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2012

• January
• “Healthcare Reform may have unintended consequences for HIV/AIDS patients,” by HealthyCal.org, featuring PWNer Loren Jones and Sonia Rastogi
• “Medicalizing HIV: Will Social Services Get Squeezed Out?,” by New American media, featuring PWNer Loren Jones and ally Dr. Monica Gandhi

2011

• March
  • National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
    • What Can Women and Girls Do To Take Action Against HIV/AIDS?: Washington HIV/AIDS Group Spearheads National Partnership to Empower Women and Girls, Black AIDS Institute
    • “Psycho-what? Services for women are disappearing,” by Naina Khanna, RHRealityCheck.org
    • “Survey Shows HIV-positive women suffer from human rights violations,” by U.S. Positive Women’s Network, Women’s HIV/AIDS Resource Center on theBody.com
    • “Budget Cuts Spell Crisis for Women with HIV,” Ignite Change blog from Ms. Foundation for Women
    • “Honoring Women – A Survivor’s Story: Life beyond an HIV diagnosis,” featuring Acintia Wright, CBS 8 evening news, San Diego, CA
    • “Black HIV-AIDS Activist Andrea Johnson Educates, Empowers Women and Girl,” featuring Andrea Johnson, Rolling Out Urban Weekly
    • Video: “The Human Costs of Stigma and What You Can Do to Change the Story,” by Kat Griffith, AIDS Foundation of Chicago’s The Illinois Alliance for Sound AIDS Policy
    • “The Human Costs of Stigma and What You Can Do to Change the Story,” Huffington Post

• April
  • “This Positive Life Video Series: An Interview with Dee Borrego,” by Olivia Ford, theBody.com

• May
  • “The VACS Index (Veterans Aging Cohort Study)…or What a Bunch of Old Soldiers Can Teach Us About HIV,” by Barb Cardell, The Well Project
  • “The Cutting Edge of Treatment and Care at ACT HIV 2011,” by Sonia Rastogi, The Well Project
  • “The Princess Warrior: One Woman’s Battle for Survival and How It Has Made Her Stronger,” by Barbara Marcotte, Positively Aware, the HIV Treatment Journal of the Test Positive Aware Network
  • “More Asian American Women Contracting HIV, Data Show,” by Mina Kim, KQED/NPR Morning Radio
  • “HIV/AIDS Shows Alarming Rise Among Asian American Women,” Sunita Sohrabji, India West
• June
  • “AIDS in the ’90s: ‘I wasn’t going to die miserably’,” by Elizabeth Landau, CNN
  • “Philadelphia ACTUP chapter going strong,” Don Sapatkin, Philadelphia Inquirer
  • “POZ Profiles: 31 at 30 with LaTrischa Miles,” by POZ Magazine
  • “Oakland Tribune My Word: HIV/AIDS an issue we cannot afford to ignore,” William Olson, Oakland Tribune

• August
• Advocates Seek 30% of U.S. HIV Funding for women, POZ Exclusives
• Closing the Gaps for Women through Prevention, a Tremendous Victory to Uphold the Rights of Women and Girls Nationwide, PWN Blog
• October
• Women and HIV: An Update on the Positive Women’s Network, San Francisco AIDS Foundation BETA Magazine
• November
• Bringing Gender Home: Implementing Gender-Responsive HIV/AIDS Programming for U.S. Women and Girls, Women’s Health Issues Supplement Vol. 21, No. 6
• Gender, Race + Geography = Jeopardy: Marginalized Women, Human Rights and HIV in the United States by Susana T. Fried and Brook Kelly
• December
• Lifting Women’s Voices to “Finish the Fight,” by Brook Kelly, theBody.com
• theBody.com HIV/AIDS Community Spotlight: People who made a difference in 2011
• Naina Khanna: Ensuring That Positive Women Get Their Due by Any Means Necessary
• The Positive Justice Project: Trying to Decriminalize HIV, One Case at a Time
• “HIV+ Women in Oakland Demand, ‘Count Us In,’” New American Media featuring PWNer Sonia Rastogi
• “Spiral of invisibility hides the continuing peril of AIDS in Silicon Valley,” San Jose Mercury News featuring PWNer Naina Khanna and WORLD Executive Director Cynthia Carey-Grant
• “Oakland Women’s Group to Kick Off New Campaign on World AIDS Day,” Oakland North featuring PWNer Sonia Rastogi
• “AIDS Day a time to remember, time to talk,” Galesburg News featuring PWNers Kat Griffith
• “Michigan Health depts targeting HIV-positive women unfairly, experts say,”the Wasington Informer featuring PWNer Nicole Seguin
• Women Demand ‘Count Us In!’ on World AIDS Day 2011, the Seattle Lesbian featuring BABES Network- YWCA
• “AIDS: HIV and criminal justice subject of legal panel,” Windy City Times featuring PWN and PWN’s Human Rights Attorney Brook Kelly
• “HIV-positive women, health officials work to save lives, Promise after Infection,” Shades Magazine
• KPFA 94.1:

