ICW Briefing Papers, Position Statements and Messages

ICW/GCWA Briefing papers (2006) (up-dated by ICW 2008)
The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) with support from the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) has produced three fact sheets. These frame key advocacy messages based on the findings of ICW project work on HIV positive women’s access to care, treatment and support, violence against HIV positive women, and sexual and reproductive rights of positive women.

English

• Violence against women
• Sexual and reproductive health and rights
• Access to care treatment and support

Spanish

• Informe sobre acceso a cuidados, tratamiento y soporte (ACTS)
• Informe sobre Salud y Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (SDSR)
• Informe sobre violencia contra las mujeres seropositivas

Other briefing papers and position papers

• HIV Positive Women, Pregnancy and Motherhood - ICW submission to the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Population
  Development and Reproductive Health hearings on maternal morbidity.
• Thinking positive - It is only by listening to those most affected, that we can bring about real change. Ahead of World AIDS Day, Luisa Orza and Jennifer Gatsi Mallet report on a groundbreaking project bringing together parliamentarians and HIV positive women in Namibia (2008)
• Putting women back into gender - a briefing is the start of an exploration of the meanings and use of the words ‘women’ and ‘gender’ (2008)
• ICW Project Briefing - The Namibia forced sterilization project was initiated when 3 of the 30 participants of an ICW advocacy training project with young HIV positive women, stated that they had been sterilized with out their informed consent. Now we have documented 40 cases and possibly 13 will be taken to court.
• HIV positive women and abortion (with Ipas)
• Sex, Life and the Female Condom: some views of HIV positive women (2005)
• Women, HIV and a fairy tale: 8 requests for the G8 (2005)
• The Three Ones - Can they work for HIV positive women? (2005)
• A critical look at the UNGASS indicators (2005)
• Challenges of the Funding Environment for a Global Network for Social Justice (2005)
• Buenos Aires Declaration 2004 - Human Rights, Women and AIDS (ICW Latina)
• 8 reasons why ABC does not work! (2004)
• Generics in Argentina: a test still to be passed (2004)
• Pharmacists Listen to HIV Positive Women (2004)
• 3 by 5 and HIV positive women (2004)
• 8 Myths about women and HIV/AIDS (2004)
• HIV positive women/girls and orphans (2004)
• Linked services and HIV positive women (2004)
• Microbicides and HIV positive women (2004)
• Where are the young women's voices? (2003)
• Frequently asked questions about women, girls and HIV (2003)
• Position Statement: Injecting Drug Users and Access to HIV Treatment The Global Network of People living with HIV/AIDS (GNP +) and The International Community of Women Living with HIV and AIDS (ICW) - English , Spanish , Russian

ICW Conference messages
ICW statements on the 5 key themes of the Positive Women's Forum, Kenya 2007

1. Women’s Leadership and Economic Empowerment (55.29 kB)
2. Affordable Treatment and Treatment Issues (57.60 kB)
3. Advocacy to End Gender Inequalities (54.31 kB)
4. Ending Stigma and Discrimination (54.17 kB)
5. Human Rights, Sexual and Reproductive Health & the Rights of Women and Girls (140.03 kB)

International AIDS Conference, Toronto, 2006 -  Each day of the conference ICW gave out a different challenge to stimulate passionate, intelligent discussions.

1. Sexual and Reproductive Health

2. Access to Care, Treatment and Support

3. The Meaningful Involvement of People Living with HIV

4. Challenging Taboos

5. Action for Change

6. Backpage for all the messages

Available in French and Spanish