Here is a roundup of our latest organizing work to fight abortion bans and realize reproductive justice in Louisiana. On May 15, 2019, in an action organized by WWAV’s Lakeesha Harris, activists took Memorial Hall at the Louisiana State Capitol to protest a slate of abortion restrictions that legislators are trying to make into law […]
Read this Op-Ed by our Director of Reproductive Health and Justice Lakeesha Harris “We who are already working to advance policies to improve the health and lives of young people and women in our state would welcome a legislative commitment to these efforts. What we reject, however, are politicians who want to control women and are willing […]
At Women With A Vision, we recognize a need for information about contraception, or birth control, that is centered on the community we serve. For that reason, we put together this “Contraception Reader,” made up with gender-neutral language and centered around helping people access contraception based on their priorities. Use the “Quick Guide” to read about specific […]
For the last 30 years, WWAV has organized in partnership with sex workers through an intersectional human rights analysis. We center our communities’ own analyses of the violence they survive daily, and fight with them to make the solutions that they imagine a reality. In our 1st decade, our foremothers worked in partnership with sex […]
WWAV is grateful to Mayor Cantrell and her team for this incisive statement on the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. Mayor Cantrell underlined the role of stigma and shame in fueling violence against sex workers, and pledged the City of New Orleans’ commitment to upholding the human rights of all individuals, especially those most […]