[Program, International Conference on AIDS (12th: 1998: Geneva, Switzerland)]

The International Community of
IWomen Living with HIV and AIDS 'ICW'
The network for HIV+ women

ICW is the only international network run for
and by HIV+ women. ICW was established by a
group of HIV+ women from 27 countries who
met at the 8th International Conference on AIDS
in Amsterdam during July 1992.
ICW was founded in response to the desperate
lack of support and information available to
HIV+ women worldwide.
ICW aims to:
* Unite HIV+ women around the issues which
affect them all
* Act as an information resource for HIV+
women wishing to set up education and prevention programs in their own communities
* Reach out to HIV+ women around the world,
especially those who are particularly isolated
* Encourage self-empowerment and selfsufficiency
ICW:
* Supports HIV+ women in setting up self-help
and support groups
* Facilitates international information exchange
* Organises international conferences for HIV+
women

* Provides expert HIV+ speakers for conferences
and the media
* Challenges discrimination, stigma and abuses
of HIV+ women's rights
* Ensures that HIV+ women are visible, and
have a voice in decision-making and policy
making, service development and research
likely to have an impact on their lives
ICW is run by HIV+ women for HIV+ women
The ICW network now includes HIV+ women in
over 70 countries, with 15 Key Contacts in five
global areas (Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin
America, the Caribbean and North America).
Their task is to organise and network in their
regions and to communicate regularly with the
co-ordinating office in London:
ICW
Livingstone House
11 Carteret Street
LONDON SW1H 9DL
United Kingdom
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]

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