The document provides an overview of the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA). It discusses ARASA's mission, vision, structure and activities. ARASA is a regional partnership of non-governmental organizations working to promote human rights in the context of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa through advocacy, training, capacity building and treatment literacy programs. Its central strategy is building civil society capacity, particularly people living with HIV/AIDS organizations, to advocate for human rights-based responses to HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. ARASA's vision is for human rights to be at the center of all responses in Southern Africa, with the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS respected and protected.