March 10th marked National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. For this monumental day for women and girls across the country, WORLD teamed up with AIDS Healthcare Foundation and community partners Cal-PEP and Allen Temple to Talk About SEX. Let’s Talk About SEX: An Intergenerational Dialogue, brought younger and older women together at …
Reflections on Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
We have all heard the facts about HIV and AIDS. The statistics are broken down by race, gender, age, nation, and every conceivable data driven segmentation. -Epidemiological data tells us that over 35 million people are living with HIV worldwide and approximately 18 million, over half, are women. -HIV is the world’s leading infectious killer. -An estimated 39 million people …
International Condom Day!
This year, WORLD will be teaming up with AHF on Thursday, February 12th at Laney College in Oakland to promote the use of condoms as a means of preventing unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STI’s) We hope to see you there! International Condom Day Facts According to the CDC, 1 in 20 Americans will get infected with hepatitis B …
STATEMENT IN OBSERVANCE & SOLIDARITY
Lamia Beard, “…never feared living in her truth and standing up for herself.” http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/murdered-trans-womans-family-celebrates-her-life.” It is disheartening that we start 2015 with the loss of yet another life to violence for “living in their truth”. What is known is that Lamia Beard, a Norfolk, VA resident died because she lived in a world where violence is often the …
WORLD invites you to USCA 2014
WORLD invites you to join us October 2nd-5th for USCA 2014 For nearly two decades, USCA (United States Conference on AIDS) has sought to increase the strength and diversity of the community-based response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic through education, training, new partnerships, collaboration and networking. In 2014, USCA will continue to highlight how the Affordable Care Act can help us …
Message from the IHS Director for National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
This Tuesday, March 20, marks the 6th observance of National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This day is set aside to acknowledge that HIV continues to threaten the health and well-being of our Native communities and to recognize the role that we all have in addressing this critical health issue. As of 2008, 3,629 American Indians and Alaska Natives have been …
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