Creating the Movement

In her commitment to an intersectional approach to her sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice (SRHRJ) work, Dázon is active in many and public health and social justice committees and initiatives across a broad spectrum.

She currently serves on the Women-At-Risk Subcommittee and the Scientific Advisory Group of the HIV Prevention Trials Network, the UNFPA Global Advisory Council, the Women’s Research Initiative (WRI), as co-chair for the Act Now: End AIDS National Coalition and is a founding member of SisterSong Reproductive Justice Collective.

Until recently, she served as a member of the NIH Office on AIDS Research Advisory Council and on the board of directors of the National Women’s Health Network.

She is the creator and convener of the Prevention Options for Women at Risk-POWaR–Partnership (formerly US Women & PrEP Working Group) and WomenNOW! PowerShift for SRHRJ for Girls & Women of African Descent worldwide.

In addition to her Master’s Degree in Public Health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (C’97) and a Bachelor’s Degree from Spelman College (C’86) in Atlanta, Dázon had the distinct honor to receive an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from her alma mater, Spelman College.