Positive Women Inc. is a support organisation for Women and Families living with HIV and AIDS. We are also involved in HIV advocacy, awareness and destigmatisation.

Women represent the invisible face of the HIV and AIDS epidemic. These are women who lead the very usual life of the average woman. Women who run households, cook dinner, have jobs, raise families and have grandchildren. Often these women look after sick partners and keep everything together.

News at Positive Women

National News on Childcare and Boy with HIV

Positive Women Inc. and INA (Maori, Indigenous and Pacific Islands HIV/AIDS Foundation) members speak out over HIV+ child banned from Day Care Centre click here to watch.

International AIDS Candlelight Memorial
Coming up on the 20^th May 2012 is the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial. Come and join us in services across New Zealand.

Auckland 6pm- St Mathews in the city crn Hobson & Wellesley St
Hamilton 6pm University Chapel
Wellington 6pm St Andrews on the Terrace
Whangarei 6pm Christ Church 2b Kamo Road Regent
Dunedin 6pm St Paul Cathedral 228 Stuart Street
Invercagil 3pm Knox Church 107 Pomona St Georgetown 
Christchurch 6pm TBA

The memorial is coordinated by the Global Network of People living with HIV is one of the world’s oldest and largest grassroots mobilization campaigns for HIV/AIDS awareness in the world. Started in 1983, the Candlelight Memorial takes place every third Sunday in May and is led by a coalition of some 1,200 community organisations in 115 countries hosting local memorials to honour the lives lost and raise social consciousness about HIV. The Candlelight is also much more than just a memorial.
It provides opportunities for leadership development, policy advocacy, partnerships, and improvement of community mobilization skills. With 33 million people living with HIV today, the Candlelight continues to serve as an important intervention for global solidarity, breaking down barriers, and giving hope to new generations. 

UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibe, officially opens Positive Women Inc.'s Community House
Mr Sidibe was in New Zealand for a short visit with the Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), who was also present for the opening. To read more about this significant event that took place on the eve of International Women's Day read the articles on the UNAIDS website here and TVNZ online here.

Documentary about Women and HIV Criminalisation
Check out "Perpetuating Stigma", a short documentary that challenges the prevailing characterisation of women in stories about HIV criminalisation as unwitting victims of HIV-positive men rather than of the criminal laws themselves. You can view the In The Life Media documentary on their website here.

Latest Newsletter
The February 2012 edition of Positive News is out. Read about what's on at our new premises, the UNAIDS conference in Geneva and much more here.

Paper Doll Campaign Workshop
Check out the online article about the Paper Doll Campaign workshop that was held in August last year. Click here.

Open Door Documentary
If you didn’t catch the Open Door documentary on Positive Women screened on TVNZ7 back in April, you can now check it out on the Open Door website. Click here

Paper Doll Event in Whangarei
Paper Doll Campaign event in Whangarei on August 23rd 2011. More info here.

Congratulations to Jane
Positive Women’s National Coordinator has been named as UNAID’s new NGO Delegate for Asia Pacific. Read more here.