National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Positive Women’s Network USA Reflects on National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day; Demands Attention to Women Living with HIV in the Federal Response  

On this important annual opportunity to commit to addressing the HIV epidemic among women and girls, we uplift Frances Ashe-Goins, a founder of NWGHAAD and one of PWN’s 20 Black women Movement Mothers, a part of our 2022 Celebrate and Honor Black [...]

2022-03-10T15:08:43-08:00March 10th, 2022|HIV Awareness Days, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, NWGHAAD, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Positive Women’s Network USA Reflects on National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day; Demands Attention to Women Living with HIV in the Federal Response  

Our 2022 #HIVResolutions for the federal government

Welcome to 2022, family! We’re starting this year off with so much momentum from your support of our work in 2021. In what feels like an annual tradition, our communities and our work were tested last year. But faced with a [...]

2022-01-11T10:58:35-08:00January 11th, 2022|National HIV/AIDS Strategy|Comments Off on Our 2022 #HIVResolutions for the federal government

PWN applauds progress in the new National HIV/AIDS Strategy, calls for meaningful involvement by PLHIV networks

For immediate releaseDecember 1, 2021For media inquiries contact [email protected] or 626-274-5793This World AIDS Day follows another year of struggle, grief and loss in our community. In 2021 alone, Positive Women’s Network-USA lost two of our founding members – Loren Jones [...]

2021-12-01T16:50:59-08:00December 1st, 2021|National HIV/AIDS Strategy, World AIDS Day|Comments Off on PWN applauds progress in the new National HIV/AIDS Strategy, calls for meaningful involvement by PLHIV networks

PWN’s Comment on the Draft HIV National Strategic Plan 2021-2025

December 17, 2020: On December 1, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services released the draft HIV National Strategic Plan 2021-2025. Comments were due Monday, December 14. In collaboration with many of our partners, including the networks of people [...]

2021-03-03T00:23:35-08:00December 18th, 2020|National HIV/AIDS Strategy|Comments Off on PWN’s Comment on the Draft HIV National Strategic Plan 2021-2025

Positively Trans Meets at White House, Advocates for Inclusion and Leadership of Trans* Community in HIV Policy

Tiommi (right) and Arianna Lint (left) at White House, Feb. 10, 2016 by Tiommi Jenae Luckett Going to the White House was truly something I never had on my radar to do for personal reasons. However, that was [...]

2017-11-17T20:56:47-08:00February 15th, 2016|Intersectionality, Leadership stories, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Trans Justice, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Positively Trans Meets at White House, Advocates for Inclusion and Leadership of Trans* Community in HIV Policy

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 [...]

2017-12-01T15:36:00-08:00February 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

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 [...]

2017-12-01T15:50:53-08:00December 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 [...]

2017-12-01T16:04:00-08:00November 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

Help Make Trauma-Informed Care the Next Legacy of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennie Smith Camejo, [email protected] / 347.553.5174 October 19, 2015 – Want trauma-informed care to be the next legacy of the Ryan White Program? So do we! Show your organization’s support by signing on now to these [...]

PWN-USA Salutes Progress and Identifies Opportunities for Women in the New National HIV/AIDS Strategy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Olivia Ford, [email protected] / 347-553-5174 July 31, 2015 –Yesterday, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) unveiled the newest version of the US National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS, or Strategy), updated to 2020. Positive Women’s Network – [...]

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 [...]

2015-05-18T16:08:00-07:00May 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!

PWN-USA Teams with Healthcare Providers to Release New Model for Trauma-Informed Care

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Olivia Ford – [email protected] – 347.553.5174 May 6, 2015 – Today, Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN-USA), a national membership body of women with HIV, is proud to announce the release of a new model for [...]

2015-05-06T08:55:07-07:00May 6th, 2015|Access to Care, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Research, Trauma, Uncategorized, Violence, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on PWN-USA Teams with Healthcare Providers to Release New Model for Trauma-Informed Care

Positive Women’s Network – USA Releases Recommendations for the Next US National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Women with HIV Demand a Minimum Standard of Care, Bold New Initiatives to Ensure High-Quality Services for Black Women and Transgender Women of Color   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Olivia Ford, [email protected] / 347.553.5174 April 13, 2015 – Washington, DC [...]

2015-04-13T12:24:06-07:00April 13th, 2015|HIV epidemic, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Uncategorized, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on Positive Women’s Network – USA Releases Recommendations for the Next US National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Women with HIV Must Be a Priority in the Next US National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Download a PDF version of this document. The next National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) must include factors vital to the survival and well-being of women living with HIV. Women continue to account for nearly a third of the estimated 1.2 million [...]

