On Tuesday, September 24th, 2013, WWAV’s Executive Director, Deon Haywood, will be joining Advocate and Gambit reporter Stephanie Grace, radio personality and host with 106.7, Kelder Summers, and New Orleans City Council, Latoya Cantrell, for a screening and discussion of Miss Representation, a film exploring how the media’s misrepresentations of women has led to the under representation of women in positions of […]
Today, September 16th, marks the second annual Global Female Condom Day – a day of education and advocacy dedicated to female condoms. Last year, thousands of individuals and nearly 200 organizations from 26 countries participated, and today HIV/AIDS and reproductive health organizations, advocates, and individuals from around the world from are again taking action to […]
Since our founding, WWAV’s work to address the structural environment of HIV vulnerability in New Orleans has taken us to the streets. For twenty-two years, we’ve worked alongside women in New Orleans’ street-based economies, strategizing with them on the everyday and long-term strategies for promoting their health and wellbeing. We’re excited to share some of […]
Today, AIDS United is convening a special meeting of the Southern REACH legal providers, and WWAV Executive Director, Deon Haywood, will be giving the lunchtime address. She will be speaking about the unique relationship we built with our legal team during the NO Justice fight, where our lawyers followed the lead of the women most […]
Thanks to a groundbreaking legal settlement this summer, spearheaded by Women With A Vision and a team of civil rights attorneys, 700 people convicted under the “crime against nature” law are about to be removed from the sex offender registry. We remain humbled and honored to be part of this historic victory. And we want to give […]