International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, ICW Visibility, Voices and Visions: A Call for Action from HIV-positive women to policymakers.International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW), a registered UK charity, is an international network run for and by HIV positive women. ICW was formed by a group of HIV positive women from many different countries attending the 8th International Conference , ICW ICW - Interactive CourseWare Visibility, Voices and Visions: A Call for Action from HIV-positive women to policymakers United Kingdom: ICW, 2004, p. 21. Also available online in English, French and Spanish, this report begins by drawing together the experiences of HIV-positive women from around the world and illustrates ICW's analysis of the key issues using quotes from positive women and girls. It ends with recommendations for policymakers. Also included are a series of Vision Papers: "HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. Positive Young Women," "Access to Care, Treatment and Support (ACTS)," "HIV Positive Women, Poverty and Gender Inequality inequality, in mathematics, statement that a mathematical expression is less than or greater than some other expression; an inequality is not as specific as an equation, but it does contain information about the expressions involved. ," "HIV Positive Women and Human Rights," "Participation and Policy Making: Our Rights" (also available online). * For more information, visit the ICW website at http://www.icw.org |
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