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We Are Empowered!: Southern Women on Women

Southern Women on Women will be hosting its first recognition of National Women's & Girls HIV AIDS Awareness Day, Saturday March 8, 2014, 12-4, 401 North Maple Street, North Little Rock inside the First Presbyterian Church of Argenta. 
" We are every excited to use this event as our inaugural large scale program." said Tonya E.  She continued, " it our hope that this program will continue to empower women in our service area."

Under the auspices of The Living Affected Corporation, Southern WOW was designed as outlet for "women who love women," to come together to share their lived experiences and address some the challenges and barriers that exist. Currently the group has scheduled small group "coffee and conversation," meetings as well as bi-weekly "girls night out" meet ups.  Melina G, "We are concern with numerous issues such as violence, economic injustice and certainly how HIV has and is still affecting women, especially women of color communities."

Of the more than 1.1 million people living with HIV in the U.S. today, one in four is a woman. Women of color have been especially hard hit, accounting for the majority of new infections occurring among women in the U.S. There has been some good news when it comes to women and HIV in the U.S. with a reported significant 21% decrease in new infections among American women in recent years.

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 10) is coordinated by the Office on Women’s Health (OWH), within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, alongside many organizations that play a critical role in the observance in communities across the nation. Greater Than AIDS is proud to support the efforts our partners across the nation in the outreach efforts on this day by making available free informational and promotional materials for community groups to use around awareness days. Items for National Women and Girl’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day are free, for download, or for low cost from vendors.

To help engage and reach women year-round, Greater Than AIDS also offers Empowered, a campaign developed with Alicia Keys that affirms the power of women — as mothers, daughters, sisters, friends, partners and people living with HIV – to change the course of this disease through every day actions. The cross-platform campaign includes public service ads (PSAs), social media promotions, informational materials, and more. “We Are Empowered,” an inspiring half-hour video of Ms. Keys in conversation with five women living with HIV, is available for community screenings and discussion. For more information on Southern WOW, call 501.379-8203 or check out their Facebook page.

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