In countries all over the world, millions of women are stigmatized and discriminated against for being HIV-positive. Data from the UN demonstrates that negative feelings apply particularly to women, as they are more likely than men to be held responsible for spreading the disease, whether or not this was the case. As a consequence, women that are HIV-positive have suffered from discrimination disproportionately more than HIV-positive men. In recent years, there have been many documented cases of gender-based violence as HIV-positive women are disowned, assaulted, treated unfairly, and killed1.