POWA

Photos from the candlelight memorial on Sunday evening.

Brunch is on Saturday at 10.00am. Hyde Park hotel. We pay for your set menu 🥓 🥚 toast ☕️.

Diane Lloyd catching up with the SA team at PozCon26 - Body+Congress.

Attending the NAPWHA PozCon2026 two day Body+ Congress In Adelaide.

Ryan Oliver, giving the WA update at PozCon26 - Body+ Congress.

The Last Mile: Positive Organisation WA (POWA) Ryan Oliver interview Australia has set the goal of virtual elimination of new transmissions of HIV by 2030. We sat down with POWA Chair Ryan Oliver to get a better understanding of what that entails.

National Day of Women Living With HIV, March 9th. The 11th year of celebration.

"For women living with HIV, peer support can be life changing. Connecting with other women who understand the fear, silence and strength required to live with HIV reduces shame and replaces it with solidarity. Seeing other women living with HIV – some for decades – provides hope, confidence, and reassurance that a full and meaningful future is possible. Peer support helps women move from surviving to thriving and reminds them they are not alone."

As a woman attending early support groups, Dianne was often mistaken for a leader or supporter rather than as someone living with HIV.

Read herstory and others here: https://napwha.org.au/national-day-of-women-living-with-hiv-2026/ -stories

Amazing words from one of our very own.

"For women living with HIV, peer support can be life changing. Connecting with other women who understand the fear, silence and strength required to live with HIV reduces shame and replaces it with solidarity. Seeing other women living with HIV – some for decades – provides hope, confidence, and reassurance that a full and meaningful future is possible. Peer support helps women move from surviving to thriving and reminds them they are not alone."

As a woman attending early support groups, Dianne was often mistaken for a leader or supporter rather than as someone living with HIV.

Read herstory and others here: https://napwha.org.au/national-day-of-women-living-with-hiv-2026/ -stories

A local story from a local hero.

Zippy, an African woman, has found comfort with a peer support group with other women living with HIV after initially being worried about being recognised by members of her community. The group helped her challenge feelings of being ‘sickly’ and, particularly after meeting Di who has lived with HIV for 40 years, she has hope. The multicultural nature of the group has helped reduce her social isolation and provides a safe space to speak openly about her health and future.

The National Day of Women Living with HIV is this Monday 9 March.

Read Zippy's herstory and others here: https://napwha.org.au/national-day-of-women-living-with-hiv-2026/ -stories