21 June 2023 With the support from Love Alliance, INPUD is seeking to support a Gender Focal Point to increase the capacity of women who use drugs and the International Network of Women who Use Drugs (INWUD). The Gender Focal Point will initiate and mobilise… Read More »INPUD is hiring Gender Focal Point for INWUD
We are excited to announce the recipients of the second annual Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leader Award for 2023 are Jessica Morales from Guatemala and Kira Watson from Scotland. The award is dedicated to honouring the memory of Jude Byrne – a fearless drug user… Read More »Second Annual Jude Byrne Award Recognises Outstanding Emerging Female Leaders
Born in 1999 in Dagoretti, Nairobi Kenya, I was abandoned and left under the care of MY grandmother who unlike majority of grandparents who love care and treasure their grandchildren, MY case was different since I was mistreated and malnourished by my maternal grandmother. My… Read More »My case story: Rita Nyambura
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.
For World Aids Day 2022, INPUD created the Equalize – Decriminalise drug use and possession campaigns that amplified the voice, issues, priorities, and perspectives of people who use drugs in the world’s response to HIV. Our Executive Director, Judy Chang presented at the UNODC Equalize… Read More »December Newsletter
More funding for organisations and initiatives led by people who use drugs is required to eradicate societal barriers keeping us from accessing harm reduction services. Actions that need to be taken both in the long term and short term for women who use drugs include:… Read More »Change narrative on funding
Black Initiative for a New Drug Policy (INNPD) is launching a short documentary that shows how the war on drugs is an instrument of racism, which incites violence and hinders democratic development in Brazil. INNPD is the first black civil organisation in Brazil which addresses… Read More »THE BLACK INITIATIVE: Fighting Brazil’s Racist War on Drugs
Kenya: Nairobi This week, more than 20 delegates from AfricaNPUD and MENANPUD got together to learn more about making the voices of people who use drugs heard in conversations about the protection and promotion of their human rights. People who use drugs are more likely… Read More »UNAIDS joint workshop in Kenya – advocacy training
7- 11 November 2022 Kenya – in person Representatives from AfricaNPUD and MENANPUD will be attending a joint workshop with UNAIDS for training designed to strengthen the capacity of people who use drugs to effectively advocate for progress on the 10-10-10 social enabler targets recently… Read More »UNAIDS Joint Workshop AfricaNPUD and MENANPUD
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have partnered with the Global Commission on Drug Policy on a series of videos featuring discussing with members of the Global Commission and people who use drugs from all across the world. These conversations not only aim to discuss the… Read More »COVID-19 Dialogue Series: Empowering People who Use Drugs