South Africa: Women AIDS activists' advocacy for an equal voice

It has become a tired cliché that the face of AIDS is a woman's face but it is questionable whether infected or affected women's voices are really being heard loud and clear in the AIDS field. Often, women are the majority of AIDS organizations' members, yet they are usually underrepresented in publicly-visible leadership positions. Women are on the margins of AIDS activism yet they want to move to the strategic centre of decision-making, policy-making, and addressing the media about AIDS activist campaigns.