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2010

• January
  • “D.C.’s Punitive Sex Work Laws Endanger Women” by Aziza Ahmed and Brook Kelly, RHRealityCheck.org
• March
  • “Leading Ladies,” POZ Magazine
  • “Press Release: Women Living With HIV Launch Human Rights Survey; Call for Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health Services With HIV Services to Address Epidemic Among Women” by U.S. Positive Women’s Network, theBody.com
  • “On Women & Girls HIV Awareness Day, Awareness Of, Action On Domestic Epidemic Still Lacking” by Brook Kelly, RHRealityCheck.org and AlterNet
  • “Facing the Real Threats: Achieving a Meaningful National HIV/AIDS Strategy for Women” by Naina Khanna, RHRealityCheck.org
  • “Serious Weaknesses Plague HIV/AIDS Programs for U.S. Women” by Brook Kelly, RH RealityCheck.org
  • “HIV Prevention Justice: Not Optional for Women, HIV Prevention Justice Now” by Naina Khanna and Waheedah Shabazz-El, HIV Prevention Justice Alliance website
• April
  • “Positive Women” by Calvin, 2010 HIV Research Catalyst Forum
  • “Embracing the Legacy of Collective Activism” by Hadiyah, 2010 HIV Research Catalyst Forum
  • ” ‘Sex in an Epidemic’… was orgasmic!” by Waheedah, 2010 HIV Research Catalyst Forum
  • “Yesterday I learned to Speak Epidemiology” by Naina, 2010 HIV Research Catalyst Forum
  • “Local fear cuts to AIDS Drug Assistance Program” by Dionne Gleaton, The Times and the Democrat
• May
  • “API Wellness Center Bloomed at Galleria” by Dennis McMillan, San Francisco Bay Times
  • “Asians, Pacific Islanders and HIV: How HIV/AIDS is affecting women in the U.S.” by Sonia Rastogi, Asians and Pacific Islanders for Progress blog
  • “National HIV Testing Day”by the U.S. Positive Women’s Network, WORLD/PWN
    • “What We Believe” by U.S. Positive Women’s Network, WORLD/PWN
    • “Routine HIV testing Depends on Reimbursement” by Alison Yager, Esq., WORLD/PWN cross posted on RHRealityCheck.org
    • “Killing Her Softly: HIV Testing Strategies That Work For Women – Moving Away From A Behavioral Risk Paradigm” by Rona Taylor, WORLD/PWN
    • “Es mejor saber. It is better to know.” by Adesina, WORLD/PWN
    • “God & Greeks in Black America: Engaging Non-traditional Partners in HIV Testing and Awareness” by Rev. Damon A. Powell, Ph.D, WORLD/PWN
    • “HIV Prevention and Testing Strategies for Women” by Sonia Rastogi, WORLD/PWN
• June
  • “Bringing Gender Home: Implementing Gender Responsive HIV/AIDS Programming for US Women and Girls” video from the 2010 Gender Forum
• July
  • “Poverty, Protest, Policy — and Well-Kept Secrets of Positive Women and Risk Reduction” by U.S. Positive Women’s Network, theBody.com
  • “Prevention Justician Waheedah Shabazz-El Closes Out AIDS 2010!” by Julie Davids, HIV Prevention Justice Alliance website
  • “Closing Session IAC 2010 Vienna, Austria”with Waheedah Shabazz-El, Kaiser Family Foundation Global Health News
    • Watch Waheedah Shabazz-El’s closing speech at IAC 2010 in Vienna at 1 hr 28 min (1:28) on this video!
• August
  • “Closing the Book on Vienna, Looking Toward Challenges in DC” by Larry Bryant from Housing Works, POZ Blogs
  • “Local HIV/AIDS activist speaks at int’l gathering” by Ayana Jones, The Philadelphia Tribune
  • “ADAP Cuts Feared in South Carolina Counties,” POZ Magazine
  • “Local HIV/AIDS Activist Speaks At International Gathering” by Ayana Jones, The Washington Informer
  • “Taking the National HIV/AIDS Strategy to Vienna” a video by The White House Office of National AIDS Policy
  • “Transforming the National AIDS Response: Advancing Women’s Leadership and Participation” report by UNIFEM
  • “The U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy: What’s Useful, What’s Promising, What’s Missing” by Olivia Ford, theBody.com
  • “Poverty, Protest, Policy — and Well-Kept Secrets of Positive Women and Risk Reduction: IAC Vienna 2010 Roundup Day 1 and 2,” by the U.S. Positive Women’s Network, theBody.com
• September
  • “USCA 2010 Reports,”by U.S. Positive Women’s Network, WORLD/PWN
    • “Stigma and Discrimination in Disney World” by Barb Cardell, WORLD/PWN
    • “A Reflection on USCA’s Coverage of and Dialogue on Transgender Issues” by Dee Borrego, WORLD/PWN
    • “HIV Criminalization” by Vanessa Johnson, JD, WORLD/PWN
    • “How Violence Can Lead to HIV” by Kat, WORLD/PWN
    • “Access to Care: the ADAP Crisis” by Acintia Wright, WORLD/PWN
    • “Your Silence Will Not Protect You” by Dr. Shondrika Moss-Bouldin, WORLD/PWN
    • “Building a Bridge from Vienna to Orlando: The International AIDS Conference theme ‘Right Here, Right Now,’ continues on to the U.S. Conference of AIDS” by U.S. Positive Women’s Network, WORLD/PWN
    • Report on an Institute: Developing 2010-2011 Latino HIV/AIDS Federal Policy Recommendations and Ensuring That the National HIV/AIDS Strategy Meets the Needs of Latinos” by Sonia Rastogi, WORLD/PWN
    • “My Thoughts on ‘The Other City’” by Sonia Rastogi, WORLD/PWN
    • “Workshop: Testing and Linkage to Care Plus (TLC+): Implication for Women and Families” by Sonia Rastogi, WORLD/PWN
  • “Stigma and Discrimination in Disney World” by Barb Cardell, theBody.com
  • “Living Proof” by Pam Mellskog, Longmont Times-Call
• October
  • “Women with HIV need abortion coverage in PCIPs”Women with HIV need abortion coverage in PCIPs” by Lois Uttley, Raising Women’s Voices
  • “The Drama is Too Damn High” by Tim Horn, POZ Blogs

