WASHINGTON, July 8, 2011 — HIV advocates are greeting with enthusiasm the latest development in the fight to ensure that U.S. foreign aid reaches those most affected by the epidemic. A United States appellate court yesterday upheld a lower court’s injunction against the enforcement of the so-called prostitution pledge, which refers to the requirement that organizations [...]
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UN Elects Executive Board of New UN Women
10 November 2010 – UN Member States today took the next step in enabling the newly-created United Nations agency on gender equality and women’s empowerment to begin its work by electing countries to serve on its Executive Board. The 41 board members were selected on the following basis: 10 from Africa, 10 from Asia, 4 [...]
Get-Out-The-Vote: November 2, 2010 Elections
November 2nd, 2010 is Election Day! Almost one-quarter of Americans eligible to vote are not registered. Unregistered Americans tend to be low income, people of color, young people, recent U.S. citizens, formerly incarcerated individuals, and those who have recently moved to a new address. In addition, communities with low voting rates – including people of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
