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- Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, February 7th, 2011
- Survey Shows HIV-positive Women Suffer from Human Rights Violations
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- This Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, HIV-Positive Women in the U.S. Reflect and Recommit to Upholding the Human Rights of Millions of Women Affected by HIV Around the World
- HIV+ women and allies respond to threatened future of services for women across the U.S.
- SPEAK UP! Homophobia and Transphobia is Everyone’s Concerns
- Another Day, Another Vicious Attack on Women
- Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s unwavering leadership in protecting the human rights of people living with HIV/AIDS
- Hear Us Now! Make Us A Priority, Women Count! PWN advocates to count HIV+ women in on World AIDS Day 2011!
- Oakland-based women’s HIV organization launches Count Us In! Campaign on World AIDS Day 2011 to uphold HIV-Positive women’s rights
- Detroit Dental Employee Banned from Touching Doorknobs Because He’s HIV+
- Safe Poz Love: Count HIV+ Women In On Valentine’s Day
- Living the American Dream? Poverty is a Reality for HIV+ Women.
- 30 for 30 Campaign Commends Passage of Presidential Resolution on Women: Women across the country mark historic accomplishment as President’s Advisory Council on AIDS (PACHA) Resolution on the Needs of Women At Risk for and Living with HIV
- All Women, All Rights! A Platform for Action for HIV-positive Women in the U.S. at AIDS 2012.
- Media Advisory – Press Conference: From the Shadows: Women, Sex, HIV, and Violence. How Trauma Drives the HIV Epidemic featuring breaking new research on the impact of violence on mortality.
- National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Fighting Stigma, Homophobia, and Homo-Hatred
- U.S. Positive Women’s Network devastated by murder of HIV-positive woman in Dallas, TX. Demands immediate and bold action to end violence against women.
- Getting to Zero for Women: Violence is the Fatal Flaw in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
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Trainings
With the goal of increasing the leadership of positive women and visibility of our issues, PWN facilitates trainings for HIV+ women, conducts workshops, and speaks to advocate for change.
Upcoming Trainings | Past Trainings | PWN speakers, trainers, and facilitators
Upcoming Trainings:
Oct. 28: Policy and Community Organizing Training
Where: Columbia, South Carolina
When: October 28 all day
Registration closed.
Co-hosted with PWN – South Carolina
November 9: Speak Up! Advocacy and Communications Training for Change
Where: Chicago, IL
When: November 9 all day
Are you a woman living with HIV from the greater Chicago area or the state of Illinois? Interested in advocating for other positive women? Join us at this all day training!
RSVP: email Sonia or call (510) 986-0340 x317
Co-hosted with AIDS Foundation of Chicago and Chicago Women and AIDS Project
November 19: Speak Up! Advocating and Communicating for Change
Where: Seattle, WA
When: November 19 all day
Are you a woman living with HIV from the greater Seattle, Washington state, Oregon state area? Join us at this all day training!
RSVP: email Sonia or call (510) 986-0340 x317
Co-hosted with BABES Network – YWCA
Interested in bringing a training to your area? Check out our trainings below:
PWN Human Rights Training
An interactive training that outlines and dialogues how to use a human rights framework to discuss the women and HIV epidemic in the U.S. Learn about the policies and practices that affect you and your communitiy. Contact Brook Kelly.
PWN Community Organizing Training
How do you organize women and allies in your local area and state to conduct a campaign? Want to start a local PWN chapter or women’s movement? Learn about how to hold monthly meetings, create strategies, make change with your local planning council and much more! Contact Waheedah Shabazz-El.
PWN Media and Communications Training
Are you an HIV+ woman trying to organize other HIV+ women in your community? Already advocating for HIV-positive women? PWN is launching a nation-wide Media & Communications Training series to build skills and share knowledge on how to effectively communicate and advocate. Contact Sonia Rastogi.
Past Trainings:
PWN Media and Communications Training
September 30, 2011 in San Diego, CA with Christie’s Place and PWN – San Diego (combined with Community Organizing Training)
April 14, 2011 in Oakland, CA with WORLD
April 21, 2011 in Philadelphia, PA with PWN-Philly
PWN Human Rights Training
When: June 1, 2011
Where: Women with a Vision in New Orleans, LA
Co-hosted with the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA) and Human Rights Watch
Who: Presentations, skills-building, and discussion facilitated by:
- Vanessa Johnson, JD, Executive Vice President, NAPWA
- Brook Kelly, PWN HIV Human Rights Attorney
- Deon Haywood, Women with a Vision
- Megan McLemore, Human Rights Watch
Questions? Contact Brook Kelly.
