The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW), a registered UK charity, is the only international network run for and by HIV women. ICW was founded in response to the desperate lack of support, information and services available to women living with HIV worldwide and the need for these women to have influence and input on policy development.

ICW was formed by a group of HIV positive women from many different countries attending the 8th International Conference on AIDS held in Amsterdam in July 1992. HIV positive women shared stories and strategies for coping and devised action plans for the future. An important achievement at this first ICW pre-conference was drawing up the "Twelve Statements". These statements relate to the issues and needs facing all women living with HIV worldwide and form the basis of the organization's philosophy. During this meeting, the women agreed that they did not want to lose this momentum and ICW was created.

See also http://www.icwlatina.org/