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The Right to Rights: How do we get there for People who Use Drugs

8 June, 2021 The right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health of people who use drugs is interdependent and indivisible from a range of rights, including the right to non-discrimination and self-determination, the right to be free from arbitrary detention, violence and bodily integrity and autonomy, amongst others. This side event, conducted during the 2021 United… Read More »The Right to Rights: How do we get there for People who Use Drugs

Drug Decriminalisation: Progress or Political Red Herring? (Video)

15 July, 2021 As more countries move towards decriminalizing drug use and drug possession, it is crucial to listen and center the perspectives people who use drugs have on these policies. Without taking into consideration whether the needs of the people most impacted by criminalisation are being addressed, it is impossible to claim decriminalisation is as politically transformative as many… Read More »Drug Decriminalisation: Progress or Political Red Herring? (Video)

INPUD Peer Technical Support Forum: Global Fund County Coordinating Mechanism (Video)

22 September, 2021 This forum was held to familiarise networks and communities of people who use drugs with the concept of Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) evolution, what value it brings to the community and how peers can get more engaged in Global Fund related processes when advocating for their priorities. Speakers include peers, Global Fund Secretariat staff from… Read More »INPUD Peer Technical Support Forum: Global Fund County Coordinating Mechanism (Video)

Peers in the Pandemic: How Networks of People who Use Drugs Responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Video)

6 October, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted life as we know it, forcing us to adjust to new realities under lockdown conditions that all too often left people who use drugs behind and at increased risk of harm as many of the health services we have come to rely on were closed, defunded or made inaccessible. Peers faced an increased… Read More »Peers in the Pandemic: How Networks of People who Use Drugs Responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Video)

Global Fund Short Term Technical Assistance for People who Use Drugs: 3rd Peer Technical Support Hub

26 October, 2021 As a part of the Global Fund Community, RIghts and Gender Strategic Initiative (CRG SI), INPUD organised a 3rd Peer Technical Support Hub on the topic of Short-term technical assistance for the community of people who use drugs. This webinar explains the application process, covers eligible activities and serves as a source of support for drug user-led… Read More »Global Fund Short Term Technical Assistance for People who Use Drugs: 3rd Peer Technical Support Hub

Community Guide: Sex Workers who Use Drugs

22 October, 2015 Pусский | Español | Français | 简体中文 This Community Guide summarises the Sex Workers Who Use Drugs: Ensuring a Joint Approach briefing paper by INPUD and NSWP. The community guide highlights the specific needs and rights of sex workers who use drugs. It provides an overview of the ways in which sex workers who use drugs face double criminalisation and associated police harassment,… Read More »Community Guide: Sex Workers who Use Drugs

METZINERES: Environments of Shelter for Womxn who Use Drugs Surviving Violence (Video)

8 November, 2021 METZINERES is a peer-led organisation that organises communities of womxn who use drugs in Barcelona to provide safe environments for survivors of violence. They operate shelters to sleep in and wash clothes and safer spaces for consuming drugs, without the risk of infections and overdose deaths. They also offer psychosocial support for those who struggle with homelessness,… Read More »METZINERES: Environments of Shelter for Womxn who Use Drugs Surviving Violence (Video)

Fundraising Training: Fundraising through Private Individual Donations (Video)

15 December, 2021 In the first of three scheduled trainings for INPUD members Grigory Svedlin, head of the nonproft “Nochlezhka”, leads an interactive workshop on fundraising through private individual donations. The discussion highlights financial planning, crowdfunding, campaigns and donation boxes as effective ways for networks of people who use drugs to raise money for our work and communities.

What does Universal Health Coverage Mean for People who Use Drugs: A Technical Brief

24 September, 2019 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as a concept is not new. In fact, its origins date back to the WHO Constitution of 1948 and the ground-breaking Alma-Ata Declaration from the 1978 International Conference on Primary Health Care, urging governments to promote the health of all people. This principle is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Given… Read More »What does Universal Health Coverage Mean for People who Use Drugs: A Technical Brief

Sex Workers who Use Drugs: Ensuring a joint approach

18 October, 2015 Pусский | Español | Français | 简体中文 This joint briefing paper by NSWP and INPUD highlights the specific needs and rights of sex workers who use drugs, as a community that spans two key populations. This document provides an overview of some of the most endemic and substantive ways in which sex workers who use drugs face double criminalisation and associated… Read More »Sex Workers who Use Drugs: Ensuring a joint approach