Positive Women’s Network – USA is a national membership body of cis and trans women and trans and gender diverse people living with HIV and our allies that exists to strengthen the strategic power of all people living with HIV in the United States. Founded in 2008 by 28 diverse leaders living with HIV, PWN-USA develops a leadership pipeline and policy agenda that applies a gender and racial justice lens to the domestic HIV epidemic grounded in social justice and human rights.
Our Mission
The mission of the PWN-USA is to prepare and to involve women (both cisgender and transgender), transgender folks, and gender diverse people living with HIV (WTGDLHIV) in all levels of policy-making to improve the quality of our lives, by:
- Combating HIV-related stigma and demonstrating that WTGDLHIV are part of the solution;
- Training and supporting WTGDLHIV to be leaders;
- Creating and sharing tools for WTGDLHIV and HIV advocates; and
- Mobilizing for strategic campaigns to change policies.
PWN applies a gender equality and human rights lens to the HIV epidemic to achieve federal policies grounded in the reality of WTGDLHIV’s lived experiences.
Who We Are
Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN-USA) was founded by 28 diverse leaders living with HIV in June 2008. PWN’s founding members are diverse in background and experiences – rural, southern, and urban, of diverse races and ethnicities, of many gender identities and sexual orientations, and spanning a spectrum of ages.
From the beginning, the framework of our story has been organizing women (cis and trans), gender diverse, and trans people living with HIV to create a unified voice and build collective power for our communities across the United States.
What We Do
Every day, Positive Women’s Network-USA inspires, informs, and mobilizes cis and trans women and trans and gender diverse people living with HIV to advocate for changes that improve our lives and uphold our rights. In addition to federal advocacy, PWN-USA supports regional chapters to build leadership at a local and state level.
We run a wide variety of meaningful, impactful programs and initiatives such as:
Contact Us
Media contact:
Communications Team: communications(at)pwn-usa.org
Mailing address:
Positive Women’s Network – USA
1725 Clay Street, Floor 6
Oakland, CA 94612