Preventing and eliminating violence against women: Drug policy reform as a way of violence elimination

The 57th session of Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is held being held at the UN New York on March 4 – 15, 2013. CSW is principal global policy-making body dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women. The priority issue this year is Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls.

The Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) in partnership with the International Gender Policy Network is organizing a parallel event to inform the participants of the CSW session participants about the issues of violence against women who use drugs and/or are engaged in sex work.

The parallel event Preventing and eliminating the violence against women: Drug policy reform as a way of violence elimination within the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women is going to be held on March 12, 2013, 4.30 – 6.00 PM at Boss Room, 8th Floor, Church Center for the UN 777 United Nations Plaza New York, NY, 10017.

The key goal of the event is to draw the attention of the UN Member States and UN agencies to the extensive and systematic violence women who use drugs experience in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) and call on the CSW to take action to prevent it though systematic political change.

Read the flyer of the event here.

For more information:

• EHRN Policy Brief Halting HIV by Reducing Violence against Women: The Case for Reforming Drug Policies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
• EHRN Submission to UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women: call for immediate action to stop violence against women who use drugs.

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