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

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, INPUD has prepared a short guide on how people who use drugs can plan their… 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 Technical Brief Harm Reduction for People Who Use Drugs that, in many countries, harm reduction… Read More »Stronger support on harm reduction and human rights – 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 to the future stewardship of the Executive Board, Board, and Executive Director Judy Chang as… 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 becoming effective in work to realise the human rights of people who use drug and… Read More »Programming and technical support 

 This year INPUD was on the Steering Committee and the Community Committee of the INHSU Conference held in Glasgow from 19-21 October 2022.  We delivered multiple presentations on various panels to champion the community perspective of people who use drugs in the design and implementation of initiatives relating to access to hepatitis treatment. Aditia Taslim, INPUD’s Advocacy Officer presented on… Read More »Meaningful and effective partnerships