The delegation will comprise of Dr Musimbi Kanyoro, General Secretary; Helene Yinda, Programme Director for Africa/Middle East; Clarissa Balan, Programme Director for Asia/Pacific; Marie-Claude Julsaint, Programme Director for Americas/Caribbean and Sophie Dilmitis, HIV and AIDS Coordinator. Download the timeline for their daily involvement.

The delegation from Geneva will be joined by YWCA Canada CEO, Paulette Senior, as well as three young women from the YWCAs of Argentina, Belarus and Zimbabwe who are featured in the joint World YWCA and UNAIDS bookentitled "If I kept It To Myself ". This book, as well as “Empowering Women to Lead Change ”, a training manual for young women, jointly produced with UNFPA, will be launched at the conference in Toronto.

In addition to the book and manual launch, the World YWCA participation will include workshops at the pre-conference and at the Women's Networking Zone, providing support to the chaplain services, speaking at various panel presentations and in the plenary session, a display with the Joint Faith-Based Exhibition and an exhibition booth in the Multi-Faith Networking Zone.

The World YWCA is one of the organisations taking the lead on women and AIDS, particularly on the issue of women’s leadership. It is one of the “convening agencies” of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS and its General Secretary, Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro, is on the Leadership Council. The World YWCA has HIV and AIDS programmes in more than 60 countries. Programmes include prevention, awareness raising, home and community-based care, advocacy, care of orphans, and peer-to-peer counselling. However it is the YWCA’s focus on women’s leadership that makes it distinct in the area of HIV and AIDS.