Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
Sponsored By: Representative Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
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Summary
A push to elevate attention to HIV prevention, care, and disparities affecting women and girls. This resolution would back National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and call for renewed focus on testing, prevention tools, treatment access, and reducing inequities.
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- Women and girls: Would spotlight U.S. burdens with about 1.2 million people living with HIV and roughly 22% of them women, while urging better access to testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and antiretroviral therapy.
- Women of color: Would call out racial gaps in new diagnoses, noting African American women and Latinas carry disproportionate shares of new cases among women, and push for targeted efforts to reduce those disparities.
- Pregnancy and infants: Would emphasize routine HIV screening during pregnancy and comprehensive prenatal care to lower mother-to-child transmission.
- Youth and education: Would promote inclusive, age-appropriate sexual health education and youth-friendly services, noting about 4,000 adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 become infected weekly worldwide.
- Global and diplomatic action: Would encourage U.S. investment and diplomatic engagement in multi-sector, evidence-based global programs to cut new infections and improve care for women and girls.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Thompson (MS)
MS • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Davis (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Wilson (FL)
FL • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Sewell
AL • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Jackson (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
IL • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Kennedy (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Rep. Menefee, Christian D. [D-TX-18]
TX • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 3/5/2026
Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9]
NJ • D
Sponsored 3/9/2026
Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 4/20/2026
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