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Responding to Gender Based Violence in the Informal Sector

24 September 2020 11:00-13:00

Online webinar

This webinar will highlight issues of gender based violence especially in informal sector and practical interventions actions necessary to adequately address issues of gender based violence.

Events 5 days, 22 hours ago

Deputy Minister for Social Development launches the South African Network of People who Use Drugs

The launch, a regional first, should prompt authorities elsewhere to recognise the key role of community leadership.

News Alerts November 7, 2020

Uganda's 'street uncles' transform young lives in the slum

Informed by their own experience, a group of men support younger peers in situations of vulnerability and call for and end to criminalisation.

News Alerts November 7, 2020

Clean Start: Creating second chances for women and girls in Kenya

Clean Start provides formerly-incarcerated women with avenues for healing, education and employment, breaking cycles of criminalisation and vulnerability.

Publications October 22, 2020

Tanzanian community-based organizations support women who use drugs

Community activists have provided a crucial lifeline for people who use drugs in situations of vulnerability, often at great personal cost and facing reprisals from public authorities.

News Alerts October 8, 2020

Access to controlled medicines in Africa

29 September 2020 17:30-18:00

Online webinar

Panelists will discuss and deliver recommendations on how balanced, optimised drug policies can help mitigating the pain medicine crisis on the continent.

Events 25 September 2020

Exploring hidden narratives in the West African tramadol trade and transport of migrants

Policy Bristol calls to address the illicit tramadol trade's root causes. Underfunded healthcare, migration overflow, and unemployment are the primary concerns; not people with drug dependencies.

Publications September 25, 2020

ECOWAS regional strategy for HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis B & C and sexual and reproductive health and rights among key populations

ECOWAS acknowledges the importance of ensuring access to harm reduction services by removing socio-structural barriers, including through decriminalisation.

Publications September 11, 2020

Stakeholders decry criminalisation of drug users in Nigeria

Civil society calls for alternatives to incarcerations for petty offences and investment in health services.

News Alerts September 11, 2020

Criminalization of drug use in the context of COVID-19 - Gaps in policy and practice in East Africa

15 September 2020

Online

A webinar on the criminalisation of drug use in the context of COVID-19 gaps in policy and patrice in East Africa.

Events 10 September 2020

Drugs: Let’s admit we were wrong

Former presidents of the two most populous African states acknowledge "war on drugs" derails health and welfare goals.

News Alerts September 10, 2020

Sustainable development and drug policy in West Africa

17 September 2020

Online

Insights from the Model Drug Law and examples from Ghana, Sierra Leone and elsewhere and the donor perspective.

Events 10 September 2020

Virtual conference on drug demand reduction in Africa - Prevention, treatment and epidemiology

16 September - 10 November 2020

Online

The Virtual Conference on Drug Demand Reduction in Africa - Prevention, Treatment and Epidemiology will take place through a series of six plenary sessions beginning September 16, 2020, through to November 10, 2020.

Events 8 September 2020

60+ NGOs working in Africa call upon ICASA 2021 to centre the importance of harm reduction in the HIV response

ICASA 2021 is an important opportunity to advance the HIV response by centring the importance of rights-affirming harm-reducing responses to the epidemic among people who use drugs.

News Alerts August 28, 2020

‘2020 vision’: Advocating for drug policy reform in Africa

IDPC and TB/HIV Care offer guidance on the state of play of international and regional drug policy debates to inform national advocacy.

Publications August 11, 2020

Activism and AIDS: Protect civil society's space to end the epidemic

CIVICUS, Aidsfonds and Frontline AIDS discuss restrictions imposed on key populations and civil society in responding to the HIV epidemic, with case studies from Indonesia, Ukraine, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.

Publications August 11, 2020

#TreatUsRight! webinar series: Fourth instalment - Drug policy

13 August 2020

Online

This last webinar will focus on drug policy and drug policy reform, especially in light of the failed and harmful "War on Drugs". It will explore the need to have a human rights based approach to drug policy that is done with meaningful involvement of people who use drugs.

Events 7 August 2020

African Union Plan of Action on Drug Control and Crime Prevention (2019-2023)

The African Union presents its priorities in relation to drug control, including with regard to human rights, criminal justice reform, and alternative development.

Publications August 7, 2020

Children found in possession of cannabis in South Africa must not be prosecuted, court rules

The decision, which follows a similar ruling focusing on adults, details the corrosive impact of criminalisation on children.

News Alerts August 6, 2020

First responders: The peers providing psychological first aid for women who use drugs in Kenya

As the COVID-19 crisis worsens gender-based violence, peer support offers a lifeline for women who use drugs.

News Alerts August 5, 2020

International Drug Policy Consortium

Sub-Saharan Africa

Responding to Gender Based Violence in the Informal Sector

Deputy Minister for Social Development launches the South African Network of People who Use Drugs

Uganda's 'street uncles' transform young lives in the slum

Clean Start: Creating second chances for women and girls in Kenya

Tanzanian community-based organizations support women who use drugs

Access to controlled medicines in Africa

Exploring hidden narratives in the West African tramadol trade and transport of migrants

ECOWAS regional strategy for HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis B & C and sexual and reproductive health and rights among key populations

Stakeholders decry criminalisation of drug users in Nigeria

Criminalization of drug use in the context of COVID-19 - Gaps in policy and practice in East Africa

Drugs: Let’s admit we were wrong

Sustainable development and drug policy in West Africa

Virtual conference on drug demand reduction in Africa - Prevention, treatment and epidemiology

60+ NGOs working in Africa call upon ICASA 2021 to centre the importance of harm reduction in the HIV response

‘2020 vision’: Advocating for drug policy reform in Africa

Activism and AIDS: Protect civil society's space to end the epidemic

#TreatUsRight! webinar series: Fourth instalment - Drug policy

African Union Plan of Action on Drug Control and Crime Prevention (2019-2023)

Children found in possession of cannabis in South Africa must not be prosecuted, court rules

First responders: The peers providing psychological first aid for women who use drugs in Kenya

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