Chapter for Young Women, Adolescents and Girls In the global HIV movement, there are few spaces at decision making levels for young women, adolescents, and girls. This is not because there is a lack of us; it is because there has been little interest from existing leaders to include us in the response. Without including […]
Love Positive Women 2017 February is a very special month for women living with HIV as it marks ICW’s annual Love Positive Women: Romance Starts at Home campaign (LPW). The two weeks of festivities lasts from February 1st – 14th. What are you planning to do for LPW 2017? In 2016, LPW exploded with over 107
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Three papermaking valentine workshops were held on January 23 at Dieu Donné in New York City to support women living with HIV as part of LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN: Romance Starts at Home 2015, which was sponsored by Visual AIDS, the Fire Island Artist Residency, Dieu Donné, and the International Community of Women Living With HIV
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The International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW) has amended their policy statement on the criminalization of women living with HIV for non-disclosure, possible or perceived exposure, and transmission. The statement identifies numerous challenges with widespread HIV criminalization, but it stands out for highlighting problems that are particularly pertinent to women living with HIV:
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CYWAG Fact Sheet and History Lesson CYWAG HERstory CYWAG is short for the Chapter for Young Women, Adolescents and Girls. We are part of the ICW family (that is the International Community of Women Living with HIV). Although ICW has been good at creating space for young women through many projects such as the Young Women’s
There are over 20 million women living with HIV globally and yet we continue to be marginalized within responses to HIV; and we still identify many opportunities where women living with HIV are underrepresented or not represented at all. As women we have had a constant struggle to ensure that our issues are heard, acknowledged
Library Recommendations from consultations with PLWHIV on the IATT’s Strategic Framework for PMTCTResearch Family,Maternal Health,Reproductive Health,Women Released date: 08-Apr-2011 The Interagency Task Team (IATT) for Prevention of HIV Infection in Pregnant Women, Mothers, and their Children developed this Draft Strategic Framework (2010-2015) for Primary Prevention of HIV and the Prevention of Unintended Pregnancies in Women
Research Highlight Partnership on Gender-Sex in HIV Research ReportReports AIDS,HIV Released date: 06-Mar-2015 The International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW), in partnership with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) saw this collaboration as an opportunity to create several dialogue platforms between researchers and women living with HIV and to create further possibilities for
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Library Experiences of Emotional Abuse Among Women Living With HIV and AIDS in MalawiResearch HIV,Rights,Women,Violence Released date: 12-Aug-2014 In this study, women living with HIV/AIDS encountered violating emotional experiences from their husbands, families, and communities. They were exposed to humiliation, abandonment, and blaming and were made to feel hopeless to the extent that they considered
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