NAPAWF, in our role as co-convener of Women of Color Unite for Health Reform, co-wrote a letter to Congressional leadership, urging them to develop final legislation that will improve women’s health services, cover more people, make coverage more affordable and fair, and address health disparities.

Check out the article here.

Senator Menendez is expected to offer an amendment to the Senate’s health reform bill that will remove the five-year waiting period for legal immigrants to access Medicaid.  You can see the letter of support and endorsing organizations here.

NAPAWF, along with 20 other allied organizations who care about including women in comprehensive health reform, will be in Washington, DC, on December 2 to send the message to Congress that API women need health care reform that includes the full spectrum of reproductive health care. Our legislators need to hear what women in this [...]

With great pride and much excitement, NAPAWF is ecstatic to announce the latest appointee from the Obama Administration. Our very own Kiran Ahuja has been named Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders!
Last month, President Obama signed an Executive Order reinstating the Initiative, which will work to “improve the [...]

Title: National Low-Income Immigrant Rights ConferenceLocation: Arlington, VALink out: Click hereDescription: Hosted by the National Immigration Law Center, this conference brings together community leaders, organizers, attorneys, and advocates from around the country to share information and experiences and to develop strategies around some of the core issues affecting low-income immigrants.Start Date: 2009-12-06End Date: 2009-12-08

November 13, 2009
The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF), the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), and California Latinas for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ) commend the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for taking the critical final step in removing a mandatory vaccination requirement for immigrant women and girls to receive the HPV vaccine. Today, [...]

NAPAWF is proud to cosponsor APALA’s First National Asian Pacific American Workers’ Rights Hearing.  For more information, click here.  To RSVP, email Anna Stuart.

Washington, DC – On October 27th, Women of Color United for Health Reform, a national coalition led by the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, and the Black Women’s Health Imperative, held a National Call-In Day for women of color to urge passage of real health reform. Over [...]

November 2, 2009
Washington, DC – Today, the Administration took the final step in lifting the 22-year ban on travel and immigration by HIV-positive individuals by publishing the final rule to remove the ban in the Federal Register.
Last Friday, the President signed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 into law and announced the [...]