My Body! My Rights! An Intergenerational Community Arts Werrrqshop with Women Living with HIV

During this interactive hands-on workshop, Visual AIDS, Werrrqshop, and the International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW) had an intergenerational exchange and opportunity for idea sharing and storytelling. With women from ICW from Kenya, Ukraine, Canada, Puerto Rico, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Nigeria and more, this event's purpose was to talk about their experiences identifying as a women living with HIV and their activist projects. Together the group made activist banners that will be carried and displayed during other activities throughout the following week at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59).

All around the world, women experience disproportionate rights violations based solely on their gender—when you add HIV, the violations increase. As we compound the intersecting identities such as identifying as a sex worker, drug user, LGBTQ, or a person with a disability, the threats of violence, both systemic and intimate, increase even more.

To learn more about CSW59 and/or to register for other events please follow this link: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw59-2015/side-events/calendar-of-side-events

**ICW is the only global network for and by women living with HIV. ICW exists to lead efforts towards securing and improving the quality of life for women living with HIV. They do this by mobilizing, organizing, advocating, mentoring and raising consciousness on the issues that directly impact our lives.