This film is about women from different parts of the world who are active in the HIV activist movement. They discuss gender inequality and the exposed situation of women and girls and explain the educational and empowering work which they are doing in their communities.

XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto. Panel discussion on women and AIDS with Melinda Gates, Businesswoman Sheila Johnson, UN Special Envoy Nafis Sadik, and the South African AIDS activist Musa Njoko. Chair of the session is the Journalist Judy Woodruff.

Helene Gayle is an AIDS expert who has been working in many different initiatives in the US, among them the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). She also works in President Obama's advisory group on HIV/AIDS. Here she talks about understanding and changing behaviors.