EHRA publish their latest edition of CHECK magazine, focusing on the disproportionate levels of stigmatisation and discrimination that women who use drugs face as a result of existing gender inequalities and prohibitionist policies.
C-EHRN discuss how integrated and person centred-care means putting people and communities, not diseases, at the centre of health systems and empowering people to take charge of their own health.
Cat Packer highlights how the Biden administration could use existing norms on equity as a framework to understand and address how cannabis laws and policies create barriers for underserved communities.
Metzineres and IDPC illustrate through official documents, research and personal testimonies the need to eliminate discrimination, criminalisation and systematic violence against women and gender-diverse people who use drugs.
HRI, SANPUD, VOCAL Kenya, Rumah Cemara and EHRA urged the Global Fund to maintain its commitment to harm reduction funding (including by promoting domestic investment) as well as community-led programming.
The HIV Legal Network argue for a human rights approach, focusing on evidence-based and culturally sensitive interventions that embrace Indigenous ways of knowing and doing.
INPUD, WHO and UNODC update WHO's Consolidated guidelines on HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care in relation to people who inject drugs.
C-EHRN outlines the importance of cooperation between
civil society organisations and state agencies, accompanied by adequate funding and a clear mandate for service providers in the face of a challenging and constantly changing harm reduction landscape.
WHRIN and ICW call for decriminalisation and the promotion of women's voices in decision-making forums, among many other recommendations, to address the challenges faced by women who live with HIV and use drugs.
