16th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance

Today, WORLD joins the nation in commemorating the 16th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. We can begin by saying the names of those whose deaths have been recorded this year in the United States: Papi Edwards Lamia Beard Ty Underwood Yazmin Vash Payne Taja Gabrielle De Jesus Penny Proud Kristina Gomez Reinwald, Keyshia Blige London Chanel Mercedes Williamson India Clarke …

Join WORLD for the San Francisco AIDS Walk July 19, 2015

  Dear WORLD friends and partners, It’s that special time of year. The time to put on our walking shoes and take some important steps toward ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic and improving the quality of life for those living and affected by HIV.  Please join us for a fun walk in Golden Gate Park on July 19th.  It really is alot …

Well Beyond HIV

Sylvia Britt, 51 and HIV-positive for many years, is peer advocate for WORLD, an organization that helps HIV-positive women. Sylvia Britt was lying alone in a hospital bed, exhausted and ill from a long bout of pneumonia, when she learned she was HIV-positive. Someone from the hospital — she can’t recall who it was — had let the diagnosis slip …

What’s New at WORLD: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

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 …

May 2010 WORLD Retreat – Applications Now Available

WORLD is happy to announce our 34th annual retreat for HIV+ women! The retreat will be held May 24-26, 2010 at the beautiful Bishop Ranch in Healdsburg, California. Come be renewed, refreshed, and inspired, meet new and old friends and take care of YOU! Applications are due May 3, 2010 Download: English Spanish We look forward to seeing you there! For …

Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

March 10, 2010 is Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. What’s the big deal about that? Here in the United States, women comprise nearly one-third of HIV infections, up from about 8% in 1984. In many countries around the world, women already represent more than half of HIV infections. Rates of teenage pregnancy and of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have …