 Donatella who was once shunned in her village for her HIV+ status now has a store and one of the villages only heifers. "Once they [villagers] stayed away. Now they come to me for counsel," she says. women in Uganda make up more than half the workforce, often taking on rigorous physical work like farming and construction in addition to being the primary caregiver to large families and commonly in spite of abject poverty and major health setbacks (disproportionately affected, they account for 57% of all adults living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda). 