3 WE NEED accessible and affordable health care (conventional and complementary) and research into how the virus affects women.

4 WE NEED funding for services to lessen our isolation and meet our needs. All funds directed to us need to be supervised to make sure we get it.

5 WE NEED the right to be respected and supported in our choices about reproduction.This includes the right to have children and the right not to have children.

6 WE NEED recognition of the right of our children and orphans to be cared for and of the importance of our role as parents.

7 WE NEED education and training of health care providers and the community at large about women's risk and our needs. Up-to-date, accurate information concerning all issues about women living with HIV/AIDS should be easily and freely available.

8 WE NEED recognition of the fundamental human rights of all women living with HIV/AIDS, particularly women in prisons, drug users and sex workers.These 

fundamental rights should include the right to housing, employment and travel without restrictions.

9 WE NEED research into female infectivity, including woman to woman transmission, recognition of and support for lesbians living with HIV/AIDS.

10 WE NEED decision making power and consultation on all levels of policy and programmes affecting us.

11 WE NEED economic support for women living with HIV/AIDS in developing countries to enable them to be self-sufficient and independent.

12 WE NEED any definition of AIDS to include symptoms and clinical manifestations specific to women.