As international funding for HIV programmes faces renewed threats, South African activist Yvette Raphael is sounding the alarm and demanding dignity, access, and truth for women living with HIV. In South Africa, where more than 7.8 million people are living with HIV, access to testing, treatment, and support has long been a matter of survival—not privilege. But for women like Yvette Raphael, it’s also a matter of justice. She sits down with Leigh-Anne Williams about how she has become a leading voice in the fight for HIV rights, and her role as the co-founder of Advocacy for the Prevention of HIV and AIDS (APHA) where she has spent more than two decades breaking down stigma, confronting systemic neglect, and ensuring that women—especially Black, rural, and marginalised women—are not left behind in the fight.