What's on This Page?
- About SHE/HER/THEY
- Sexual Health and Pleasure
- Reproductive Experience
- Culturally Responsive Care and Overall Wellness
- Provider Resources
- Partner Highlights
- View and Order Free Materials
- SHE/HER/THEY en español
About SHE/HER/THEY
SHE/HER/THEY (Sexual Health Education/HIV Empowerment Resources/Treating HIV Equally) is an educational outreach initiative focused on improving engagement in care, health outcomes, and well-being for women living with and vulnerable to HIV while promoting language justice and holistic wellness through a non-stigmatizing lens.
Results from The Well Project's Women's Research Initiative on HIV/AIDS (WRI) 2021 annual meeting, Research at the Intersection of HIV and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health, are a key component of the evidence base supporting SHE/HER/THEY.
We add new content to this page regularly – so please check back often for new informational materials and multi-media programs that we hope you will share widely!
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Sexual Health and Pleasure
Expert Conversations
Wellness in Action: Sexual Health, Pleasure, and HIV Across the Life Course
Sex while living with HIV is often linked to stigma or shame, or both - but it doesn't have to be. Watch this episode of the WATCH! 2.0 series, and get armed with tools and knowledge to take action around your sexual health.
HIV, Women, & Sexual Pleasure
A Girl Like Me LIVE creator/host Ciarra "Ci Ci" Covin is joined by community advisory board member and pleasure guru Kim Canady in an interactive, candid conversation about sexual pleasure in the lives of women living with HIV.
Sex, Pleasure, and PrEP
Don't miss this empowering and informative discussion between The Well Project's community advisory board member Kim Canady (Pleasure Activist) and sexologist Ashley Cobb (The Black Dr. Ruth) as they explore the unique aspects of women's sexual experience.
Articles and Fact Sheets
Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, Justice, Pleasure, and HIV
Racism, sexism, poverty, violence, and other injustices have an impact on overall wellbeing – including being able to access healthcare and enjoy full sexual and reproductive lives.
Getting Your Sexy On!!
Does HIV make it hard for you to feel sexy or be intimate? You are not alone! Get some tips about how to boost your sex-esteem and put the pleasure back in sex!
Positive Pleasure: The Well Project Signs On to The Pleasure Principles, Welcomes The Pleasure Project as a Partner
We cannot wait to explore collaboration with The Pleasure Project, and even further integrate the vital Pleasure Principles into all that we do at The Well Project. Onward toward pleasure for all!
Conference Coverage
Centering Pleasure, and How Providers Can Help: A Recap from USCHA 2025
"I can only imagine how women have survived for so long as sexual pleasure has been stigmatized by so many people for centuries," Katie Willingham writes in her summary of The Well Project's session at USCHA 2025.
A Chance of a Lifetime: A Recap from AIDS 2024
"The best part of being able to sit on the panel … was the fact that I was able to talk about women's health, sex, and pleasure," writes The Well Project community advisory board member Kim Canady of her experience speaking at AIDS 2024 in Munich, Germany.
Centering Sex, Pleasure, and Women: Recaps from the 2023 Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit
The agenda for the 2023 Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada, promised a gathering that would "focus on consensual sex in all of its iterations." As you will learn from The Well Project community advisory board chair Marissa Gonzalez's session summaries, the event did not disappoint!
Reproductive Experience
Fact Sheets and Resources
Preparing for Birth and Beyond: Postpartum Checklists for Parents Living with HIV
After a baby is born can be a beautiful, overwhelming time. These questions and resources can serve as reminders to reach out for the support you need – wherever it may come from.
Expert Conversations
Destigmatizing Parenting and Pregnancy for People Living with HIV: 2025 Annual Perinatal HIV Roundtable
The 2025 Perinatal Roundtable featured a discussion on how families affected by HIV are impacted by the child welfare system.
Reproductive Life with HIV: Action Steps from Pregnancy Planning to Infant Feeding
This session of the WATCH! 2.0 series digs deeper into what conception, pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period can look like for parents living with HIV, and how advocacy for yourself and others can play a role.
Birth and Postpartum Support and HIV / El apoyo al parto y al posparto y el VIH
Watch this illuminating conversation about the benefits of doula support for Black women and other birthing parents living with HIV.
Culturally Responsive Care and Overall Wellness
Expert Conversations
Treatment + Prevention = Action! Understanding the Modern Era of HIV
Watch this session of WATCH! 2.0 to learn more about managing HIV treatment along with other aspects of life, how it promotes health and well-being for people living with HIV, and the ways that taking HIV drugs is intertwined with preventing new cases of HIV.
National HIV Testing Day
The Well Project held a very special episode of A Girl Like Me LIVE in commemoration of National HIV Testing Day 2024, delving into the diverse narratives and experiences of women living with and vulnerable to HIV.
Aging Positively: Health Screenings for Women With HIV
Listen in as Eileen Scully, MD, PhD, and The Well Project's stakeholder liaison, Bridgette Picou, LVN, ACLPN, discuss important health screenings and vaccinations.
Black Women Living with and Vulnerable to HIV in the US
Copresented with NASTAD, this episode of Leadership Exchange LIVE features a dynamic conversation with Latesha Elopre, MD, MSPH (University of Alabama at Birmingham) to uplift the unique needs and priorities and insights of Black women living with and vulnerable to HIV, with an emphasis on the US South.
