Some of the Many Responses of Women living with HIV
Women living with HIV around the world are responding with resilience, power, compassion and determination to the news of an HIV diagnosis.Here we provide a list of some key resources produced by some of these many women. Please share your own links with us to add to this page.
| NAME |
COUNTRY / REGION |
ORGANISATIONAL AFFILIATION |
DESCRIPTION |
| Dawn Averitt & Shalini Eddens |
USA | The Well Project | Website resource for women with HIV, international |
| Lydia Mungherera |
Uganda | Mama's Club | Psycho-social support group for young women with HIV, Uganda |
| Silvia Petretti | Italy | PozFemUK | Self-help support group for women with HIV, UK |
| Angelina Namiba |
UK | Positively UK | From Pregnancy to Baby and Beyond - peer-support for women with HIV wanting a baby |
| Sophie Dilmitis | Zimbabwe | Freelance consultant | Workshop for women with HIV |
| Adrienne Seed | UK | Freelance | Blog |
| SHE programme |
Europe | Funded by BMS |
Website and toolkit for peer-led workshops by and for women with HIV, Europe-wide |
| Silvia Petretti |
UK | Positively UK |
Blog |
| Susan Paxton |
Asia-Pacific |
Funded by UNWomen |
"Diamonds" - a film about women living with HIV in the region |
| Susan Paxton | Asia-Pacific | APN + | "HIV Positive and Pregnant: How Dare You?" Reproductive and Maternal Health issues faced by women with HIV in this region |
| ICW East Africa |
East and Southern Africa |
ICW E Africa |
Report on Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal Health and Rights, Advocacy Meeting and Policy Forum, 2011 |
| Namibian Women's Health Network |
Namibia |
Namibian Women's Health Network |
"I was afraid that people might read it from my face":Information and women's testimonies about abortion in Namibia |
| ICW Malawi |
Malawi |
ICW Malawi |
Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion: Experiences of Women in Malawi |
