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Get some tips on how to use your voice in HIV advocacy. Learn about advisory councils, community advisory boards, IRBs, and more.

Learn more about restrictions surrounding abortion – a safe, important, common medical procedure – and people's rights to make decisions about their own bodies.

Learn more about health and safety issues for women living with HIV who are incarcerated in the US, and what advocates on the outside can do to help.

Black women's contributions are regularly ignored or made invisible in the HIV field and in US society in general. This disregard is a symptom of the same cause driving HIV among Black women. Read more about the historical context and solutions for addressing this systemic issue.

Cannabis has medicinal properties that can benefit people living with HIV, but its legality varies by location. Learn more about laws governing medical and adult-use cannabis in the US.

Black women living with HIV have been innovators and changemakers in the HIV community since the earliest days of the pandemic. Browse this list of organizations founded and led by Black women living with HIV.

The COVID-19 pandemic had particular impacts on women and communities affected by HIV. Learn more about the early months of this global public health crisis – and where we are now.

All people with HIV have a right to tools to help make decisions about economic opportunities. Learn about programs and projects that uphold economic justice for people living with HIV.

Race and gender intersect with many factors in the lives of women with HIV. Learn about the varied impacts on women in different racial groups.

No one should be punished for having a health condition. Learn more about laws that treat HIV as a crime, and what they mean for women.