Viewpoints: Women & HIV/AIDS

Safe Poz Love: Count HIV-Positive Women in on Valentine's Day (February 14, 2012)
From U.S. Positive Women's Network
Women's Health, Rights Especially Vulnerable During an Election Year (January 13, 2012)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Lifting Women's Voices to "Finish the Fight" (December 6, 2011)
From The Body
On World AIDS Day, Remember Women's Health (December 1, 2011)
From The Body
NBLCA and Rep. Lee Push for Women of Color to Come First: A Blog Entry by Candace Y.A. Montague (November 2, 2011)
"The National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS sponsored the debut of a groundbreaking documentary about HIV/AIDS and African-American Women at a Congressional briefing last Tuesday."
From The Body
Southern Women HIV/AIDS Leaders Speak Back to Their Communities (October 27, 2011)
In October, a powerful group of women living with or affected by HIV/AIDS came together for the C2EA Women's HIV/AIDS Advocacy and Leadership Summit in Baton Rouge, La., to build their skills as leaders in the HIV/AIDS movement.
From The Body
Inside the Activists' Summit: Empowering Women to Become Leaders in the HIV/AIDS Movement (October 12, 2011)
From The Body
HIV/AIDS and Latinas: What Does Gender Have to Do With It? Part 2 (September 20, 2011)
From The Body
HIV/AIDS and Latinas: What Does Gender Have to Do With It? Part 1 (September 15, 2011)
From The Body
Monday Reflection: Living With AIDS in My Own Voice! A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (August 8, 2011)
"This was a five-hour interview for the best of what I had to say. George shaped the two-part interview to give a full understanding of what my life is like living with AIDS ... I hope that it is helpful in some way."
From The Body
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)
From U.S. Positive Women's Network
Strauss-Kahn Case: Another Day, Another Vicious Attack on Women (May 18, 2011)
From U.S. Positive Women's Network
Women-Centered Care Talking Points (April 19, 2011)
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From U.S. Positive Women's Network
Women-Centered Care Fact Sheet (April 19, 2011)
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From U.S. Positive Women's Network
Prevention Justice Talking Points (April 19, 2011)
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From U.S. Positive Women's Network
Prevention Justice Fact Sheet (April 19, 2011)
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From U.S. Positive Women's Network
Economic Justice Talking Points (April 19, 2011)
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From U.S. Positive Women's Network
Economic Justice Fact Sheet (April 19, 2011)
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From U.S. Positive Women's Network
Women and HIV/AIDS: Not Just a Man's Issue Anymore (March 9, 2011)
From The Body
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.
From U.S. Positive Women's Network
The Rising HIV Rates Among Young Women and Girls of Color: What's Going On? Part Two (February 10, 2011)
From The Body
The Rising HIV Rates Among Young Women and Girls of Color: What's Going On? Part One (January 25, 2011)
From The Body
Life Is Not a Fairy Tale (January 4, 2011)
From Black AIDS Institute
Monday Reflection: Yes I'm a Colored Girl ... A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (November 8, 2010)
The modern day Lady in Red demonstrates that power and wealth means nothing in the face of HIV. Women, we must love ourselves over the need to have or want a man in our lives.
From The Body
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.
From U.S. Positive Women's Network
Monitoring the U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy From a Gender Perspective (PDF) (September 2010)
Analysis and recommendations for implementation.
From U.S. Positive Women's Network
Black Women Living With AIDS Thrive Thanks to Peer Support (August 31, 2010)
In Black AIDS Weekly, from Black AIDS Institute
Wanted: Feminist Warriors to Fight HIV/AIDS (August 16, 2010)
While AIDS is killing women of color in the U.S., the women's movement appears to be M.I.A.
