Gender

Events

International Campaign for the Elimination of Violence against Women who Use Drugs (EVAWUD) 2023

World

25 November 2023 - 10 December 2023

WHRIN present their 2023 EVAWUD Campaign Toolkit, including information on small grant applications and links to the press release and poster.

Events

Pregnancy and overdose: The roles of harm redux, healthcare and criminalization

Online

28 September 2023 - 28 September 2023

This event will examine how drug criminalisation contributes to family separation and overdose during pregnancy.

News21 August 2023

Confronting the drug war: Roundtable series

Harm reduction activists and researchers take part in a multi-part series to deconstruct the disease model of addiction, discuss alternate ways of thinking about drug use and present ways to reform current prohibitionist drug policies.

Publications16 August 2023

Our lives, our care: The report and recommendations of the Re-Queering Harm Reduction project

The National Harm Reduction Coalition and Lighthouse Learning Collective interrogate the state of care for queer and trans people who use drugs and/or do sex work, recognising inadequacies and suggesting avenues to build power for communities and improve support by harm reduction organisations.

Publications16 August 2023

Women deprived of liberty in the Americas

The IACHR highlights the role that drug policies play in soaring women incarceration rates in the region, calling for alternatives to incarceration and gender-specific reintegration policies.

News16 August 2023

Three ways to reduce the number of women in prison in the Americas

Drug policy reform, non-custodial measures and tackling the root causes of involvement in criminalised activities are among the many ways states can curb skyrocketing women incarceration rates.

Publications15 August 2023

Narcofeminisms: Revisioning drug use

Dennis et al. present a series of articles that employ the drug-user activist concept of 'narcofeminism', a collective movement for women who use drugs to mobilise, fight for their right to self-determination and to have their voices heard.

Events

2023 Africa Policy Week

Cape Town, South Africa

14 August 2023 - 17 August 2023

The theme for this year's policy week is "Putting People First", which expands on the statement issued by the United Nations Human Rights Commission calling on all countries to End Stigma and Discrimination and Put People First.

News31 July 2023

Marginalising key populations impacting efforts to end HIV/AIDS epidemic

Following the release of the UNAIDS report titled 'The path that ends AIDS', this article underscores how ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic necessitates drug decriminalisation.

News17 July 2023

An open letter to the organisers of Women Deliver and the Generation Equality Forum: High-level forums on women’s rights must not ignore the rights of criminalised, incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women

IDPC joins 200+ organisations in signing an open letter calling on high-level forums on womens rights to be inclusive of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, who are often criminalised for drug-related offences.

News11 July 2023

How women self-organise: The birth of street and anti-prohibition feminism

Self-organisation and critical consciousness on the role of the patriarchy, racism and prohibition on the lives of women who use crack are avenues for empowerment and liberation.

Publications3 July 2023

Global Prison Trends 2023

PRI and TIJ provide an overview and highlight how the criminalisation of drugs remains a key contributing factor to the rising global prison population and prison overcrowding.

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