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WRI 2024 Issue Brief: Implications of Federal and State Policy on HIV Research and Services for Women Living with and Vulnerable to HIV

September 15, 2024

On September 12, 2024, the Women's Research Initiative (WRI) published an WRI 2024 Issue Brief: "Implications of Federal and State Policy on HIV Research and Services for Women Living with and Vulnerable to HIV", which reported on The Well Project’s 2024 Women’s Research Initiative on HIV/AIDS Meeting (March 21-24, 2024). This exceptionally important meeting focused on "The Role of Policy in Access to HIV Research and Services Among Women Living with and Vulnerable to HIV". It also sought to examine the ways that law and policy affect health outcomes for women living with and vulnerable to HIV. While HIV research and service provision in the US have always been affected by the policy environment, recent legal and policy changes are poised to have a particularly negative impact on women living with and vulnerable to HIV. This year's WRI convening brought together 35 multidisciplinary, multisectoral key stakeholders (see below) to address critical aspects and potential implications for women living with and vulnerable to HIV of laws and policies related to HIV criminalization; abortion; gender-affirming care; and affirmative action/diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programming – and to make recommendations for mitigating their injurious effects. To view more photos from WRI 2024, please click here.

WRI 2024 Meeting Participants

Allison Agwu, MD, ScM Johns Hopkins University	Nancie Archin, PhD* University of North Carolina
Judith Auerbach, PhD* University of California San Francisco	Dawn Averitt* The Well Project and WRI
Jacqueline Ayers, JD Planned Parenthood	Kellan Baker, PhD, MPH, MA Whitman Walker
Cecilia Chung Transgender Law Center	Jenna Conley The Well Project
Lindsey Dawson, MPP KFF	Karine Dubé, DrPH UCSD School of Medicine
Nada Fadul, MD University of Nebraska Medical Center	Olivia G. Ford The Well Project
Waru Gichane, PhD, MSPH University of California San Francisco	Kaye Hayes, MPA Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy
Connie Johnson, MA Growing into Greatness	Jennifer Kates, PhD* Kaiser Family Foundation
Kamaria Laffrey The Sero Project	Aryah Lester Transgender Strategy Center
Tiommi Luckett, AA Transgender Law Center	Leslie Marshall NIH Office of AIDS Research
Krista Martel The Well Project	Marnina Miller, AA PWN-USA
Shani Mandisa Moore-O'Neal, JD Center for HIV Law and Policy	Amaya Perez-Brumer, PhD University of Toronto
Bridgette Picou, LVN The Well Project	Tonia Poteat, PhD, MPH, PA-C University of North Carolina
Catalina Ramirez, MPH, MHA Universty of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Laramie Smith, PhD University of California San Diego
Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH Harvard Kennedy School	Celeste Watkins-Hayes University of Michigan
Andrea Weddle, MSW* HIV Medicine Association	Helen Zimba, BS The Afiya Center

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The_Well_Project_WRI_2024_Issue_Brief_Final.pdf (3.61 MB)

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WRI 2024 Issue Brief: Implications of Federal and State Policy on HIV Research and Services for Women Living with and Vulnerable to HIV

The Professionals on Whom Our Health Depends Need Training on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Sexual Health (2020)

Support and Well-Being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Children and Youth, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (2017)

When Is HIV a Crime? Sexuality, Gender and Consent, Kim Buchanan, Minnesota Law Review (2014)

Recommendations to the DC Child and Family Services Agency on Administrative Issuances, Healthcare Quick Reference Guides, and Program Policies Related to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Programming for Youth in Foster Care (2014)

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