A peer-support program serving the needs of PLHIV esp. women & families facing HIV thru resiliency and education. BABES have been building community since 1989.
We are so excited the BABES office renovation is underway. Painters started yesterday. Thank you to Jeffrey Tritt and Associates for your time and expertise!! @3030project@YWCAworks
Today we remember the people that were lost b/c transphobia turned to violence. These people should still be with us. In honor of who they were, we will continue to help build & unite a community that trans people can not only feel safe in, but thrive.
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What an important focus!! Thanks, @TheSeroProject for encouraging this. As a #PLHIV Network, this is a very special focus that often times feels like something of the past.
The first transplant in the world from a living HIV-positive donor to an HIV-negative child has been completed by surgeons at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Center in... https://t.co/KlKLMjD5ut
Help us raise awareness about gender-based violence and support for survivors by taking a Week Without Violence campaign selfie using one of our fillable signs.
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#WWV18#DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth
Last Wednesday we gathered to celebrate the @ywBABES Network-YWCA sisterhood at #StellaStepsOut. The night was filled with inspiration, laughter, tears, and empowerment. Check out more on our blog!
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Still feeling the glow from our #StellaStepsOut fundraiser where we raised over $63,000 & counting in support of @ywBABES! Thank to all who joined, sponsored, & donated to celebrate BABES' sisterhood. Check out the events photos.👇🏾👇🏾
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Covering the delights awaiting us during the Dessert Dash at #StellaStepsOut, the fundraiser for @ywBABES, the tremendous peer support network by and for women living with #HIV under the wing of our local @YWCAworks in #Seattle
At yesterday's press conference on Seattle's evictions, a report by the @Seawomenscomm found that 52% of tenants who were evicted owed less than 1 month's rent, and disproportionately impacted #POC's. Come on WA we need to do better!
@Crosscut
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Happy International Youth Day!
Today, we look back on the incredible energy, determination and powerful voices that young people of all backgrounds and nations brought to Amsterdam for the biggest youth presence ever at @AIDS_conference.
#ItTakesaVillage#YesYouthCan#endAIDS
Last night YWCA Canberra launched a documentary looking at single older women who are in insecure housing tenure or homeless. These women and their predicament is often hidden from view. See at https://t.co/pfiKJsM56H
It's Women's Month! We couldn't resist to celebrate @AnnahSango , a phenomenal READY youth leader from Zimbabwe. She defied all odds and stood up for the voices of adolescent girls and young people in relation to sexual reproductive health, HIV and AIDS #FreshVoicesMakingChoices