International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS

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Forms an international network run for and by HIV positive women. Gives HIV positive women a unified voice in policy forums by working with them on issues of concern before and during conferences. Ensures HIV positive women speak at major HIV/AIDS conferences by co-organising such events and ensuring women have the opportunity to speak. Provides training for positive women’s empowerment in Africa and Latin America that is inspired, planned and run by positive women for positive women. Provides skills building workshops at conferences for instance in sexual and reproductive rights and microbicides. Completes participatory research into HIV positive women’s concerns and needs around reproductive and sexual health. Produces written resources inspired by HIV positive women, incorporating their voices, for other HIV positive women.