The International Network of Women who Use Drugs (INWUD) is excited to announce the top three winners of the Narcofeminism Blog Competition “Our bodies, Our choice, Our rights, Our voice” 1st Prize Emily Arnold, Junkies, sluts and feminists: where are we in the witch legacy?… Read More »Women assert their voices in conversations about drug use.
Below are the submissions from women around the world for the INWUD Narcofeminism Blog Competition. Natalie Jacobs https://inpud.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Natalie-Jacobs-My-life-journey-as-a-woman-who-use-drugs-.pdf Charne Roberts https://inpud.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Charne-Roberts-The-Great-Escape-.pdf Kimmi de Prado https://inpud.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Kimmi-del-Prado-Dont-Panic-Were-All-Just-Looking-For-Something-To-Fill-the-Void.pdf Marina Andrea https://inpud.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Magic-green-medicine-Marina-Andrea-1.pdf Rita https://inpud.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MY-CASE-STORY-rita.pdf Sania Zehra https://inpud.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Accepting-vulnerabilities-–-breaking-free-of-emulated-standards-that-demarcate-us-Sania-Zehra.pdf Anonymous https://inpud.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Dont-Panic-Were-All-Just-Looking-For-Something-To-Fill-the-Void-Copy.pdf Anonymous https://inpud.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/INWUD-submission-on-Narcofeminism-anonymous-1.pdf
A drug user-led monitoring toolkit of legal and policy framework. Our Rights. Every Body’s Rights. INPUD are very excited to be releasing the first, community-friendly legal assessment tool specifically focused on people who use drugs. We as people who use drugs know what legal and… Read More »Legal Environment Scan
People who use drugs must be involved and influence decisions made at each stage of the grant life cycle. Too often people who use drugs are silenced in Global Fund processes. To ensure that our voices are listened to and heard, and our needs met,… Read More »How to plan your engagement – Global Fund Grant Cycle 7
Harm reduction refers to policies, programmes and practices that minimise negative health, social and legal impacts of drug use and drug laws and policies. Harm reduction approaches focus on supporting positive change without requiring that people stop using drugs. The Global Fund notes, in its… Read More »Stronger support on harm reduction and human rights – Global Fund Grant Cycle 7
Meaningful community engagement is essential for people who use drugs to influence funding request – Global Fund Grant Cycle 7 Guide The Global Fund Strategy 2023-2028 places community leadership at its front and centre. To achieve this, it promotes investments in community-led responses including community-led… Read More »Community engagement – Global Fund Grant Cycle 7
How people who use drugs can influence funding requests The International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) has produced Global Fund Grant Cycle 7 guide to support the engagement of people who use drugs within the Global Fund processes for Grant Cycle 7 2023… Read More »The Global Fund Grant Cycle 7
INPUD announces new chair for Board of Directors and other appointments INPUD would like to announce the appointment of its new Board Chair, Anton Basenko. Anton joins a strong Executive Committee with Louise Vincent as Vice Chair and Hassan Turaif as Treasurer. We look forward… Read More »New Board Chair and other appointments
Technical Briefs useful for planning for Global Fund Grant Cycle 7 in one place INPUD, has compiled a list of useful technical briefs for those planning for the grant cycle 7 for the Global Fund. These documents are in the process of being translated.
On the 28-29 November INPUD’s Programme Manager Gayane Arustamyan attended the Regional Forum “Implementation of the Global Fund’s Community Engagement Technical Assistance (CE TA) Program in the EECA region in 2021-2022: Lessons learned and way forward”. Our technical support for our networks has seen them… Read More »Programming and technical support