In recognition of Intimate Partner Violence Awareness Month observed annually in October, the Positive Women’s Network–USA (PWN) is hosting several events that aim to uplift women living with and affected by HIV.

 

PWN-USA is a trans-inclusive national nonprofit group of women living with HIV. In October 2014, the nonprofit spearheaded the first National Day of Action to End Violence Against Women Living with HIV to draw attention to high rates of interpersonal violence, abuse and systemic brutality experienced by women living with HIV.

 

Throughout October, local PWN chapters are offering in-person and virtual events to highlight the impact of intimate partner violence and the complications associated with disclosing one’s HIV-positive status.

 

Tonight, October 22, at 7 p.m., PWN–New York is hosting a live virtual event with expert panelists discussing intimate partner violence and relevant data concerning women living with HIV.

 

Tomorrow, Thursday, October 23, PWN will host the policy and advocacy training session “How to Research Targets & Move a Policy Priority.” The session is the latest installment in a monthly policy and advocacy training series launched in June. Go here to register.

 

 

Wednesday, October 29, join “Beyond Choice: HIV Disclosure, Violence, and Survival” for virtual conversations that uplift survivors, explore stigma and offer tools and support networks for people living with HIV who are also survivors of violence. Go here to register.

 

For more information on upcoming PWN events, go here.

 

To read more, click #Positive Women’s Network USA. There, you’ll see headlines such as “R.I.P. Sharon DeCuir, HIV Activist and Longtime PWN-USA Leader,”  “Women With HIV Are Getting Out the Vote” and “Stigma and Discrimination Against Women Living With HIV.”