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AIDS is the largest global emergency to face women and girls in our lifetime. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the region most devastated by HIV and AIDS, three out of four people under the age of 25 years living with HIV are young women, and 59% of infected adults are women. Globally, women make up almost half of the 39.5 million people living with HIV – this figure is rising.

Since 1999, the World YWCA has been aggressively responding to HIV, recognising the potential to affect change as one of the largest organisations for women and girls worldwide. At the heart of the YWCA’s global strategy is to mobilise the leadership of women in local villages and communities in the fight against HIV and AIDS. With a membership and outreach of millions of women and girls, this is where the YWCA is able to make the greatest impact in responding to the needs of people infected and affected, and in halting infection rates.