Advancing Women's Leadership and Advocacy for AIDS Action is a four-year, Ford Foundation funded initiative designed to equip and empower a cadre of women from around the world with the knowledge and skills to strengthen and lead the global response to AIDS. Since its inception in 2006, the program has been implemented by a consortium led by the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), which includes the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, International Center for Research on Women and the National Minority AIDS Council. This manual presents a scaled-down adaptation of the training curriculum used in the project's workshops. CEDPA has prepared this training manual as a resource for its alumni and other trainers to build the leadership, advocacy and management skills of grassroots women leaders and others working in HIV. Th e curriculum is intensive and highly participatory, refl ective of CEDPA's training philosophy of creating a supportive learning environment that promotes the exchange of expertise and experience.