At the 2012 International AIDS Conference, Women With A Vision joined with SisteLove in Atlanta and our allies across the US deep South to demand significant government investment in the health and well-being of women living in the deep South. Currently, women in the deep South are subjected to resource-poor health systems and do not […]
WWAV at AIDS 2012
During the upcoming week, Executive Director Deon Haywood and Director of Program Development Shaquita Borden will be presenting at the International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. Two of our interns, Rebecca and Shaun, will be live tweeting and video blogging from inside the conference plenaries as well as outside at the Global Village. Stay updated […]
Deon Haywood Addresses the New Orleans City Council
One month after an arson attack destroyed the WWAV office, there has still be no investigation. This crime was targeted: our women’s health models were stacked and burned, our reproductive justice posters were selectively singed throughout the office, the awards we received for our internationally recognized advocacy work were pulled from the office walls and […]
Class Action Suit Filed to Remove Women Still on Sex Offender Registry
On June 27, 2012, our allies at the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a class action lawsuit to remove the more than 400 people who are still unconstitutionally on the sex offender registry list in Louisiana. To all our supporters out there, we will keep you posted on ways you can help us put the […]
Funders Invest in WWAV's Future After the Fire
Within hours of the arson attack on our office, AIDS United, the Drug Policy Alliance, Broadway Cares, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the Palette Fund and the Summit Foundation all reached out to us to pledge emergency funds to see us through this crisis. We know how rare this kind of support is, and count […]