2015-04-13T12:19:32-07:00April 13th, 2015|HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Uncategorized, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on Women with HIV Must Be a Priority in the Next US National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Do All Black Lives Matter?

On National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Amplifying the Voices of Women, Youth, and Transgender Women FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Olivia Ford, [email protected] / 347.553.5174 February 7, 2015 – This National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), Black women remain 20 times [...]

2015-02-07T05:30:08-08:00February 7th, 2015|Access to Care, Black Lives Matter, Count Me In, Intersectionality, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Trauma, Uncategorized, Violence, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on Do All Black Lives Matter?

Services for Women and Youth with HIV Gutted Yet Again!

PWN-USA Responds to the President's Budget Proposal to Eliminate Ryan White Part D FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Olivia Ford, [email protected] / 347.553.5174 February 3, 2015 – Brooklyn, NY – This Groundhog Day, the forecast for women with HIV looks bleak. [...]

2015-02-03T17:56:45-08:00February 3rd, 2015|human rights, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, reproductive justice, Stigma, Trauma, Uncategorized, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on Services for Women and Youth with HIV Gutted Yet Again!

Services for Women Are Not Disposable! PWN-USA Responds to the President’s Budget Proposal to Eliminate Ryan White Part D

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Olivia Ford, [email protected] / 347.553.5174 March 26, 2014, New Orleans, LA - Just a few weeks ago, President Obama's budget for 2015 was released, proposing the elimination of Part D of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which provides [...]

2014-03-26T13:05:47-07:00March 26th, 2014|Access to Care, human rights, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Uncategorized, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on Services for Women Are Not Disposable! PWN-USA Responds to the President’s Budget Proposal to Eliminate Ryan White Part D

Getting to Zero for Women: Violence is the Fatal Flaw in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Getting to Zero for Women: Violence is the Fatal Flaw in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Sonia Rastogi, [email protected], (408) 306-6805 November 28, 2012, Oakland, CA – Data released in 2012 shows a shocking correlation between violence, [...]

2012-11-28T08:51:48-08:00November 28th, 2012|National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Violence|Comments Off on Getting to Zero for Women: Violence is the Fatal Flaw in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Violence is the Fatal Flaw in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Getting to Zero for Women: Violence is the Fatal Flaw in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Sonia Rastogi, [email protected], (408) 306-6805 November 28, 2012, Oakland, CA – Data released in 2012 shows a shocking correlation between violence, [...]

2012-11-28T07:53:54-08:00November 28th, 2012|Count Me In, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Research, Trauma, Violence, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on Violence is the Fatal Flaw in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) Passes a Resolution on Women and HIV!

Advocates across the country celebrated a historic victory last week when Obama’s Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) passed a resolution on women and HIV! Among other provisions, the resolution recommends that the U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation Plan be updated to [...]

2012-05-29T11:07:35-07:00May 29th, 2012|National HIV/AIDS Strategy|Comments Off on Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) Passes a Resolution on Women and HIV!

Closing the Gaps for Women through Prevention: A Tremendous Victory to Uphold the Rights of Women and Girls Nationwide!

By Sonia Rastogi A ray of hope in the war on women came on August 1, 2011, when the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) officially adopted the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) guidelines recommending that HIV testing and contraception options [...]

2011-08-02T05:23:22-07:00August 2nd, 2011|HIV epidemic, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Prevention Justice, reproductive justice, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on Closing the Gaps for Women through Prevention: A Tremendous Victory to Uphold the Rights of Women and Girls Nationwide!

One year after NHAS Release, Where are Women?

Women Commend President Obama’s Leadership on National HIV/AIDS Strategy; Urge Increased Focus on Women; Southern U.S. and “Shadow Cities” in Implementation Wednesday July 13, Oakland CA – One year after the release of the U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy, HIV-positive women [...]

2011-07-14T11:53:16-07:00July 14th, 2011|National HIV/AIDS Strategy, PWN-USA Communications|Comments Off on One year after NHAS Release, Where are Women?

Addressing the HIV crisis among Black and Latina women in the U.S.

Excerpts from Women and HIV: A Nuanced Epidemic by Naina Khanna — The HIV epidemic among women in the U.S. largely affects women of color, low income women, and women with dependents. Over 80% of women living with HIV in the U.S. [...]

2011-03-03T12:15:07-08:00March 3rd, 2011|Economic Justice, HIV epidemic, National HIV/AIDS Strategy|Comments Off on Addressing the HIV crisis among Black and Latina women in the U.S.
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