Index of Articles From Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases (WORLD)

Material From U.S. Positive Women's Network (PWN)

• Policy and Justice Issues Affecting Women: Fact Sheets and Talking Points (Regularly updated)
• Friday, Feb. 10: Webinar on Creative Ways to Get to AIDS 2012 (February 8, 2012)
• Count HIV+ Women In! PWN Launches National Campaign on World AIDS Day (December 1, 2011)
• Take Action! PWN Stands With Planned Parenthood (September 29, 2011)
• PWN Commends Congresswoman Barbara Lee's JUSTICE Act and Support of Global Commission on HIV and the Law (September 6, 2011)
• September: AIDS 2012 U.S. Outreach Call (August 31, 2011)
• Women Commend President Obama's Leadership on National HIV/AIDS Strategy; Urge Increased Focus on Women; Southern U.S. and "Shadow Cities" in Implementation (July 13, 2011)
• 30 Years of HIV: We Spoke Up! (June 3, 2011)
• Strauss-Kahn Case: Another Day, Another Vicious Attack on Women (May 18, 2011)
• Speak Up! Homophobia and Transphobia Are Everyone's Concerns (May 17, 2011)
• Reproductive Justice Fact Sheet (April 19, 2011)
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• Reproductive Justice Talking Points (April 19, 2011)
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• PWN Releases Reproductive Justice Fact Sheet and Talking Points (April 19, 2011)
• Take Action: Call-in to Support HIV Funding in the U.S.! (April 1, 2011)
• Survey Shows HIV-Positive Women Suffer From Human Rights Violations (March 8, 2011)
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• Psycho-What? Services for Women Are Disappearing (March 2, 2011)
• Diagnosis, Sexuality and Choice: Women Living With HIV and the Quest for Equality, Dignity and Quality of Life in the U.S. (PDF) (March 2011)
  Analysis and recommendations from the U.S. Positive Women's Network 2010 Human Rights Survey.
• House Votes to Defund Planned Parenthood: Sign a Letter to Congress to Save Critical Services! (February 18, 2011)
• On Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, HIV-Positive Women Demand a National Strategy for Black Women and Men (February 7, 2011)
• Why Should HIV Criminalization Matter to You? (December 7, 2010)
• It's About Love: World AIDS Day 2010 (December 1, 2010)
  This World AIDS Day, December 1st, 2010, I want to talk about love.
• Women and Criminal HIV Exposure and Transmission Laws: Origins, Effects and Alternatives (PDF) (November 2010)
  Testimony for the American Bar Association AIDS Coordinating Committee on Criminal HIV Exposure and Transmission Laws.
• The Intersections of Gender, Race, Poverty, and HIV: A Free Teleconference Training and Discussion (October 25, 2010)
• Women With HIV Deserve Abortion Coverage: Tell the White House! (October 5, 2010)
• What if Tinkerbell Were HIV Positive? Women Speak From USCA 2010 (September 22, 2010)
  • Stigma and Discrimination in Disney World (September 22, 2010)
  • A Reflection on USCA's Coverage of and Dialogue on Transgender Issues (September 22, 2010)
  • HIV Criminalization (September 22, 2010)
  • How Violence Can Lead to HIV (September 22, 2010)
  • Your Silence Will Not Protect You (September 22, 2010)
  • Access to Care: the ADAP Crisis (September 22, 2010)
  • Building a Bridge From Vienna to Orlando: The International AIDS Conference Theme "Rights Here, Right Now," Continues on to the U.S. Conference on AIDS (September 22, 2010)
  • Report on an Institute: Developing 2010-2011 Latino HIV/AIDS Federal Policy Recommendations and Ensuring That the National HIV/AIDS Strategy Meets the Needs of Latinos (September 22, 2010)
  • My Thoughts on "The Other City" (September 22, 2010)
  • Workshop: Testing and Linkage to Care Plus (TLC+): Implications for Women and Families (September 22, 2010)
• Blogging Tips and Worksheet From the U.S. Positive Women's Network (September 20, 2010)
• Women's Organizations Release National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation Recommendations (September 14, 2010)
• Monitoring the U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy From a Gender Perspective (PDF) (September 2010)
  Analysis and recommendations for implementation.
• Before August 2: HIVers Needed to Complete an Online Survey About Stigma (July 30, 2010)
• Poverty, Protest, Policy -- and Well-Kept Secrets of Positive Women and Risk Reduction (July 20, 2010)
  Vienna roundup, days 1 and 2.
• Gender Auditing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (June 29, 2010)
• ADAPs in Crisis: Take Action Wednesday, May 26! (May 25, 2010)
• Health Reform, Women and HIV: An Update (April 26, 2010)
• Women Living With HIV Launch Human Rights Survey; Call for Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health Services With HIV Services to Address Epidemic Among Women (March 10, 2010)
  This Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, HIV-positive women in the U.S. reflect and recommit to upholding the human rights of millions of women affected by HIV around the world.
• HIV & Pregnancy: Reproductive Justice Tools for Women Living With HIV (February 25, 2010)
  Please join the U.S. Positive Women's Network for a call and discussion on Wednesday, March 3rd, 11:30-12:30 Pacific/12:30-1:30 Mountain/1:30-2:30 Central/2:30-3:30pm Eastern.
• White House Says Women Are a Priority in the U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy (December 11, 2009)
  Women and HIV leaders meet with Administration; focus on human rights, integrating sexual and reproductive health as key component of gender-sensitive National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
• Join an Oct. 7 Conference Call -- Share Your Ideas for Making the U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy Work for Women (October 5, 2009)
• President's Budget Flat Funds Services for Women With HIV (May 11, 2009)
  HIV-positive women outraged at lack of funding for women & families.
• Tell President Obama: No More Money for Ineffective Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs (February 11, 2009)
  Fund comprehensive sex education.

WORLD Newsletter

• The WORLD Community Mourns the Loss of Dr. Claire Diane Borkert, M.D. (June 25, 2010)
• WORLD Newsletter (December 2008)
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• WORLD Newsletter (June 2008)
• WORLD Newsletter (November 2006)
• WORLD Newsletter (June 2006)
• WORLD Newsletter (April 2005)
• Believe It... Women Get AIDS! (August 2001)
• HIV Is a Magnifying Glass (August 2001)