Social inclusion

Events

International Chemsex Conference: Optimising support and care for people engaging in chemsex

Antwerp, Belgium

3 March 2026 - 5 March 2026

A transdisciplinary conference examining the complex realities of chemsex and advancing evidence-based, harm reduction and gender-responsive approaches to support and care, grounded in community expertise and human rights.

Publications14 January 2026

What we need, not what we’re given: recommendations for action from young sex workers who use drugs

Schneider et al. argue that criminalising sex work and drug use forces young sex workers into danger, undermining health and rights, and call for decriminalisation, safe supply and peer-led harm reduction.

Publications14 January 2026

Safer inhalation devices: a rapid Health Impact Assessment of a harm reduction pilot for people who smoke crack cocaine

Ashton et al. find that these devices can reduce health risks for people who smoke crack cocaine, highlighting an overlooked harm reduction intervention with clear public health benefits.

Publications14 January 2026

A call for inclusive language: Advancing a human rights-based approach to criminal justice at the United Nations

Perseus Strategies and allies call on the UN to replace stigmatising criminal justice language with person-centred terminology to advance a human rights-based approach to justice, dignity and social reintegration.

Events

Our words matter: Advancing inclusive language and a human rights-based approach to criminal justice at the United Nations

Online

9 January 2026

Join this virtual seminar to learn how inclusive, dignity-based language can strengthen human rights and improve criminal justice outcomes at the UN.

Publications13 December 2025

New challenges inspire creative solutions: Support. Don’t Punish Global Day of Action 2025

Support. Don't Punish campaigners spearheaded new advocacy tactics and alliances to advance rights-based drug policy reform across the world.

News11 December 2025

"We refuse": Health workers against involuntary care

The joint letter warns that expanding involuntary treatment in British Columbia would violate medical ethics, endanger patients, and deepen human rights harm, calling instead for evidence-based, voluntary, community-led care.

News11 December 2025

WHO rejects request from Bolivia and Colombia to remove the coca leaf from list of most-persecuted substances

By recommending that coca remain in the most restrictive category, the WHO has reinforced a decades-old, colonial classification that undermines scientific research and Indigenous rights.

Events

Policy webinar: advancing universal health coverage for people who use drugs

10 October 2025 - 10 October 2025

On World Mental Health Day, discover how we can make Universal Health Coverage truly inclusive and equitable for people who use drugs.

Events

Harm reduction for social development: Strengthening health, workability, and inclusion

Online

4 November 2025 - 4 November 2025

This webinar positions harm reduction as a strategic pathway for cross-sector development, improving climate, health, and socio-economic outcomes.

Events

Campaign for the elimination of violence against women who use drugs (EVAWUD 2025)

World

25 November 2025 - 10 December 2025

EVAWUD is a global campaign held during the 16 Days of Activism (25 Nov–10 Dec), demanding an end to violence against women and gender diverse people who use drugs through human rights–based, gender-responsive, and harm reduction–oriented drug policies.

Blog30 September 2025

Practising liberatory harm reduction: From street-level care to policy reform advocacy

In Cavite, liberatory harm reduction means building care and justice from the streets up — from mutual aid to drug policy reform, survival practices grow into movements for dignity and change.

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