The 30 for 30 Campaign, in cooperation with Honorable Barbara Lee and Honorable Jim McDermott, Co-Chairs of the Congressional HIV Caucus, Gwen Moore, Co-Chair of the Women’s Caucus, Congresswoman Donna Christensen, Chair, Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Congresswoman Maxine Waters and allied community partners, would like to invite you to attend a Congressional Briefing on Women …
A Night to Remember: Celebrating Positive Action for Positive Women
If you missed WORLD’s 20th Anniversay celebration in March, you really missed a special event. But fear not, you can catch some of the excitement, warmth, and love in this slide show, courtesy of eurydicegalka.com, on behalf of the Levi’s Foundation – click to view more images: “I was dead when I got to WORLD, but it has saved my life,” …
Hot off the press: Fact sheet on HIV+ Women and the Affordable Care Act
5 ways that the Affordable Care Act support HIV+ women. Check out PWN’s fact sheet here [PDF]!
TELE-BRIEFING 4/23: Living the American Dream? A Reality of Poverty for HIV+ Women
Count HIV+ Women in the American Dream. April 17th is Tax Day – a day that can be a powerful reminder of loss of employment, disability status, and required low income eligibility levels needed to keep benefits like health care and ADAP. Join PWN as we explore the impact of economic policies, gender, and poverty on a woman’s quality of …
WORLD to Receive the Sylester Flowers Innovative Leadership Award
WORLD has been selected as the 2012 Sylester Flowers Innovative Leadership Award recipient! We feel honored to receive such a prestigious award. Please join us at the Flowers Heritage Foundation Spring Gala and “Don’t Turn Your Back on AIDS” Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 26, from 6-9pm at the Bently Reserve in San Francisco.
The Affordable Care Act Supports Women – Now We Must Support the Affordable Care Act: Reflections on the importance of health care reform for women living with HIV
By Brook Kelly In January 2012, Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases (WORLD) and 16 other organizations led by Lambda Legal filed with the Supreme Court a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This week, the Supreme Court held a three day hearing on the constitutionality of health care reform. As we hold our breath to see how …