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.

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.

Praphan Phanupak, co-founder of the Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center (TRC-ARC) and Professor at the Chulalongkorn University Hospital, tells about his encounter with the first AIDS patient in Thailand, about the health resources in Thailand and about stigma.

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.