Friday 17 March: Vienna Join INPUD (International Network of People Who Use Drugs) for the launch of our ground-breaking report, “Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Voices of People who use Drugs”. This report gives a global perspective on the experiences of people who use drugs from Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Southeast Asia, and provides evidence-based recommendations to inform the drafting… Read More »How People Who Use Drugs Are Helping Shape the Pandemic Treaty 

Friday – 17 March, Vienna: INPUD https://inpud.net/ will launch a ground-breaking report titled “Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Voices of People who use Drugs” at the 66th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND66). The report highlights, our experiences as people who use drugs from different regions, including Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Our members speak about how… Read More »Witnesses to the Pandemic: How People Who Use Drugs are Shaping the Pandemic Treaty

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