Positive Women's Survival Kit

Published by the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW), "A Positive Woman’s Survival Kit" is written by and for women living with HIV/AIDS. This kit is designed primarily for women in countries with few resources therefore the authors chose not to focus on treatments which are not widely available.

The first part of the kit focuses mainly on the voices of positive women. The second part consists of Fact Sheets which provide readers with more information on specific subjects.

Table of Contents

• Introducing the Survival Kit
• Introducing ICW
• ICW 12 Statements
• Dealing with an HIV Positive Diagnosis
• Disclosure
• Staying Healthy
• Pregnancy, Childbirth and Breastfeeding
• Communicating with our Children
• Memory Books
• Relationships
• Sex and Sexuality
• Grief and Loss
• Sex work/Selling sex
• Women in Prison
• Young Women
• Positive Women: Changing and Connecting
• Human Rights and HIV

For the Spanish version, click here and then and click on "El Maletin de Supervivencia de la Mujer Positiva" under publications.