The Asian and Pacific Islander Women's HIV/AIDS National Network (APIWHANN) consists of activists and participants from API service providers concerned with the specific issues and barriers to HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention in API women. Barriers to treatment and prevention are unique to API women on many levels including, but not limited to: domestic violence, access to care, lack of information/education, limited research and data, translation and interpretation, and scarce resources. The formation of the group in 1998 started a movement in the API AIDS movement to explicitly address the risks of API women. The group strives to serve the community through advocacy, research, and making culturally appropriate, and linquistically sensitive recommendations to overcome the barriers to treatment and prevention