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 […]
This October, WWAV Executive Director, Deon Haywood, will be joining more than 100 human rights defenders from over 80 countries around the world for the Seventh Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders. In August, the WWAV team had a chance to meet with Caitriona Rice, a protection coordinator for Front Line Defenders. We are grateful to her […]
On September 8th through the 11th, the annual United States Conference on AIDS is coming to New Orleans, and WWAV is thrilled to be a part. You can find us at the conference on Monday, September 9th at the “Symposium on HIV/AIDS and Employment: Maximizing Existing Systems of Resources as a Social Determinants of Health […]