Links
PWN Featured Links:
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You Should Know is dedicated to the sexual health of women over 40. A program of Positive Women’s Network, the website provides clear, supportive information about sexual health and sexually transmitted infections. It is updated regularly and can be followed on Twitter. |
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The Blueprint for Action on Women and HIV/AIDS is a coalition of HIV-positive women, Canadian and international HIV/AIDS organizations, and women’s rights groups advocating for better prevention, services and supports for women and girls affected by HIV/AIDS. |
BC / Lower Mainland Support:
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The BC Persons With AIDS Society (BCPWA) is western Canada’s largest AIDS service organization. BCPWA aims to empower British Columbia persons living with HIV through mutual support and collective action. Their Board of Directors is composed entirely of HIV positive members. |
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AIDS Vancouver was Canada’s first AIDS service organization. Today it provides health promotion, education and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS and service providers throughout the BC Lower Mainland. |
Healing Our Spirit is British Columbia’s provincial Aboriginal AIDS service organization, offering prevention, support and education to Aboriginal communities and Aboriginal people living with HIV/AIDS.
Find a Local AIDS Service Organization:
ASO 411 is a regularly updated database of AIDS service organizations across Canada. You can search by location and type of service. Operated by the Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE). CATIE has lots of information on-line, as well as a toll-free Information Line and Ordering Centre with (mostly free) resources and publications from all across Canada.
PWN is a member organization of:
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Pacific AIDS Network (PAN) is British Columbia’s provincial network of community-based AIDS service organizations and programs. PAN organizes conferences and trainings, and advocates on behalf of its member organizations. PAN keeps an updated list of member organizations and their contact information. |
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The Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) is a national coalition of community-based AIDS organizations across Canada. CAS promotes education and awareness and advocates for Canadian AIDS service organizations at the federal public policy level. |
Other Useful Links:
Please note: Our goal is not to provide a comprehensive list of services and resources, but to highlight a few links that women living with HIV in British Columbia may find useful and might not find by other means. For a comprehensive and continually updated list of organizations and services, visit ASO 411.