• November
  • “World AIDS Day 2010: Women and HIV in the U.S.: A Focus on A&PI Women” by Sonia Rastogi, theBody.com
• December
  • “Misunderstood Communities: Building Bridges between ‘Them’ and ‘Us,’” by Dee Borrego, theBody.com
  • “U.S. Policy Ignores the Rights of HIV-positive Women,” by Brook Kelly, RHRealityCheck.org
  • “World AIDS Day: Keeping Women Front and Center,” Ms. Foundation for Women Blog
  • “World AIDS Day,” video with Naina Khanna, POZ
  • World AIDS Day interview with Sonia Rastogi, KPFA Hard Knock Radio
  • POZ 100 of 2010, POZ magazine

2009

• March
  • “Why Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Matters: Voice of Positive Women” by Naina Khanna, RHRealityCheck.org
• July
  • “ICW Joins Other U.S. Based Women and HIV Groups in Calling for Comprehensive National AIDS Strategy” by International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS
• August
  • “One-on-One with Dawn Averitt Bridge” by Jeff Berry, Positively Aware – a magazine of the Test Positive Aware Network
  • ” ‘Make Us All a Priority’ Demand HIV/AIDS Advocates” by Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr., POZ TV
• October
  • “Targeting Resources for Women” by Naina Khanna, POZ TV
• November
  • “Let’s Get Ready to Rally!” by James Wortman & Willette Francis, POZ Magazine
  • “SF Protesters Put Pressure on Arnold Over ADAP” by Carolyn Tyler, ABC7
• December
  • “White House Says Women Are a Priority in the U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy” by the U.S. Positive Women’s Network, theBody.com

2008

• July
  • “We Will Control Our Own Destinies; We are the Positive Women’s Network” by Waheedah Shabazz-El, HIV Prevention Justice Alliance website
• August
  • “Women and HIV: A New National Positive Women’s Network” by Reilly O’Neal, San Francisco AIDS Foundation BETA Magazine
• November
  • “AIDS Advocates Debate Obama’s Policies” by James Wortman, POZ Magazine