This is the story of four women living with HIV, who are active in the work against HIV/AIDS in Indonesia, Bolivia, Kenya and Sweden. They tell about their lives and their work with health education, advocacy, and support of women and children.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interview with Lennart Hjelmåker, Swedish AIDS Ambassador, and Åsa Hindenborg from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about the themes of the conference and the future of AIDS response.

XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Interviews with activists from across the world, representing non-governmental organizations advocating for HIV prevention and the rights of youth.

Mr Subbarao is secretary of state for health in the Tamil Nadu Government in Chennai. In this interview he talks about the educational and medical work lead by the government. He talks particularly about empowering and educate women about HIV prevention.

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.

XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok in July 2004. Interview with Amos Mwale from Youth Vision Zambia. He talks about the international conferences, youth participation in the discussions and planning, and youth health education.

XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok. "Reports from the future" workshop lead by Katharina Lindahl from RFSU. Young activists representing Zambia, Colombia, Sweden and Nepal, speak about youths sexual and reproductive health and rights.

This production from 1990 debates the worldwide HIV/AIDS situation for women and children. The stigmatization of female sexuality is considered the primary reason of women's particularly exposed situation when it comes to sexually transmitted diseases.

Julie and Ken from the Australian Prostitutes Collective talk about their program for HIV/AIDS prevention among female and male sex workers, among which one third are also IV drug users. APC offers social support, needle exchange and sex education.

Dr Robert Gallo is interviewed in the laboratory about the HIV virus and his ongoing work. He also talks with his team and discusses the question of international collaboration with Lars Olof Kallings. He answers questions about HIV and AIDS, drugs and promiscuity.

Dr Samuel Okware, the director of National Ugandan AIDS Commission, talks about AIDS in Africa, global impact and commitment.

Interview with the French doctor Didier Jayle talks about his work informing students in schools about how HIV is spread and how it can be prevented. He is also asked how dealing with AIDS in his work affects his personal life.