human rights

Furious and Ready to Fight: Are you with us to Liberate Abortion?

May 3, 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASELast night we learned about a leaked draft of the U.S. Supreme Court opinion that explicitly overturns Roe v. Wade, the momentous 1973 decision that guaranteed constitutional protections for abortion rights. It’s a horrifying and unprecedented [...]

2022-05-03T15:08:30-04:00May 3rd, 2022|abortion, advocacy, gender justice, reproductive justice|Comments Off on Furious and Ready to Fight: Are you with us to Liberate Abortion?

250 Women from 29 States, DC, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico & Canada SPEAK UP!

Regional Organizing Institute, Tuesday, September 27 September 28, 2016: After many months and countless hours of planning, organizing and collaborating on a common vision by our Summit Planning Committee of over 20 women living with HIV, SPEAK UP! 2016--the only [...]

2017-11-30T23:22:38-05:00September 28th, 2016|SPEAK UP!, Stigma, Summit 2016, Uncategorized|Comments Off on 250 Women from 29 States, DC, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico & Canada SPEAK UP!

Advocates from 34 States & 4 Countries Convene at University of Alabama-Huntsville to Strategize Addressing Discriminatory HIV Laws at 2nd National HIV Is Not a Crime Training Acadmemy

**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUESDAY, MAY 17** Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, [email protected], 347-553-5174 Even as a bill repealing Colorado’s HIV criminalization laws awaits the governor’s pen, much work remains to be done to bring laws up to date with current science in [...]

2017-11-30T23:42:38-05:00May 17th, 2016|Criminalization, Stigma, Uncategorized|2 Comments

Advocates from 34 States & 4 Countries Convene at University of Alabama-Huntsville to Strategize Addressing Discriminatory HIV Laws at 2nd National HIV Is Not a Crime Training Acadmemy

**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUESDAY, MAY 17** Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, [email protected], 347-553-5174 Even as a bill repealing Colorado’s HIV criminalization laws awaits the governor’s pen, much work remains to be done to bring laws up to date with current science in [...]

2017-11-30T23:38:19-05:00May 17th, 2016|Criminalization, Stigma, Uncategorized|2 Comments

PWN-USA Members Raise Awareness on National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

From coast to coast and across the World Wide Web, Positive Women's Network - USA members took advantage of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD), March 10, and the days before and after to raise awareness: [...]

2017-11-17T20:56:19-05:00March 18th, 2016|National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, NWGHAAD, Uncategorized|Comments Off on PWN-USA Members Raise Awareness on National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

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 [...]

2017-11-17T20:56:47-05:00February 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

Save the Date! HIV Is Not a Crime II National Training Academy, May 17-20, 2016, Huntsville, Alabama

 **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Contact: Tami Haught, [email protected] January 4, 2016:  After a very successful inaugural HIV Is Not a Crime National Conference last year, the SERO Project and Positive Women’s Network - USA are pleased to announce that the HIV is [...]

2017-12-01T15:48:11-05:00January 13th, 2016|Criminalization, HIV epidemic, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Save the Date! HIV Is Not a Crime II National Training Academy, May 17-20, 2016, Huntsville, Alabama

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!

“We Gonna Be Alright”: An HIV Activist at the 1st National Movement for Black Lives Convening

By Waheedah Shabazz-El, PWN-USA Director of Regional Organizing   Introduction Waheedah Shabazz-El. “Unapologetically Black” was a major theme amongst more than 1,500 Black activists and organizers in attendance at the 1st National Movement for Black Lives Convening, held [...]

2017-12-01T16:27:47-05:00August 10th, 2015|Black Lives Matter, Criminalization, Economic Justice, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, Organizing Tools, Prevention Justice, Stigma, Trans Justice, Violence|Comments Off on “We Gonna Be Alright”: An HIV Activist at the 1st National Movement for Black Lives Convening

SERO Project and PWN-USA Co-Host HIV Criminalization Track at Positive Living Conference

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:           Tami Haught: [email protected]; (641) 715-4182 July 21, 2015, Ft. Walton Beach, FL - The SERO Project and Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN-USA) are co-hosting the HIV is Not a Crime criminalization education and advocacy track [...]

2015-07-21T16:37:21-04:00July 21st, 2015|Criminalization, Leadership stories, Stigma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on SERO Project and PWN-USA Co-Host HIV Criminalization Track at Positive Living Conference

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 [...]

2015-04-13T12:24:06-04:00April 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

Resources and Reproductive Justice for Young Women Living with HIV

By Grissel Granados In my opinion, the greatest needs of young women living with HIV include, but are not limited to, adequate medical services that are responsive to our sexual and reproductive health needs. As a young woman living with [...]

2015-04-09T11:41:15-04:00April 9th, 2015|Access to Care, PLHIV Sexuality, Stigma, Uncategorized, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on Resources and Reproductive Justice for Young Women Living with HIV

Bee Day 2015: Advocating for Reproductive Health in South Carolina

By Stacy Jennings, PWN-USA Member On March 25, 2015, many lobbyists – including me – from the grassroots e-advocacy network "Tell Them," which works to improve reproductive health policy in South Carolina, gathered for an opportunity to meet with House [...]

2015-04-02T12:37:32-04:00April 2nd, 2015|Access to Care, Prevention Justice, Uncategorized, Violence, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on Bee Day 2015: Advocating for Reproductive Health in South Carolina

Stepping Up Commitment: Women and Girls Living with HIV Must Matter Every Day of the Year

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Olivia Ford, [email protected] / 347.553.5174  March 10, 2015 – Each year, on March 10, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) is observed in the US. But at Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN-USA), a [...]

2015-03-10T01:25:10-04:00March 10th, 2015|Access to Care, Count Me In, HIV epidemic, NWGHAAD, Trauma, Uncategorized, Violence|Comments Off on Stepping Up Commitment: Women and Girls Living with HIV Must Matter Every Day of the Year

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

LIVING 2012: Turning the Tide Together and Not Without Women!

LIVING 2012: Turning the Tide Together and Not Without Women! By Teresa Sullivan Two years ago I was sitting in my office watching the closing of AIDS 2010 which was in Vienna. My eyes teared up when Waheedah Shabazz-El spoke [...]

2012-07-24T07:40:16-04:00July 24th, 2012|AIDS 2012|Comments Off on LIVING 2012: Turning the Tide Together and Not Without Women!
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