Our Programs
The Collaborative strives for partners that are representative of the diversity within the HIV women's community, including women of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation, age, HIV/AIDS status, languages, abilities and experiences. It is our diversity that gives us a unique vantage point from which to address disparities by gender and among different populations of women.

Ambassadors
The Ambassadors engage networks of HIV+ women in education, community organizing and informed advocacy through the distribution of the Collaborative educational materials and resources to networks of HIV+ women and those who provide services for them. To request a presentation or to provide information about outreach opportunities please email us at info@womenscollaborative.com).

Community Roundtables
The Collaborative holds community roundtables where a diverse cross-section of stakeholders attend to learn from and share with each other on a broad range of topics impacting women and girls toward its goal of representing women's needs in HIV/AIDS including HIV/AIDS service and care delivery, prevention education efforts and the development standards of care that meet the multiple needs and realities of women with HIV and AIDS. See our roundtables.

Policy and Community Organizing
The Policy work group facilitates the advocacy work of the Collaborative. Its goal is to work toward representing women's needs in HIV and AIDS through an array of public policy arenas, including prevention, research, treatment, services and funding. To view our current policy initiative click here. (hyperlink to visplan.pdf soon)

Research and Development
The goal of the Research and Development workgroup is to define the needs of HIV-positive women as they pertain to academic, clinical research and treatment. Based on the outcomes of the research the workgroup makes recommendations to help develop policies that impact the Collaborative’s advocacy work in order to develop accessible and user-friendly services, resource material and campaigns for women with HIV and AIDS. Publications at bottom of Home Page and will have own page soon. (hyperlink to Get Informed page)

Microbicides Workgroup of NYC
The New York Microbicides Working Group is a coalition of community members,
AIDS service organizations, municipal health agencies, international and national organizations and universities educating and advocating for microbicide development. It advocates for increased public funding of microbicide research and development to bring this new prevention tool to the market. Grassroots education and community organizing as a strategy to keep our communities informed and safe and to successfully create policy to improve our lives is emphasized.