HIV/AIDS is not only a medical issue but is a multifaceted issue that is inextricably linked to many of the social and development issues of our time. For programmes to be effective and adequate, problems relating to poverty and gender inequality must be addressed. Ensuring that policies that promote and protect the rights of women and PLHIV are in place will guarantee that these rights are not subordinate to other considerations. Furthermore, existing policies need to be translated into action and civil society plays a crucial role not only in their implementation but also in monitoring and evaluation processes.

This stream will look at the many issues that inform advocacy work on women and HIV and AIDS such as understanding and claiming women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, the link between violence against women and HIV, advocacy for universal access to treatment, care and support and organizing campaigns on AIDS related- issues affecting women and girls.

Below is a list of workshops that are being offered under this stream:

• Women's leadership to keep the promise (World AIDS Campaign); July 6, 14h30-17h30
• Sex Workers are part of the solution (Stella); July 5, 16h30-18h
• Introduction to stigma & discrimination index: A Tool for policy & advocacy action (International Planned Parenthood Federation); July 4, 11h-12h30
• The impact of gender-based Human Rights abuses on women & adolescent girls HIV treatment and care in Zambia (Human Rights Watch); July 5, 16h30-18h
• Adopting a gender based response to AIDS (UNAIDS); July 7, 11h-12h30
• Treatment access and advocacy strategies (Fundacion Red Argentina De Mujeres Viviendo Con VIH/ SIDA); July 6, 11h-12h30
• Maximize your message: using research in HIV and AIDS advocacy (African Population & Health Research Center); July 6, 11h-12h30
• Towards litigating for the rights of women and girls living with and affected by HIV and AIDS (Zimbabwe Lawyers For Human Rights); July 5, 16h30-18h
• Advocacy for treatment issues relevant to women (Canadian Treatment Action Council); July 4, 11h-12h30
• Intersecting epidemics: the connection between women against violence and HIV and AIDS (AIWC); July 5, 16h30-18h
• Strategies for the south: building synergies in HIV and AIDS and sexual and reproductive health and rights (AIWC); July 7, 11h-12h30
• Policy and advocacy – Moving into action (SAMGI); July 6, 14h30-17h30
• HIV, sexual and reproductive Rights (IPAS); July 6, 14h30-17h30
• Defending women-defending (HIV-related) rights: exploring experiences of activists (CWGL); July 5, 16h30-18h
• Strengthening resistance: critical CWGL, issues and innovative advocacy in HIV (CWL); July 6, 11h00-12h30
• Who is the universe? Women’s rights and universal access (ActionAid); July 6, 14h30-17h30
• Adding life to years: turning a blind eye on children (Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance); July 7, 11h-12h30
• Policy and advocacy - moving into action (AWID); July 6, 11h-12h30
• Women war-torture survivors: policy and advocacy implications (Isis-wicce); July 6, 14h30-17h30
• An AIDS competent church: developing assessment tools for the churches’ work on HIV and AIDS (World council of churches); July 6, 11h-12h30
• Responding to stigma and discrimination in different contexts ( Paulette Nicholas, NCC Zambia, Kenya Network of HIV+ teachers); July 4, 14h-15h30
• Navigating international AIDS conferences (sophie Dilmitis, World YWCA); July 6, 14h30-17h30