About GCWA

Who we are

The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) is a worldwide alliance of civil society groups, networks of women living with HIV, women’s organizations, AIDS service organizations, and the United Nations system, committed to strengthening AIDS programming for women and girls.

Our mission is to mobilize leadership and political will to influence laws, policies, programmes, and funding, to promote action that gives girls and women the power to prevent HIV infection, and to live fulfilling and productive lives when living with HIV. 

Our Pledge

We call on all nations, the UN system and other multilaterals, civil society organizations, and community, national, and world leaders to eliminate the forces that put girls and women at risk of HIV and to secure health and human rights for all.

We hold ourselves, as well as key actors in the AIDS response, accountable to girls and women, especially the more marginalized and disadvantaged, including those living with and affected by HIV. We will keep a watching brief over AIDS policies, programmes, and resource allocation in order to monitor and collectively achieve real progress for girls and women.