leadership

Young Women Living with HIV Deserve Support and Leadership Roles in HIV Community

PWN-USA Statement for National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day APRIL 8, 2016: Young women living with HIV have unique needs that often go unaddressed. HIV stigma, discrimination, ageism, complexities of treatment regimens, and economic challenges present a unique set of barriers to [...]

Present a Session at the PWN-USA SPEAK UP! Summit

March 31, 2016: Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN-USA) is thrilled to announce our call for session proposals for SPEAK UP! A National Leadership Summit for Women Living with HIV 2016. We invite proposals for various types of sessions (affinity groups, [...]

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!

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 [...]

2017-12-01T15:50:53-05:00December 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 [...]

2017-12-01T16:04:00-05:00November 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

Separating Science from Stigma Following the Charlie Sheen Disclosure

Charlie Sheen's public disclosure of his HIV status, while producing some of the predictable backlash and stigmatizing comments we have come to expect, has also presented a fantastic opportunity to educate the general public about the current science concerning HIV, [...]

2017-12-01T16:02:42-05:00November 19th, 2015|HIV epidemic, human rights, Leadership stories, Media Justice, Prevention Justice, PWN-USA Communications, Research, Stigma, Uncategorized, Violence|Comments Off on Separating Science from Stigma Following the Charlie Sheen Disclosure

PWN-USA Welcomes 6 New Members to Its Board of Directors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  The new PWN-USA Board of Directors, September 2015 Contact: Naina Khanna, [email protected] / 510-681-1169 September 1, 2015 - Positive Women's Network - USA (PWN-USA), the premier voice of women with HIV in the US, is [...]

2017-12-01T16:19:34-05:00September 1st, 2015|HIV epidemic, Leadership stories|Comments Off on PWN-USA Welcomes 6 New Members to Its Board of Directors

"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 [...]

“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

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

Words Matter: Sharing as Much as I’m Comfortable to Stand Up to HIV Stigma

By Tami Haught, PWN-USA Member Tami Haught. How we introduce ourselves makes a difference; the words we use matter. When asked at a meeting to introduce myself, I will start with: My name is Tami Haught and I [...]

2015-03-08T13:42:42-04:00March 8th, 2015|HIV epidemic, human rights, Leadership stories, Media Justice, NWGHAAD, Stigma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Words Matter: Sharing as Much as I’m Comfortable to Stand Up to HIV Stigma

Two Women with HIV Join Obama’s Pool of Top HIV Advisors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Olivia Ford - [email protected] - 347.553.5174 September 4, 2014 - Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN-USA) congratulates two of our members, Gina Brown of New Orleans and Grissel Granados of Los Angeles, on their recent appointments [...]

2014-09-04T06:00:22-04:00September 4th, 2014|Leadership stories, PWN-USA Communications, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Two Women with HIV Join Obama’s Pool of Top HIV Advisors

“I’m Going to SPEAK UP! Because …”: Why Women Leaders Are Attending PWN-USA’s Summit (Videos)

In just one short month, 200 women living with HIV from every region and corner of the United States will gather in Fort Walton Beach, FL, for SPEAK UP! A National Leadership Summit for Women Living with HIV. Lepena Reid, [...]

2014-08-13T08:00:51-04:00August 13th, 2014|Leadership stories, National Summit 2014, Uncategorized|Comments Off on “I’m Going to SPEAK UP! Because …”: Why Women Leaders Are Attending PWN-USA’s Summit (Videos)

We Grieve for Elisha and Fight to End Violence Against Women With HIV

Positive Women’s Network – USA Mourns and Condemns the HIV-Related Murder of a Texas Woman Contact:  Olivia Ford, PWN-USA - Brooklyn, NY - [email protected] - 347.553.5174                   Venita Ray - Houston, TX [...]

2014-06-18T18:32:26-04:00June 18th, 2014|Criminalization, human rights, Media Justice, PWN-USA Communications, Stigma, Trauma, Uncategorized, Violence|Comments Off on We Grieve for Elisha and Fight to End Violence Against Women With HIV

Peace at Home and in the World for Women and Girls Living with HIV

By Waheedah Shabazz-El, PWN-USA Board Member and woman openly living with HIV One cannot deny the devastating impact of physical bruising, scarring, mutilation or death of women and girls due to violence because these unsightly images represent some of the [...]

2013-11-30T12:08:27-05:00November 30th, 2013|Criminalization, human rights, Stigma, Trans Justice, Trauma, Violence, World AIDS Day|Comments Off on Peace at Home and in the World for Women and Girls Living with HIV

PWN-USA Announces the Next Chapter in our Development as an Independent Organization

Feb. 6, 2013 Dear community, XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) Washington D.C. WE CAN END AIDS MARCH © IAS/Deborah W. Campos – Commercialimage.net Inspired by global networks of women living with HIV and supported by leaders in [...]

2013-02-06T04:41:53-05:00February 6th, 2013|PWN-USA Communications|Comments Off on PWN-USA Announces the Next Chapter in our Development as an Independent Organization

Can I Reach for the American Dream?

Can I Reach for the American Dream? by Sonia Rastogi April 17th, 2012 was Tax Day as well as Equal Pay Day (read Teresa Sullivan’s Wage Gap blog), a day established to bring attention to the pay gap for women [...]

2012-04-20T11:12:24-04:00April 20th, 2012|Economic Justice|Comments Off on Can I Reach for the American Dream?

Reflecting on 30 years since the first case of HIV

Reflecting on 30 years since the first case of HIV - by Acintia Wright In the last 30 years HIV has become a great milestone for myself and my family I became positive about 16 years ago on September 16, [...]

2011-06-10T13:01:56-04:00June 10th, 2011|HIV epidemic|Comments Off on Reflecting on 30 years since the first case of HIV
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