Women's groups with HIV

http://www.women-alive.org/
A site where contact with other HIV positive women around the world can occur.

http://www.positivewomen.org.au/
Positive Women. A small but active group run by women with HIV/AIDS in Australia who also have extensive links with positive women in all our states and territories, as well as international groups for HIV Positive Women.

Human Rights and Women

http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/
The Women's Human Rights Resources is a member of DIANA, which is a collaborative venture of university-based human rights centres and non-governmental human rights agencies. Our group takes responsibility for the topic of women's international human rights through the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto. The WHRR website contains articles, documents, and links pertaining to all aspects of women's rights.

http://www.madre.org/
MADRE is an international women's human rights organization that works in partnership with community-based women's groups around the world to address issues of health, education, economic development and other human rights.

http://www.igc.org/iwraw/
International Women's Rights Action Watch
The website contains practical information about the UN Comittee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, particularly how NGOs working on the status of women can get involved in the country review process.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf/
The Global Reproductive Health Forum. This site is an internet source for information on reproductive rights, health, gender, biological technologies, and activist sites relating to women's human rights.

http://www.hrw.org/women/
Human Rights Watch. Organization dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. This is the Women's Rights website.

Human Rights and HIV

http://www.hrw.org/wr2k2/hivaids.html
Human Rights Watch has established its own program dedicated to addressing the problem of HIV/AIDS and human rights. The program works in partnership with NGOs around the world to produce original research on AIDS-related human rights abuses, including in the areas of women's rights, children's rights, rights of migrants and refugees, discrimination on the basis of HIV status, and rights of prisoners.

http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/aids/
Human Rights Watch. HIV/AIDS and Human Rights website.

United Nations Organisations

http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/hiv/index.html
World Health Organisation, WHO
General information on HIV/AIDS, links to basic information about the diseases, surveillance and epidemiological, resources, prevention and treatment, United Nations and other organizations, among others.

http://www.undp.org/hiv/
United Nations Development Programme, UNDP
UNDP, a co-sponsor of UNAIDS, contributes to this partnership by helping developing countries meet the governance challenge posed by the epidemic, and helping them mitigate the impact of the disease on efforts to reduce poverty. An active supporter of South-South cooperation, UNDP facilitates access to knowledge and best practices from around the world.

http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/HDNet/HDdocs.nsf
/c840b59b6982d2498525670c004def60/cb7e20e6b0eea5ad85256992006321e6?OpenDocument
The World Bank Aids Page

http://www.unaids.org/
UNAIDS, is an innovative joint venture that brings together seven UN system organizations to ensure a coordinated and intensive response to HIV/AIDS.

http://www.unaids.org/humanrights/index.html
This is the UNAIDS' human rights web site.

http://www.unaids.org/links/national.asp
This is the UNAIDS' national and regional NGO links web site.

http://www.unfpa.org
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, helps developing countries find solutions to their population problems, since 1969. The Fund has three main programme areas: Reproductive Health including Family Planning and Sexual Health, Population and Development Strategies and Advocacy.

International Organisations and NGOs

http://www.positive-action.org. Africa NGO Positive Action
Positive Action is trying to help the fight against AIDS/HIV and to help those infected, including the family members. Their main objectives are - raising the awareness and prevention of the AIDS/HIV problem - helping PLWA's (People living with Aids) to help themselves - Income generation for PLWA's - Nutritional support for PLWA's.

http://www.31stcentury.com/apcaso/missionstatement.htm
The Asia/Pacific Council of AIDS Service Organisations (APCASO) is a network of non-government and community-based organisations that provide HIV/AIDS services within the Asia Pacific region.

http://www.pasca.org
Central American HIV/AIDS Prevention Project (Proyecto Acción SIDA de Centroamérica- PASCA). PASCA is an international programme to strengthen Central America's capacity to respond to the AIDS epidemic, in particular through policy dialogue and strengthening of NGOs.

http://europa.eu.int/comm/development/aids European Commission
The European Union's HIV/AIDS programme, from 1998, aims to emphasize: monitoring and surveillance of the epidemic and the risks related to it; early interventions targeted at specific populations; information and prevention measures aimed at those most vulnerable to acquiring and transmitting the virus; providing affordable community-based care for the poorest and neediest people affected by AIDS; and scientific learning and training.

http://www.aegis.com/
AIDS Education Global Information System

http://www.fhi.org/
HIV/AIDS, Family Planning, Reproductive Health.
Family Health International (FHI) works to improve reproductive and family health around the world through biomedical and social science research, innovative health service delivery interventions, training and information programs. We work in partnership with universities, ministries of health and non-governmental organizations, conducting ongoing projects in the U.S. and more than 40 developing countries.

http://www.ias.se/
The International AIDS Society contributes to the control and management of HIV infection and AIDS through advocacy, education, facilitation of scientific networks and debate, and support for best practices in research, prevention and care.

http://www.icaso.org/
ICASO is a network of community-based AIDS organizations.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hai/
The Harvard AIDS Institute is dedicated to conducting and catalyzing research to end the worldwide AIDS epidemic.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/fxbcenter/
Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
The first academic center to focus exclusively on health and human rights, the FXB Center combines the academic strengths of research and teaching with a strong commitment to service and advocacy. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/fxbcenter/international_hhr.htm

http://www.globalfundatm.org/
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

http://www.jhuccp.org/
The John Hopkins University Centre for Communications Programs provides news, press releases and a searchable archive of publications on HIV/AIDS and other health issues. Contains a press room and database with downloadable photos http://www.jhuccp.org/pr/l12/l12chap4_6.shtml/

Project Donor Organisations

http://www.undp.org/unifem
The United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM works for women's empowerment and gender equality.

http://www.undp.org/unifem/hiv_aids
Guided by a human rights approach, UNIFEM is supporting diverse strategies to make women's interests and contributions central to HIV/AIDS programmes and strategies.

http://www.undp.org/unifem/hrights.htm
UNIFEM promotes the principle that the protection of women's human rights is fundamental to ensuring women's self-realization and full participation in society

http://www.unicef.org
The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF
UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. http://www.unicef.org/pubsgen/hiv-mothertochild

http://www.sida.se
The Swedish International Development Cooperation, SIDA
SIDA's task is to create conditions conducive to change and to socially, economically and environmentally sustainable development.

http://www.safaids.org.zw
Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service SAFAIDS
SAFAIDS' mission is to use information as a change agent to support ethical and effective development responses for HIV/AIDS prevention, care and long-term mitigation.

http://www.wildaf.org.zw
Women in Law and Development in Africa, WILDAF
WILDAF consists of an effective network of most of the women's groups across the region.