Women Living With HIV (WLHIV)

The Best Defense is a Good Offense: Get Tested!

By Shaniqua Seth | Mar 9, 2017 | Comments Off on The Best Defense is a Good Offense: Get Tested!

For 12 years, March 10 has been observed as National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD). The CDC estimates that over 280,000 women are living with HIV and of those women, 11% don’t know they are infected.

Help End Violence Against Women With HIV!

By NWHN Staff | Oct 23, 2015 | Comments Off on Help End Violence Against Women With HIV!

The National Women’s Health Network is proud to stand with the Positive Women’s Network USA (PWN-USA) on its second annual National Day of Action to End Violence Against Women Living with HIV.

Standing Up for Women Living with HIV in the U.S.

By Cindy Pearson | Aug 13, 2015 | Comments Off on Standing Up for Women Living with HIV in the U.S.

Did you know that there are over a quarter of a million women and girls living with HIV in the U.S.? Low income women of color – African Americans and Latinas living in the South in particular – have disproportionately borne the brunt of the domestic HIV epidemic due to social, political and economic factors.

Access to Health Care for Women Living with HIV: A Reproductive Justice Issue

By Ariel Tazkargy | May 24, 2015 | Comments Off on Access to Health Care for Women Living with HIV: A Reproductive Justice Issue

We believe that HIV services should be integrated into all comprehensive women’s health care efforts. Yet, our review finds that women living with HIV have been overlooked during the course of ACA implementation.