This Vision Paper came about as a result of PozFem UK’s involvement in the Strategy Review of the UK’s National Strategy for Sexual Health and HIV, and accompanies our formal input to that process. However, it has far wider relevance. It documents concerns and recommendations raised by members of PozFem UK on the basis of our personal experiences and illustrates these with quotes from PozFem UK meetings, as well as ICW and Positively Women’s publications. We hope it will serve as a useful advocacy tool for HIV positive women around the UK.

Correction to AIDS Story in The Independent, 8 June 2008

New York, 11 June 2008 - We wish to clarify misinterpretations concerning WHO and UNAIDS' positions on the status of the AIDS epidemic in recent media articles.

The story in the Independent on Sunday titled: "Threat of world AIDS pandemic among heterosexuals is over, report admits" contained a few seriously misleading statements that have led to inferences and conclusions that bear no relation to the highly complex realities of the HIV epidemic.

Press release: New York, Monday 9th June 2008

ICW presents its campaign ‘More Peace Less AIDS’ to the United Nations Delegates of the Latinamerican region.

Dr Jorge Arguello, Argentine Ambassador to the UN, chaired a meeting today attended by ambassadors and civil servants of ten countries from the region.

Informe sobre la investigación ‘Derechos de las Mujeres y Acceso Universal a Prevención, Atención y Apoyo en relación a VIH’

Spanish: Leer el informe ajuntado

Report on ‘Women’s Rights and Universal Access to HIV-related Prevention, Care and Support’

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Rapport sur ‘Les Droits de la femme à l’accès universel à la prévention, au traitement, à la prise en charge et au soutien en relation au VIH’

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The ATHENA Network has been collaborating with, ARASA, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Center for Reproductive Rights, GNP+, Human Rights Watch, the ATHENA Network and the World YWCA, among others, around the criminalization of vertical transmission.

The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network has a set of five info sheets addressing the issue. They are available at

http://www.aidslaw.ca/publications/publicationsdocEN.php?ref=847

You can also find other documents on the issue at

ICW would like to join other charities, governments and UN agencies throughout the world in encouraging the Burmese government to allow aid workers unrestricted access to the communities affected by last week's devastating cyclone.