PWN Media and Communications Training for HIV+ Women and Girls
When: Thursday April 14, 2011 from 9:30a-5:30p
Where: Oakland, CA
Co-hosted with WORLD
Who: Presentations, skills-building, and discussion facilitated by:
- Sonia Rastogi, PWN Communications Coordinator
- Maritza Schafer, PointsFive
PWN Media and Communications Training for HIV+ Women and Girls
When: Thursday April 21, 2011
Where: Philadelphia, PA
Co-hosted with PWN-Philadelphia and Philadelphia FIGHT
Who: Presentations, skills-building, and discussion facilitated by:
- Sonia Rastogi, PWN Communications Coordinator
- Maritza Schafer, PointsFive
Tele-Training: WHY SHOULD HIV CRIMINALIZATION MATTER TO YOU?
When: December 16, 2011
Where: National tele-training
Co-hosted with the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA)
Who: Presentations, lively discussion, and resources featuring:
- Shannon Banks, member of a Family Affair, South Carolina
- Vanessa Johnson, Deputy Executive Director, NAPWA
- Scott Schoettes, Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal
- René Bennett-Carlson, Managing Attorney, Center for HIV Law and Policy
Missed the training? Click here for the complete tele-training recording (audio mp3 file)
Background Materials:
- Unjust, Unjustified and Just Unacceptable: HIV Criminalization’s Impact on Human Rights and Public Health, Lamda Legal and Center for HIV Law & Policy click here
- Ending and Defending Against HIV Criminalization: A Manual for Advocates, vol. 1 – State and Federal Laws and Prosecutions, The Center for HIV Law & Policy and Positive Justice Project click here
- Positive Justice Project website click here
- Prosecutions for HIV Exposure in the United States, 2008–2011, The Center for HIV Law & Policy click here
- HIV Criminalization Fact Sheet, The Center for HIV Law and Policy click here
- Women & Criminal HIV Exposure and Transmission Laws: Origins, Effects & Alternatives click here
Tele-trainining on Women, Poverty and HIV
When: November 15, 2011
Where: National tele-training
Who: Presentations, lively discussion, and resources featuring:
- Meizhu Lui, Director, Closing the Wealth Gap Initiative at the Insight Center for Community Economic Development
- Celeste Watkins-Hayes, author of The New Welfare Bureaucrats: Entanglements of Race, Class and Policy Reform
- Liz Conyers, Ph.D., National Working Positive Coalition
U.S. Positive Women’s Network Human Rights Training
Who: Presentations, skills-building, and discussion facilitated by:
- Vanessa Johnson, JD, Executive Vice President, NAPWA
- Brook Kelly, JD, PWN HIV Human Right Attorney
Background Materials:
- Presentation: Women, HIV, & Your Human Rights click here
| Date | Location | Co-hosted with |
| June 2011 | Women With A Vision, New Orleans, LA | Women With A Vision, NAPWA, Human Rights Watch |
| December 2010 | SMART University, New York, NY | SMART University |
| October 2010 | South Carolina HIV/STD Conference, Columbia, SC | PWN-South Carolia and A Family Affair |
| September 2010 | U.S. Conference on AIDS, Orlando, FL | NMAC |
| August 2010 | 2010 Women’s Institute, Dallas, TX | NAPWA |
| June 2010 | WORLD, Oakland, CA | WORLD |
| March 2010 | Philadelphia FIGHT, Philadelphia, PA | PWN-Philadelphia and Philadelphia FIGHT |
PWN speakers, trainers, and facilitators
With the goal of increasing the leadership of positive women and visibility of our issues, PWN facilitates trainings for HIV+ women, conducts workshops, and speaks to advocate for change
PWN has expert trainers, speakers, and facilitators on subjects as diverse as:
- Advocacy
- Human Rights
- Strategic Media and Communications
- Community Organizing for Change
- Speaking Up for Change
- Talking to your Legislators
- Participating in a Ryan White Local Planning Council
- HIV Prevention Justice for Women
- Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health with HIV services
- Economic Justice for HIV+ Women
- Women-centered Care
- Peer Advocacy Programming and Model
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