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Action Canada for Population and Development (ACPD)
www.acpd.ca

ACPD’s overall goal is to advance action by the Canadian government to meet the commitments that it made in the 1994 Cairo Programme of Action, and, in particular, to meet the financial targets set at Cairo.

Atlantic center for excellence in women’s health
www.acewh.dal.ca

The goal of the Atlantic Centre is to support research, influence policy and promote action on the social factors that affect women’s health and well-being over their lifespan. We support a woman-centered approach that respects women’s perspectives and experiences, and listens to the voices of women not typically heard in health research or health systems.

Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
www.caan.ca

The Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Inc. (CAAN) is a non-profit coalition of individuals and organizations which provides leadership, support, and advocacy for Aboriginal people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, regardless of where they reside.

Canadian AIDS Society (CAS)
www.cdnaids.ca

Registered as a charity since 1988, the Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) is a national coalition of over 125 community-based AIDS organizations across Canada. We are dedicated to strengthening the response to HIV/AIDS across all sectors of society, and to enriching the lives of people and communities living with HIV/AIDS.

We advocate on behalf of people and communities affected by HIV/AIDS, facilitate the development of programs, services and resources for our member groups, and provide a national framework for community-based participation in Canada’s response to AIDS.

Center for AIDS Services Montreal (Women) (CASM)
www.netrover.com/~casm

The Centre’s mission is to provide services to women and members of their families living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. It aims to help women determine their quality of life. The services offered include information sessions on HIV/AIDS and STIs, an information/referral/active listening telephone line, coffee clubs and volunteer services.

Canadian Federation for Sexual Health (CCFSH)
www.cfsh.ca

CFSH is a national network that takes leadership in advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in Canada and abroad through:

Public education and awareness
Support for the delivery of programs and services in Canada
Advocacy
International projects and liaison with the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
www.aidslaw.ca

The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network is a national organization engaged in education, legal and ethical analysis, and policy development, with over 250 organizational and individual members from across Canada and around the world. Founded in 1992, the Legal Network promotes responses to HIV/AIDS that respect human rights; facilitate prevention efforts and access to care, treatment and support; minimize the adverse impact of HIV/AIDS on individuals and communities; and address the social and economic factors that increase vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and to human rights abuses. The Network accomplishs this through research, policy analysis, education, advocacy and community mobilization, undertaken in Canada and internationally. The Legal Network is also an NGO in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, and is a partner organization of the AIDS Law Project of South Africa (www.alp.org.za). Although the Network cannot provide legal advice or representation, it can facilitate access to accurate and up-to-date legal information through our publications, web site and capacity building activities.

Canadian Treatment Action Council (CTAC)
www.ctac.ca

The mandate of the CTAC is to work with the public and private sectors to: support access to therapies and treatments for people living with HIV/AIDS by informing research and public policy, and by promoting public awareness; provide mentoring and skills building in these areas to people living with HIV/AIDS; encourage and facilitate the exchange of related information to stakeholders.

Healing our spirit
www.healingourspirit.org

Healing Our Spirit is dedicated to preventing and reducing the spread of HIV infection in Aboriginal communities and supporting those affected by HIV/AIDS. Services include workshops, hospital/home visits, healing circles upon request and a housing subsidy program.

Healing Project: Reclaiming Our Pride, Communities, and Families: the purpose of the project will be to assist individuals to accept and understand the impact of Residential Schools on First Nations.

Prisoners with HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN)
www.pasan.org

PASAN is a community-based organization made up of prisoners, ex-prisoners, organizations, activists and individuals working together to provide advocacy, education and support to prisoners and young in custody on HIV/AIDS and related issues.

Pauktuutit
www.pauktuutit.ca

Pauktuutit fosters greater awareness of the needs of Inuit women, advocates for equity and social improvements, and encourages their participation in the community, regional and national life of Canada.

Pauktuutit leads and supports Canadian Inuit women in policy development and community projects in all areas of interest to them, for the social, cultural, political and economic betterment of the women, their families and communities.

Positive Living North: No Khēyoh t’sih’en t’sehena Society
www.positivelivingnorth.ca

Positive Living North: No khēyoh t’shi’en t’sehena Society has a mandate that encompasses prevention, support, education and community awareness and development.

Vision Statement: Aboriginal people and all northern residents will achieve mental, spiritual, physical and emotional balance and live in strong, healthy communities where everyone has full access to the determinants of health, where discrimination and oppression cease to exist and where positive lives flourish.

Positive women’s network (PWN)
www.pwn.bc.ca

Positive Women’s Network, a partnership of women living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, supports women in making informed choices about HIV and health. We provide safe access to support and education/prevention for women in communities throughout British Columbia. The Positive Women’s Network provides leadership and advocacy around women’s HIV/AIDS health and social issues in the national and local health care communities.

Voices of Positive Women
www.vopw.org

Supportive services for women living with HIV in Ontario.

Women’s health in women’s hands
www.whiwh.com

Women’s Health in Women’s Hands Community Health Centre is a pro-choice, anti-racist, multilingual, participatory community health centre for women of diverse backgrounds in Metropolitan Toronto and surrounding municipalities.

Women’s Health in Women’s Hands is committed to providing community, mental and clinical health promotion support from an inclusive feminist, pro-choice, anti-racist, anti-oppression, and multilingual participatory framework. We work with immigrant and/or refugee women, women with disabilities, young women and older women in Toronto. Within these groups, the Centre prioritizes low-income Black women and women of colour.

International links:

ATHENA
www.athenanetwork.org

As the world enters the third decade of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, women – especially the young and the poor – are increasingly affected. Because gender inequity fuels HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS fuels gender inequity, it is imperative that women and girls speak out, set priorities for action, and lead the global response to the crisis.

ATHENA was created to realize this imperative. The Network builds upon the work of individuals and entities who have been committed to this challenge for years, and intends to use coordinated, collective action to advance their efforts further. ATHENA members are working actively towards the realization of the Barcelona Bill of Rights, a guiding document for the Network that was first promulgated at the 2002 International AIDS Conference.

Global Campaign for Microbicides (GCM)
www.global-campaign.org

The Global Campaign for Microbicides is a broad-based, international effort to build support among policymakers, opinion leaders, and the general public for increased investment into microbicides and other user-controlled prevention methods. Through advocacy, policy analysis, and social science research, the Campaign works to accelerate product development, facilitate widespread access and use, and protect the needs and interests of users, especially women.

The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)
www.icw.org

The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW), a registered UK charity, is the only international network run for and by HIV positive women. ICW was founded in response to the desperate lack of support, information and services available to women living with HIV worldwide and the need for these women to have influence and input on policy development. ICW was formed by a group of HIV positive women from many different countries attending the 8th International Conference on AIDS held in Amsterdam in July 1992.

The Well Project
www.thewellproject.org

The Well Project, Inc A Not For Profit Corporation, is an initiative conceived, developed, and administered by HIV+ women and those who are affected by this disease. The Well Project’s mission is to change the course of this HIV/AIDS pandemic through a unique and comprehensive focus on women.

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