ICW resources for activists: Themes

Gender inequality

• Overview of ICW, gender and HIV - presentation by Alice Welbourn at the Commonwealth People’s Forum, Malta, 2005
• The UK House of Commons for the Commonwealth Parliamentarians Association seminar on gender equity across Commonwealth countries. Alice Welbourn, former Chair of the UK board of trustees, gave a presentation on this theme.

ICW Vision paper (2004):

• HIV Positive Women, Poverty and Gender Inequality
• Les Femmes Séropositives, la Pauvreté et l’Inégalité des Genres
• Mujeres Seropositivas, Pobreza y Desigualdad de Género

GIPA

• The greater involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS: from principle to practice? - ICW article in PLA Notes, 2008 http://www.icw.org/node/394
• ICW Poster: Participation Tree
  This is a large download - 1.2Mb JPG file.
  This participation tree helps access where organisations are in relation to the involvement of HIV positive women and their organisations. Accompanying text for poster

Access to care, treatment and support

• ICW /GCWA Fact sheet (2006) - Access to care treatment and support

ICW Vision paper (2004):

• Access to Care, Treatment and Support (ACTS)
• Accès à la Prise en charge, au Traitement et au Soutien (APTS)
• Acceso a Atención, Tratamiento y Apoyo (AATA)

Sexual and reproductive rights

• ICW/GCWA Fact sheet (2006) - Sexual and reproductive health rights
• 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.
• 'Sexual and Reproductive Rights and ICW' presentation by Promise Mthembu, 2005

Human rights ICW Vision paper (2004):

• HIV Positive Women and Human Rights
• Les Femmes Séropositives et les Droits de la Personne
• Mujeres Seropositivas y Derechos Humanos

Abortion

• HIV positive women and abortion (with Ipas)

Criminalisation

• For a list of useful articles and other resources on criminalisation see - http://www.icw.org/node/354
• ICW fact sheet on criminlisation of HIV and women - in English.

Male Circumcision

• ICW's response to the issue and for a list of resources exploring the implications of male circumcision for women.

Violence against women

• ICW/GCWA Fact sheet (2006) - Violence against women
• Presentation on violence against women given by Emma Bell and Carmen Tarrades at a Novib organised meeting exploring the connections between VAW and HIV (2006)

HIV testing

• Testing and the Rights of HIV Positive Women (2006)

Microbicides

• Advocates Brief developed by the Global Campaign for Microbicides in close collaboration with other endorsing organizations including ICW, on HIV positive women and microbicides.
• 'Microbicides' presentation by Promise Mthembu, 2005

Young women

ICW Vision paper (2004):

• HIV Positive Young Women
• Les Jeunes Femmes Séropositives
• Mujeres Jóvenes Seropositivas

Injecting drug use

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 Vision Paper 6 (2007) - HIV Positive Women and Drug and Alcohol Use

Tuberculosis

• 'Gender Poverty, HIV and TB' presentation by Alice Welbourn at RESULTS Symposium at London School of Hygiene, 2005

The Female Condom

• Sex, Life and the Female Condom: Some Views of HIV Positive Women, Alice Welbourn, Reproductive Health Matters, 2006;14(28):1–9