Dr James Curran, mostly known for his work at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the 1980's, pinpoints several key events and persons linked with the very first years of discoveries on HIV and AIDS.

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.

In the last part of the interview with Dr Anthony Fauci he reflects on the global HIV/AIDS situation and response. He also compares AIDS to other diseases such as the Bird Flu, and discusses the specific social and socioeconomic factors of HIV/AIDS.

Erica Chilua Missis Gonde is a counselor and teacher involved in the local HIV/AIDS response in Kafue District in the Lusaka province. In this interview she talks about women's health and the importance of health education to change male sexual behavior.

Cutaways of a session at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto in August, 2006. Canadian Social Democratic politician Stephen Lewis is speaking.

XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto in August, 2006. Closing session with music performance and presentations of the Mexican representatives of the International AIDS Society. They speak about the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico.

XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto in August, 2006. Swedish AIDS Ambassador Lennart Hjelmåker summarizes the conference, with subjects such as male circumcision, microbicides and promoting HIV testing. He also talks about the Swedish role.

This is the third part of the interview with Dr Anthony Fauci. Here he talks about the American AIDS movement in the early 80's with activists such as the writer Larry Kramer in the frontline, and the time when he invited the leading activists up to his office.

XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto. Panel session on health policy with Swedish AIDS Ambassador Lennart Hjelmåker, UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot, Indian Minister of Health Anbunmani Romdass, Sipho Mthathi from TAC and Jeffrey Sturchio from Merck.

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.

XVI International AIDS Conference. Screening of the Face of AIDS documentary Women at the Frontline (2006). Seminar with the two American Businesswomen Melinda Gates and Sheila Johnson, UN Special Envoy, Nafis Sadik, and South African AIDS activist Musa Njoko.

XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto. Screening of the Face of AIDS documentary Women at the Frontline of the AIDS Response (2006). The film was produced for the Melinda Gates seminar on women and AIDS held at the conference.