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From Frontline Voices to Published Evidence: How INPUD’s Rapid Assessment Shaped Research on PEPFAR Funding Cuts

By Isaac Olushola Ogunkola – Global Fund Programme Manager | April 2026 In March 2025, with harm reduction services collapsing across the globe in the wake of the U.S. foreign aid freeze, INPUD launched a 12-day rapid assessment survey to capture what was happening on the ground. We heard from 101 organisations and networks across 45 countries – the vast… Read More »From Frontline Voices to Published Evidence: How INPUD’s Rapid Assessment Shaped Research on PEPFAR Funding Cuts

CND69: Between Rhetoric and Reality

A View from the Community By Anton Basenko, INPUD Executive Director Jointly with peers from EuroNPUD and AfricaNPUD The 69th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND69), held in Vienna from 9–13 March 2026, once again positioned itself as the central event for global drug policy debate. With over 2,000 participants from governments, UN agencies, and civil… Read More »CND69: Between Rhetoric and Reality

Welcome to INWUD: Relaunch of the International Network of Women who Use Drugs

The International Network of Women who Use Drugs (INWUD) has relaunched! INWUD is a global network of women who use drugs, drawing power from lived and living experience and the ongoing, gendered struggle against the war on drugs. INWUD aims to provide a women-only safe space for engaging in global advocacy, inclusive of all women and gender non-conforming people. In… Read More »Welcome to INWUD: Relaunch of the International Network of Women who Use Drugs

69th UN CND Side Event

Join us for a hybrid CND69 side event launching new guidance on the decriminalisation of drug use in the context of HIV.

Learnings from the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leader Award

This resource shares key learnings from the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leader Award, a programme empowering women who use drugs through mentorship, leadership development and community advocacy. The Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leader Award honours the memory of the legendary drug user advocate Jude Byrne. Established in 2022 by the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD) and the… Read More »Learnings from the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leader Award

Oral Interventions at the 60th Session of the Human Rights Council

Aditia Taslim, our Advocacy Lead, delivered pre-recorded oral interventions in two Agenda Items at the 60th session of the Human Rights Council, on the impact of climate change on human rights, and on the panel discussion on economic, social, and cultural rights. During the climate change discussion, Aditia emphasised the importance of having resilient communities to challenge and counter the… Read More »Oral Interventions at the 60th Session of the Human Rights Council

Standing Together on U.S. Cuts 

To our community of people who use drugs, The recent decision by the U.S. administration to terminate USAID programmes threatens devastating consequences for people who use drugs and other marginalised communities worldwide.   It will only be through our stalwart resilience and the beating pulse of community that we will move forward despite the bleak outlook. Because we refuse to be cast… Read More »Standing Together on U.S. Cuts 

Rita from WRADA steps up: Read the intervention here

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Intervention presented on behalf of People who Use Drugs in Kenya by WRADA ‘s Rita Gatonye in February 2025 in Geneva at the UN Human Rights Spaces. People who use drugs in Kenya experience a range of issues that limit their access to health services and enjoyment of human rights as guaranteed by international human rights standards and the Constitution of Kenya… Read More »Rita from WRADA steps up: Read the intervention here

Human Rights & Harm Reduction Heroes speak up for Kenyans who use drugs: The Amazing Three take the lead in Geneva this week

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INPUD, AfricaNPUD and WRADA were represented by some of our amazing community leaders in Geneva this week to speak up for people who use drugs. Aditia Taslim, Ahmed Said and Rita Gatonye  (respectively) cut the charismatic swathe our community is known for as “The Amazing Three”, as they presented our issues at a scheduled session of Member States and in… Read More »Human Rights & Harm Reduction Heroes speak up for Kenyans who use drugs: The Amazing Three take the lead in Geneva this week