For much of mainstream America, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is sometimes seen from a distance, a story for the history books or the developing world. But for marginalized communities across the country, particularly in the U.S. South, the HIV/AIDS crisis continues unabated. The South is at the heart of the current HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United […]
This weekend marked the 2-year anniversary of the arson attack on our offices, and here at Women With a Vision we have found ourselves looking back to look forward, celebrating our victories, and remembering our struggles. This past year at WWAV has been one of immense growth and healing, staff and supporters and allies joining […]
Women With a Vision is honored to be one of the featured organizations in the Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP)’s new report entitled, “Good Practice in Sex Worker-Led HIV Programming.” NSWP is a leading organization in the sex worker rights’ movement, working to uphold the voices of sex workers globally and to connect […]
These last few weeks, activists around the globe have watched an unfolding tragedy in Nigeria: the kidnapping of more than 267 Nigerian school girls from the Government Girls Secondary School, a boarding school in the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok. The kidnapping was part of an intentional and organized campaign to close schools in northern […]
The Louisiana Center for Health Equity is hosting it’s 3rd annual Women’s Retreat/Women’s Health Day on May 15th to coincide with National Women’s Health Week, along with Louisiana Senator Sharon Weston Broome, and in collaboration with the Louisiana Legislative Women’s Caucus Foundation. The event will run all day at the State Capitol and the Capitol […]