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For a long time, I thought silence was protecting me. I thought if I didn't say something out loud, maybe it wouldn't feel real.

I educate the world to keep the disease at bay/ But education is lost in the politics of today/ Yet more and more minds I continue to sway/ HIV will never define me...

Learn why clinical trials are done, what types there are, how to decide whether to participate, and why it's important for women to be involved.

Joining this blog will allow me to connect with other women living with HIV/AIDS, contribute to an important community, and continue using my voice to encourage, support, and advocate for others.

I remember the hard times that I've been through and survived, and I remember the love of my great grandmother, the kindness and strength of my grandfathers, and I want to make them proud.

In 2026, The Well Project's Women's Research Initiative on HIV/AIDS (WRI) is focusing our programming on "Aging with HIV since Birth: The Journey of Women Lifetime Survivors." This year's programming includes three webinars, which we are excited to share with you here.

Rio reminded me that ultimately the HIV response is powered by people from the many local HIV communities who refuse to disappear.

I lived in secrets and lies for far too long and it caused heartbreak for everyone.

Find out more about breast/chestfeeding and HIV, ways to discuss this option with healthcare providers, and stories from women living with HIV who have breastfed their babies.

Obtenga más información sobre la lactancia/dar pecho y el VIH, cómo hablar de esta opción con los profesionales de la atención de la salud e historias de mujeres viviendo con VIH que han dado pecho a sus bebés.

Jyoti Dhawale stands in the long lineage of people who refuse silence. For more than 20 years, she has lived openly with HIV in a society where stigma still tries to shape destiny.

Our 2025 Annual Report focuses on the impact that The Well Project has on the broader HIV community, including women living with and vulnerable to HIV, healthcare providers, policymakers, researchers, and others.

On July 16, 2026, we held episode 45 of A Girl Like Me LIVE, exploring the vital connection between family history and proactive health management.

It's really not easy to be transgender, There's little reward and even less splendor, Just social hate and judgement abounds, Where facts and truth and compassion dumbfounds...

At 48 I look back at my life and it's clear that the only reason I'm standing here with my Beeb and NuNu is because Jesus literally has saved me.