On Sunday, September 29, 2013, WWAV’s Executive Director, Deon Haywood, joined Ari Melber, co-host of MSNBC’s “The Cycle;” Seema Iyer, Legal Contributor at Arise News; and Faith Gay, Attorney for Marissa Alexander, on the Melissa Harris-Perry show. This panel was brought together around two important issues affecting women’s incarceration: first, the announcement of a New York initiative to establish special courts […]
This Sunday, WWAV’s Executive Director, Deon Haywood, will be joining Ari Melber, co-host of MSNBC’s “The Cycle;” Seema Iyer, Legal Contributor at Arise News; and Christina Beltrán, Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU, on the Melissa Harris-Perry show at 10am EST. This panel has been brought together following several important issues that affect women’s incarceration, […]
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 […]
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 […]