforming people living with HIV who choose [...]
Positive Women's Network - USA Recommits to Trans Rights, Safety, and Justice on Trans Day of Remembrance and Resilience November 20, 2018: Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien. Viccky Gutierrez. Zakaria Fry. Celine Walker. Tonya Harvey. Phylicia Mitchell. Amia Tyrae Berryman. Sasha Wall. [...]
November 9, 2018: Led by women living with HIV, Positive Women’s Network - USA chapters turned up this election cycle! An estimated 114 million people voted in this election--up from 83 million in the 2014 midterm--including more young people and women. [...]
October 30, 2018: Today we heard some shocking news. Trump announced plans to issue an executive order that would purport to revoke the right to citizenship for children born on US soil to non-US citizens, often called “birthright citizenship,” in [...]
October 26, 2018Greetings everyone, Check out this helpful update and analysis from PWN’s Anand Kalra. I know there is a lot of confusion about exactly what this "Trump Administration Erases Trans People" thing is. This is my breakdown of what [...]
Dear PWN Community,Today, October 23, 2018, is the fifth National Day of Action to End Violence Against Women Living with HIV. This year’s Day of Action falls at a time when a crucial part of our community—people of trans experience—are [...]
Applications are now closed. Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN-USA) is offering a scholarship to increase participation by women and people of trans experience living with HIV, with a focus on survivors of violence in all forms, in the 2018 Biomedical HIV [...]
Dear PWN Community, October 23rd is the fifth National Day of Action to End Violence Against Women Living with HIV. We hope you will join us in taking a stand. Endorse the Day of Action Positive Women’s Network – USA [...]
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 [...]
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jsmithcamejo@pwn-usa.org, 347.553.5174The fifth video in the #PWNCares series will premiere Monday, Oct. 8, in a live “virtual coffee table” video chat with the 5 women interviewed in it. It will come with a discussion guide [...]
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 [...]
**For Immediate Release** Contact: Arpita Appannagari, CHLP, (212) 430-6733 HIV Criminal Law Reform: A Call to Action Racial Justice, Criminal Justice and HIV Organizations Call for an HIV Criminal Law Reform Movement Grounded in Principles of [...]
Contact: Naina Khanna, naina.khanna.work@gmail.com, 510.681.1169A renowned HIV advocate, attorney and former member of PWN-USA’s Board of Directors, Venita brings her passion and expertise in policy, racial justice and equity to the nation’s premier advocacy organization for women living with HIVOakland, [...]
Take the pledge! No #AIDS2020 in Trump's USA! #AIDS2020ForAll AIDS2020ForAll.org Sign on and let IAS know that if all are not welcome, then none of us are. We must stand with those of us living with and impacted by [...]
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**Contacts: JD Davids, jdavids13(at)gmail.com, +1.646.431.7525Jennie Smith-Camejo, jsmithcamejo(at)pwn-usa.org, +1.347.553.5174Cecilia Chung, cecilia(at)transgenderlawcenter.org, +1.415.902.0216George Ayala, gayala(at)mpactglobal.org, +1.213.268.1777 Activists’ Call to Move AIDS 2020 Out of United States Gains SteamFrom the podium to the street, researchers, health care providers, sex workers and others call for action; #AIDS2020ForAll offers [...]
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**Contact: Cecilia Chung +1.415.902.0216, cecilia@transgenderlawcenter.org Naina Khanna +1.510.681.1169, nkhanna@pwn-usa.org George Ayala +1.213.268.1777, gayala@mpactglobal.orgBAY AREA, U.S. AND GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES DEMAND 2020 INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE BE REMOVED FROM U.S. They cite danger for potential participants and human rights violations in the U.S. [...]
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jsmithcamejo@pwn-usa.org, 347.553.5174POSITIVE WOMEN’S NETWORK – USA RELEASES POLICY AGENDA UPDATED TO PROTECT AND ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS IN 2018 AND BEYONDThe updated policy agenda, over a year in the making, is responsive to the current political [...]
July 17, 2018: Members and staff at Positive Women’s Network - USA are excited and humbled to be representing U.S. women living with HIV at the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam all week. Either in Amsterdam or from home, you [...]
July 14, 2018: What does immigration have to do with women living with HIV? According to PWN-USA Texas members—everything.Tana Pradia and Jessi Mona Cartwright-Biggs hopped on a bus to Brownsville, Texas, June 28 to protest the administration’s immigration policy of [...]
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jsmithcamejo(at)pwn-usa.org, 347.553.5174POSITIVE WOMEN’S NETWORK – USA FOCUSES ON THE CHALLENGES FACING NEWLY DIAGNOSED TRANS WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV IN THE 4TH VIDEO IN THE #PWNCARES SERIES The video will be premiered during a virtual coffee table chat [...]
June 19, 2018: The long-anticipated HIV Is Not a Crime III Training Academy, organized by the SERO Project and Positive Women’s Network – USA, took place June 3-6 at IUPUI in Indianapolis. What a remarkable three days it was!Anchored by [...]
June 5, 2018: Positive Women's Network - USA celebrates and honors the lived experience and wisdom of long-term survivors. June 5 is widely recognized as HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day (#HLTSAD2018). We recognize that long-term survivors include those born with HIV and those [...]
May 31, 2018: As an organization that advocates for the safety and dignity of women and people of transgender experience living with HIV, many of whom are subject to violence and criminalization because of their marginalized identities, Positive Women’s Network - [...]
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**Contact: Ken Pinkela, ken.pinkela(at)seroproject.com, or Jennie Smith-Camejo, jsmithcamejo(at)pwn-usa.orgHIV Is Not a Crime III Training Academy’s Program Paves the Path for Getting to Zero Prosecutions The just-released program includes six plenaries and 25 breakout sessions from nearly 80 presenters, majority [...]
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, [...]
