If you don't know, now you know! Thursday, March 10th is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness day. Check out the awesome initiative The Red Pump Project is taking to protect and empower women and girls around HIV prevention and education.
http://www.theredpumpproject.org/
Here are some stats from their site on behalf of the CDC and Kaisser Foundation!
Did you know...
■There are approximately 1.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. & almost 280,000 are women
■In 2006, there were 15,000 new HIV infections and 9,801 AIDS cases diagnosed among women
■The only diseases causing more deaths of women are cancer and heart disease
■HIV is the leading cause of death for Black women (including African American women) aged 25–34 years.
In acknowlegement and support of the Red Pump Project S4TP plans to rock our red pumps too! We hope that you will do the same. More importantly, if you cannot rock red pumps make sure you do something in observance of the fight against HIV: educate yourself, your sister or your girlfriends, get tested, restock on condoms, learn how to use a female condom, have a conversation with your partner. Take any step that you feel is necessary to help raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and its impact on women!