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Young Women Living with HIV Deserve Support and Leadership Roles in HIV Community

PWN-USA Statement for National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day APRIL 8, 2016: Young women living with HIV have unique needs that often go unaddressed. HIV stigma, discrimination, ageism, complexities of treatment regimens, and economic challenges present a unique set of barriers to [...]

The Epidemic Among Black Women Requires More than Rhetoric

PWN-USA Statement for National Black HIV Awareness Day by Vanessa Johnson and Waheedah Shabazz-El Black Americans have endured an exceptionally brutal history which complicates our present and challenges our future. Torn from our native land--the continent that gave birth to humankind--we have [...]

2017-12-01T15:36:00-05:00February 5th, 2016|Access to Care, Black Lives Matter, Economic Justice, HIV Awareness Days, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, PLHIV Sexuality, Uncategorized, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on The Epidemic Among Black Women Requires More than Rhetoric

National HIV/AIDS Strategy and Federal Action Plan Are Inadequate!

Both documents represent missed opportunities to fully address the HIV epidemic in the U.S. As researchers, government officials, policy experts and advocates gather for the National HIV Prevention Conference, a diverse coalition of networks of people living with HIV (PLHIV), [...]

2017-12-01T15:44:02-05:00December 7th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on National HIV/AIDS Strategy and Federal Action Plan Are Inadequate!

Key Constituencies Impacted by the HIV Epidemic Hold Counter Conference to Raise Issues Inadequately Addressed by National HIV Prevention Conference & National HIV/AIDS Strategy

**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR MON. 12/7 & TUES. 12/8** Contact: Suraj Madoori,  708-590-9806, [email protected] or Jennie Smith-Camejo, 347-553-5174, [email protected] ATLANTA: This week, as representatives of multiple federal agencies and organizations working in HIV prevention and care convene in Atlanta for the [...]

2017-12-01T15:50:53-05:00December 3rd, 2015|Access to Care, Criminalization, HIV epidemic, human rights, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, PLHIV Sexuality, Prevention Justice|Comments Off on Key Constituencies Impacted by the HIV Epidemic Hold Counter Conference to Raise Issues Inadequately Addressed by National HIV Prevention Conference & National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Reproductive Rights Must Be Part of Our Battle

Positive Women’s Network - USA Statement on World AIDS Day 2015 Dec 1, 2015 - Just four days ago, an atrocious act of terror was perpetrated against Planned Parenthood, an essential source of healthcare for working and low-income women, men [...]

2017-12-01T16:04:00-05:00November 30th, 2015|Access to Care, Count Me In, Criminalization, Economic Justice, HIV Awareness Days, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, National Summit 2014, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Reproductive Rights Must Be Part of Our Battle

Updating the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Vote for the Recommendations Most Vital to Women with HIV!

Can you believe it's been almost FIVE YEARS since the first National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) was released in July 2010? The NHAS is a plan created under President Obama to comprehensively address the domestic HIV epidemic. The first NHAS included [...]

2015-05-18T16:08:00-04:00May 18th, 2015|Access to Care, Criminalization, Economic Justice, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, PLHIV Sexuality, Prevention Justice, Research, Stigma, Trans Justice, Trauma, Uncategorized, Violence, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on Updating the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Vote for the Recommendations Most Vital to Women with HIV!

Sister Warriors

By Wanda Brendle-Moss, PWN-USA Member This article originally appeared on March 4, on The Well Project's A Girl Like Me blog. Wanda Brendle-Moss. As we approach National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on March 10, 2015, my [...]

I'm Feelin' Like a Criminal: Why the Law Won’t Stop the Spread of HIV

By Loren Jones, PWN-USA Board Member Loren Jones. Some of us, due to our chance assignment from birth to certain races, genders, and classes, have pretty much been outlaws all our lives. And now, here we go; another [...]

2015-03-08T13:15:35-04:00March 8th, 2015|Criminalization, Economic Justice, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, NWGHAAD, PLHIV Sexuality, Stigma, Trauma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on I'm Feelin' Like a Criminal: Why the Law Won’t Stop the Spread of HIV

I’m Feelin’ Like a Criminal: Why the Law Won’t Stop the Spread of HIV

By Loren Jones, PWN-USA Board Member Loren Jones. Some of us, due to our chance assignment from birth to certain races, genders, and classes, have pretty much been outlaws all our lives. And now, here we go; another [...]

2015-03-08T13:15:35-04:00March 8th, 2015|Criminalization, Economic Justice, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, NWGHAAD, PLHIV Sexuality, Stigma, Trauma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on I’m Feelin’ Like a Criminal: Why the Law Won’t Stop the Spread of HIV

Ending the Spectrum: A Timeline of Women’s Struggles Through a Gender and Human-Rights Lens

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 [...]

2014-07-07T08:47:17-04:00July 7th, 2014|Economic Justice, human rights, Prevention Justice, Trauma, Uncategorized, Violence|Comments Off on Ending the Spectrum: A Timeline of Women’s Struggles Through a Gender and Human-Rights Lens

HIV Is Not a Crime: Images, Perspectives and Strategies from the Grinnell Gathering

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, [...]

2014-06-12T12:23:58-04:00June 12th, 2014|Criminalization, HIV epidemic, human rights, Leadership stories, Media Justice, PWN-USA Communications, Stigma, Trauma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on HIV Is Not a Crime: Images, Perspectives and Strategies from the Grinnell Gathering

Involving Local, State and Global Commissions in Women, HIV and Violence

Continued Reflections on Women, HIV, and Violence: Involving local, state, and global commissions By Loren Jones The murder of Cicely Bolden on September 6th, 2012, both heightened and inflamed our sense of sadness and rage. It also reminded us of [...]

2012-11-24T07:36:46-05:00November 24th, 2012|Leadership stories, Violence, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on Involving Local, State and Global Commissions in Women, HIV and Violence

HIV Volunteerism: In Our House

HIV Volunteerism: In Our House by Barb Cardell “What do you do?” It is a common question that I dread. “I am a PROFESSIONAL volunteer,” I usually respond with a cheery smile plastered on my face. What am I supposed [...]

2012-04-20T12:56:34-04:00April 20th, 2012|Economic Justice|Comments Off on HIV Volunteerism: In Our House

Can I Reach for the American Dream?

Can I Reach for the American Dream? by Sonia Rastogi April 17th, 2012 was Tax Day as well as Equal Pay Day (read Teresa Sullivan’s Wage Gap blog), a day established to bring attention to the pay gap for women [...]

2012-04-20T11:12:24-04:00April 20th, 2012|Economic Justice|Comments Off on Can I Reach for the American Dream?
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