From The Body
West Side Stories (July/August 2010)
Black women discuss life, family and HIV.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
How to Guarantee Women's and Girls' Sexual and Reproductive Rights in the HIV/AIDS Response? (July 18, 2010)
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From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Body Shape and HIV: A Blog Entry by River Huston (June 24, 2009)
From River Huston
Surviving HIV: A Blog Entry by River Huston (June 17, 2009)
From River Huston
Survey on Employment and Vocational Needs of HIV-Positive Women (April 16, 2009)
From U.S. Positive Women's Network
Older Women and HIV (Winter 2008)
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Burned by HIV, Spurned by Loved Ones: Asian Women Stand Up and Speak Out (August 19, 2007)
From Inter Press Service
G8 Nations Must Address "Deadly Intersection" of Gender-Based Violence and HIV, Activist Writes (June 6, 2007)
From openDemocracy
"Sex Is What We Do" (Winter 2005/2006)
A female counselor explains how she helps HIV-positive women find a healthy, satisfying sex life.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
AIDS and the Single Girl: Global AIDS Fighters Call for Focus on Women (July 18, 2004)
"A new term in the global fight against AIDS -- 'cross-generational sex,' or older men having sex with girls and young women -- [has become] a major topic of conversation," writes John Donnelly of The Boston Globe from the XV International AIDS Conference.
In Boston Globe
Fighting for Women's Lives (July/August 2004)
[Archived Article]
On April 25, 2004, an estimated 1,110,000 people descended upon Washington, D.C., to focus attention on women's rights -- a pivotal ingredient in the fight against HIV.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
"Unladylike" Talk About Sex Saves Lives (April 7, 2003)
[Archived Article]
Excerpts from an op-ed column by Laura Hall, a board member of the Black AIDS Institute.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New Vision (Spring 2003)
In both domestic violence and HIV prevention, women may feel they have little control.
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In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Genderizing HIV/AIDS (June/July 2002)
Heterosexual infection of women highlights persistent gender inequalities, Pamela Leong says.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
HIV Is a Magnifying Glass (August 2001)
In WORLD Newsletter, from Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases
Fighting for the Cure (July 2001)
A look at current treatment strategy.
In WISE Words, from Project Inform
Radical Red: Get Me Some Self-Esteem (July/August 2001)
[Archived Article]
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Thank God for Women's Health Activists! (January/February 2001)
[Archived Article]
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Issues Faced by Women with AIDS (Fall/Winter 2000)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
"HIVy League?" Meet the First Graduating Class of Women Alive's HIV University (July 2000)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
The Role of Heterosexual Men in HIV in Containing the Epidemic (Summer 2000)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Medication Vacations (Summer 2000)
[Archived Article]
A poz point of view on structured treatment interruptions.
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Goddess in a Muumuu: AIDS Changes Sexual Self-Image (December 1999)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Women, Unite! Helping Others Can Be Good Medicine! (November/December 1999)
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Seek Support to Stop Domestic Violence (Spring 1999)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
A Column for Women: Using Sex as a Weapon (September 1998)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Among Ourselves: Be Seen, Be Counted -- Visibility Matters (April 1998)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
AIDS, Women and Social Constructs (February 1998)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
The "X" Files: Missing Information About Women (Fall/Winter 1997)
What isn't reported about women and HIV.
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Placebos, Ethics, and Women (Fall/Winter 1997)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Infected Woman's Perspective: Who's "The Cure" For? (Summer 1997)
[Archived Article]
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
It's Not Enough -- We Want and Need More! (Spring 1997)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
Review of Vamps, Virgins and Victims: How Can Women Fight AIDS? (October 1996)
By Robin Gorna, reviewed by Sarah Schulman.
In Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Women and Children With HIV (1996)
An interview with Andrea Carr, President, Families' and Children's AIDS Network of Chicago.
Elizabeth Glaser: Address at the 1992 Democratic National Convention (July 14, 1992)
Glazer, a widely known AIDS activist who went public about her status after she was infected with HIV during a blood transfusion while giving birth, died in 1994.
From American Rhetoric