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How Does Health Care Reform Impact People Living with HIV/AIDS? |

Now that the reform process is finally over, here are some of the highlights of the legislation for people living with HIV/AIDS.

In Honor of Women & Girls’ HIV Awareness Day: All Women Should Have Access to HIV Testing |

Women are not tested because they or their healthcare provider do not perceive that they are “at risk.”

Equal Access to Justice for NYC PLWHAS |

HIV Law Project demands the New York City Department of Health to address a discrepancy with HRSA policy that would expand legal services to people with AIDS in the city.

HRSA Lifts Locally Imposed Restrictions to Ryan White Funded Care Act Legal Services |

For years, PLWHAs have been denied equal access to Ryan White Care Act funded legal services based solely on where they live.

In Honor of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Young Black Women Need HIV Preventiong |

While the President's recently released budget would fund teen pregnancy prevention, it neglects HIV prevention, harming young women, particularly young Black women.

HIV/AIDS Fellowship Opening |

Law Firm Fellows needed to assist our legal team in providing comprehensive legal and advocacy services to low-income people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs).

From the Community to the Courtroom: Women, AIDS & Advocacy |

Early in the epidemic, the HIV infection and AIDS were diagnosed for relatively few women. Today, women account for more than one quarter of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses.

Resources

Better Late than Never:
HIV Prevention Among Young Women & Girls Better Late than Never: HIV Prevention Among Young Women & Girls
(Report, PDF format, size 199 KB)

This report focuses on the myriad biological, cultural, and socioeconomic factors that have caused steadily rising rates of HIV among young women and girls, and offers a series of recommendations to promote effective prevention efforts among this population.

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Law Technical Assistance Program (LawTAP) is part of the Center for Women & HIV Advocacy at the HIV Law Project.

Why I Give

" I give $150 a month through automatic deductions to HIV Law Project. These tough financial times have actually inspired me to dig a bit deeper in my pockets to help out. I know my end-of-year tax-deductible donation can go a long way in the fight for the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS"

Corey Delaney, Attorney, DLA Piper
Chair, Young Professional Advisory Board, HIV Law Project

HIV Law Project: 20th Year Fighting for Justice and Dignity!

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Center for Women (CWHA)

Edna says..."Because of the HIV Law Project, I still have my home. Now I've learned to advocate for myself and that makes me feel good. I feel I've grown as a person."

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Mission Statement

HIV Law Project believes that all people deserve the same rights, including the right to live with dignity and respect, the right to be treated as equal members of society, and the right to have their basic human needs fulfilled.

These fundamental rights are elusive for many people living with HIV/AIDS. Through innovative legal services and advocacy programs, HIV Law Project fights for the rights of the most underserved people living with HIV/AIDS.

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