At the turn of the new Millennium, and for the first time in the 20-year history of the AIDS epidemic, more women than men have been infected with HIV.

Globally, women now account for more than 50 per cent of those infected due to a host of socio-political, cultural and biological reasons.

While more and more women become infected, the possibility for HIV positive women to live long, productive, sexually fulfilling lives and to give birth to healthy babies has increased with the expansion of access to anti-retroviral treatment (ARV) and care.

These developments go hand in hand with a growing demand for sexual and reproductive health services for women living with HIV.

These thirteen stories by women from around the world aim to highlight what it means to be a sexually active HIV positive woman.

Utilising the strong International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) network and some of its members, this collection of courageous women’s voices and faces provides insight into what HIV positive women dream about and desire in relation to their sexual and reproductive health.

From these stories, the universality of what it means to be a woman living with HIV unfolds and their sexual and reproductive needs become more apparent.