The Well Project's Ongoing Fight for Women's Health Rights and Inclusion in HIV Research (TheBody)
On an episode of TheBody's Instagram Live series "At Home With," The Well Project executive director Krista Martel talks with Charles Sanchez about what our organization is up to.
Fact Sheets andConference Coverage
Understanding the Burden of Survival for Women: A Recap from USCHA 2025
"We focus on our health but often that’s not enough," Katie Willingham writes of a USCHA 2025 session featuring numerous members of The Well Project's community as panelists. "What about living a full life in every sense? Women are burdened with many responsibilities and traumas."
Abortion and HIV
Abortion is a normal part of healthcare. Learn more about this safe, common, important procedure that is highly restricted in many parts of the world.
Provider Resources
Providing for Women's Well-Being: A Sexual Health Conversation Guide for Clinicians
Providers can normalize HIV and integrate prevention into efforts to support women's overall health. Browse this resource for talking points and shareable infographics to help inspire and guide these crucial conversations.
Download a PDF of the talking points
Let's Talk About Sex: Facilitating Engagement About Sex and Pleasure Between Providers and Women Living with HIV
This conference poster asserted the need to acknowledge and address the full lives of women living with HIV and positively position sex in non-judgmental, proactive discussions with providers.
Education for Primary Care Providers on HIV and Reproductive Health
The Well Project was proud to collaborate with partner organization Reproductive Health Access Project (RHAP) on the following three HIV-specific articles for their "Contraceptive Pearls" series. RHAP – a leader in expanding access to abortion, contraception, and early pregnancy loss care – delivers these brief, evidence-based monthly "Pearls" to thousands of frontline healthcare providers to inform their practice.
- Preconception Counseling for People Living with HIV
- Contraceptive Counseling for People Living with HIV
- HIV Counseling & Screening for People Without HIV
Partner Highlights
Maintaining connections with mission-aligned organizations is a key aspect of The Well Project's work. Learn more about groups with which we have engaged as partners whose work shares values and goals with the SHE/HER/THEY program.
Black Women's Learning Institute
The Black Women's Learning Institute (BWLI) is a national center focused on the health and wellness needs of Black women across the lifespan.
Life and Love with HIV
Life and Love with HIV is a blog and online community dedicated to de-stigmatizing sexuality and relationships among women, partners, and couples living with HIV by shifting the focus from risk to pleasure.
Reproductive Health Access Project
The Reproductive Health Access Project works across the US to mobilize, train, and support primary care clinicians to make reproductive health care accessible to everyone.
SisterLove, Inc.
The mission of SisterLove, Inc. is to eradicate the adverse impact of HIV/AIDS and other reproductive health challenges upon women and their families.
SisterSong: Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
SisterSong is a Southern based, national membership organization; our purpose is to build an effective network of individuals and organizations to improve institutional policies and systems that impact the reproductive lives of marginalized communities.
The Afiya Center
The Afiya Center was established in response to the increasing disparities between HIV incidences worldwide and the extraordinary prevalence of HIV among Black women and girls in Texas.
The Pleasure Project
The Pleasure Project is an international education and advocacy organization working to eroticize safer sex.
View and Order Free Materials
Check Out Three "Get the Facts" Sexual Health and Wellness Pamphlets
These are the informative, affirming resources you've been waiting for! The pocket-sized folding pamphlets (image files and PDFs below!) pack vital facts into an attractive, readable format. Our "Get the Facts" pamphlets are helpful to share at community events, in clinic waiting rooms – anywhere women living with HIV are served. (Todos disponible en español)
NEW! Caring for Your Whole Self
Wellness includes activities that make us feel good, challenges we can learn to manage, and other quality-of-life aspects.
- Download a printable PDF of "Get the Facts: Caring for Your Whole Self"
- Click the image below to save as a jpeg or share online
- Order free print copies of the pamphlet for your organization
- View a collection of additional resources supporting women's holistic wellness and overall well-being!
Reproductive Health and HIV
Reproductive health includes the direct care, services, and education people need to create, end, or prevent pregnancies based on their own decision-making and to take care of their bodies throughout their lives.
Click the image to save as a jpeg or share online; or download a printable PDF of "Get the Facts: Reproductive Health and HIV"
Sexual Pleasure and HIV
Women living with HIV have needs related to sexual desire and pleasure – and deserve providers who can talk about that in a positive, nonjudgmental way!
Click the image to save as a jpeg or share online; or download a printable PDF of "Get the Facts: Sexual Pleasure and HIV"
Fill out this form to have free copies of these pamphlets and other educational materials shipped to your organization or practice!
SHE/HER/THEY en español
Thanks in part to the SHE/HER/THEY program, The Well Project has built upon our Spanish-language offerings, including:
- Increasing translation of existing materials
- Launching new fact sheets and outreach pamphlets in English and Spanish
- Offering Spanish interpretation at more of our recorded virtual events
- Releasing a monthly Spanish-language newsletter
Follow this link for all SHE/HER/THEY program materials that are available in Spanish!
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SHE/HER/THEY is currently supported through ViiV Healthcare's Positive Action Grant Program and has received funding from Gilead Sciences (Zeroing In), Merck, and NASTAD
