Women & HIV Orgs Submit Comments on Health Reform High Risk Pools

Health care reform was passed to help women living with pre-existing conditions like HIV access health insurance that covers the care we need at premiums we can afford. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is getting ready to help states implement Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plans across the nation – a huge stride in increasing access to care for …

USCA 2010 reports

Reflections on USCA 2010: Documenting Women’s Voices Stigma and Discrimination in Disney World by Barb Cardell Night falls, I sit in my room, Orlando Florida, looking out over the horizon and I see it, the Cinderella Castle, the dreaded Magical Kingdom that Walt Disney built, the House of the Mouse and so on… I sigh deeply and close the drapes …

Gender Audit of National HIV/AIDS Strategy Released!

Thirteen organizations today released a gender audit of the first-ever U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy.  The document is an analysis, from a gender perspective, of the Strategy, and lays out recommendations for the Strategy’s implementation to improve all women’s, including transgender women’s, access to HIV prevention, care, and treatment consistent with the right to nondiscrimination, dignity, bodily integrity, and ethical treatment. …

WORLD at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna!

PWN was at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna!  They presented posters, workshops, and the fabulous Waheedah Shabazz-El was the closing plenary to welcome folks to Washington, DC’s International AIDS Conference in 2012.  Click for more coverage of the conference with updates on key issues and perspectives relevant to women, girls, human rights and gender justice.  Check out our coverage …

Calling All Women: Speak Up on Next Steps for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy!

As we all celebrate the newly-released National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS), several questions remain about how the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) and other Federal Agencies should implement it. The new strategy provides a good basic framework, but lacks specific direction on many important issues facing women. If we want them to put women-specific plans in place, we need to …

PWN is hiring!

The U.S. Positive Women’s Network (PWN) was recently awarded a grant from the MAC AIDS Fund to build strategic communications capacity for women and HIV advocates, especially HIV-positive women. We are hiring someone to coordinate the PWN’s Strategic Communications Action Team!  Please see the job announcement attached and circulate it widely.  Deadline to apply is April 9, 2010. We actively …