In this important session of #GenderMatters we bring together Jessica Whitbread and Florence Anam to talk about their engagement and leadership during the UN HLM 2021 but really focus on the gains and losses in the 2021 Political Declaration.

NON-NEGOTIABLES TO ACHIEVING GENDER EQUITY & SRHR FOR ALL An intersectional panel discussion featuring self-identifying women leaders of networks of women living with HIV and key populations to discuss how to achieve gender equality in practice. The session will center on and build on ICW's non-negotiables list and create a platform for an important discussion of why mainstreaming gender equity and equality throughout the HIV response is essential to achieving the last mile. The panel speakers will bring to light the ways in which misogyny and sexism impact the HIV response and explore the intersectionality of multiple identities and the layered challenges of increased surveillance, vulnerability and risk for women in key populations and importantly the ways in which a focus on gender equality and equity can support more effective supports for all self- identifying women. Featuring: Olena Stryzhak, Positive Women Ukraine, ICW Global Chair Rita Wahab, MENA Rosa Regional Coordinator, Lebanon Morolake Odetoyinbo, Positive Action for Treatment Access/St. Lawrence University, Nigeria/US Sara Feegan, ICW Asia Pacific, Australia Mariana Iacono, ICW Argentina Coordinator Keren Dunaway, ICW Gender Equity Officer, Honduras Happy Assan, TAPUD, Tanzania

In preparation for May 28th , the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, ICW in partnership with Global Network of People living with HIV (GNP+) will have a virtual mini EMTCT training to launch their new EMTCT Validation Engagement Toolkit.

This is the final in a three part #GenderMatters series to introduce and demystify CEDAW for women and girls living with HIV. Video #3 features Olena Stryzak as well as a very helpful series recap, and is hosted by Sarah Thapa Magar and Saidy Brown.

This is the second in a three part #GenderMatters series to introduce and demystify CEDAW for women and girls living with HIV. Video #2 features Eugenia Lopez Uribe, and is hosted by Sarah Thapa Magar and Saidy Brown.

This is the first in a three part #GenderMatters series to introduce and demystify CEDAW for women and girls living with HIV. Video 1 features Ishita Dutta, and is hosted by Sarah Thapa Magar and Saidy Brown.

This video was originally created for ICW's AIDS 2020 booth to slow the power and diversity of our membership. Together we are ICW.

For World Mental Health Day the Beyond LIVING partnership, a global advocacy platform between GNP+, ICW, and Y+ Global, worked with our Life Force to highlight the impacts of mental health on people living with HIV around the world. Through this video we want to stress the importance of universal mental health access for all and its importance especially for our community.

"Through our campaign #GenderMatters we want to highlight how gender inequality and patriarchy underscores our health outcomes and intensifies the diverse issues women living with HIV experience in relation to our other intersecting identities."