At Women With a Vision, we understand the ways the multiple systems operating within our society work together to keep marginalized women and their families locked away from the resources they need to lead healthy, whole lives. We understand that it is a privilege for individuals to eat healthy and incorporate fresh produce within one’s […]
On September 23rd, 2014, fourteen women were arrested in Baton Rouge following an undercover operation, or what authorities are calling a “prostitution sting.” Read Women With a Vision’s Emerge Program Coordinator’s statement discussing the implications of these arrests for marginalized women in the state of Louisiana and the continued way state and local lawmakers are […]
Women With a Vision’s Gender-Based Violence Coordinator, Rebecca Atkinson, wrote an Open Letter to Janay Rice, the wife of former Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice. Janay’s story came to national attention earlier this month with the release of a video of Ray Rice abusing her in an elevator, igniting a national conversation and media fire-storm […]
Today, September 16th, 2014, marks the third annual Global Female Condom Day – a day of education and advocacy dedicated to female condoms. Last year, thousands of individuals and nearly 250 organizations from 54 countries participated, demanding greater access to the female condom, an important and dynamic tool that can fight the spread of HIV, […]
As we mark the 9th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Women With a Vision Executive Director, Deon Haywood, speaks to journalist Jordan Flaherty for the Laura Flanders Show, which streams from www.grittv.org. In the interview Deon discusses the state of New Orleans on the ninth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and how it’s all about the takeover […]