WORLD’s World AIDS Day Events and Activities

WORLD is hosting and participating in several World’AIDS Day events and activities this week. Come celebrate in honoring this day and all that it represents. Tuesday, 11/28: WORLD’s CREW III Convening 9 AM – 12 PM  Oakstop located 1721 Broadway, Oakland Community Researchers Engaging Women (CREW) is meant to empower participants and show how they can effect change. Their findings around testing barriers, …

Trans Remembrance Week

Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases (WORLD) would like to acknowledge Transgender Awareness Week (11/14-11/20). W.O.R.L.D serves all self-identified women (which is inclusive of Transwomen) living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. W.O.R.L.D serves as a safe space for Trans women. During Transgender Awareness Week, W.O.R.L.D celebrates Transgender individuals and all of their accomplishments. Additionally, W.O.R.L.D celebrates the following Transgender …

WORLD supports Latinx HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on October 15, 2017!

  Somos una organización donde damos apoyo a las mujeres las  cuales viven con el virus del VIH en la comunidad de Oakland. Somos defensores que educamos a mujeres que viven con VIH/SIDA y proveemos  información práctica, asistencia de grupos de apoyo emocional para  mujeres recientemente diagnosticadas y las que llevan más años viviendo con VIH. W.O.R.L.D. Apoya en este …

Upcoming Events at WORLD

Tommorow #STANDAGAINSTHATE Open Forum  WORLD will be holding a forum in Oakland to have a community discussion on the events in Charlottesville, VA. Come share your thoughts and feelings regarding the blatant bigotry and racism displayed and action steps to keep our communities safe. We’ll also be screening the VICE mini-documentary, “Charlottesville: Race and Terror” at the beginning of the program …

Female Condoms Will Now Be Prescription Only

Original Story published on TheBody.com Written By Martha Kempner With the Manufacturer Banking on Birth Control Benefits Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to Bolster Sales, the Oft-Overlooked Method Used by all Genders, May Now Cost as Much as $20 per Condom for the Uninsured if They Can’t Get It Through Health Departments or Non-Profits The female condom, sold under the name F2C, …