Featured Resources for Advocates: Briefing Papers on Women and HIV in the U.S.

The 30 for 30 campaign, a coalition of women’s advocates and organizations across the country working to end HIV-related health disparities by making HIV prevention, care, and treatment work for women. WORLD is a proud member of the 30 for 30 Campaign. Check out the tools and briefing papers below! 2-page drop sheet on the women and HIV epidemic in …

WORLD Statement on the announcement of Dr. Grant Colfax as the New Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Naina Khanna 510.681.1169 [email protected] WORLD Statement on the announcement of Dr. Grant Colfax as the New Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) OAKLAND, CA – March 14, 2012 – Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases (WORLD) congratulates Grant Colfax, MD, on today’s announcement that he will lead the Office of National AIDS …

Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: An Opportunity to Support our Sisters!

Human Rights Campaign March 9, 2012 This guest post is from Kathie Hiers, Chief Executive Officer of AIDS Alabama and member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS I was recently watching an old Saturday Night Live from 1977 in which the news anchors ofWeekend Update, Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd, were heatedly debating the issue of women’s reproductive health rights.  I …

Healthcare Reform may have unintended consequences for HIV/AIDS patients

By Mary Flynn [reposted from HealthyCal.org], featuring WORLDettes Loren Jones and Sonia Rastogi Loren Jones was diagnosed with HIV 28 years ago. A relatively low viral load meant that for a long time, Jones, a 59-year-old African American woman, didn’t feel sick at all. “I ignored it completely,” she says of the first few years of her illness. “I was …

Job Opening: Project Coordinator – Local and State Advocacy

WORLD is hiring! The Project Coordinator – Local and State Advocacy position is a part time (20-30 hr) position to advance an advocacy strategy for women living with and vulnerable to HIV in the Bay Area and California. The position will cultivate relationships with local and state level representatives in addition to supporting HIV+ women leaders. Check out the full …