Young Women's Support Program

The Women's Initiative for Support and Education (WISE) project is a partnership between YouthCO AIDS society and Positive Women's Network. The WISE project works in direct partnership with clinics throughout Vancouver to better ensure that young women (aged 15-29) are receiving proper medical care and HIV treatment. The WISE Project works from a peer based model to promote community and provide important information for young HIV positive women and help them define what support means for them.

WISE strives to reach women living in the downtown East Side/Granville South areas of Vancouver,  with a focus on First Nations/Aboriginal women.  The goal of the project is to not only increase women's access to integrated care and treatment but to also support young women to develop their own network of support systems that work with their own unique needs.

Because young women are the highest growing demographic contracting HIV, and usually the last to get tested and receive treatment, the WISE project supports newly diagnosed women connects them with accessible, culturally appropriate services where they feel supported and cared for.

Click here to learn about the Young Womens Wellness Retreat !