21 – 24 June, 2022 The following two interventions were delivered by Aditia Taslim on behalf of INPUD during the 50th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB). The first intervention was delivered on day one (21st June) of the 50th PCB under Agenda… Read More »INPUD Interventions at the 50th UNAIDS PCB – Addressing Methadone Crisis in Ukraine & UBRAF
6th June, 2022 Русский Over the last several years the Kyrgyzstan organisation Asteria, led by women who use drugs, has been engaging in the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), with the support of INPUD. Asteria partnered with a coalition of NGOs… Read More »Women who Use Drugs in Kyrgyzstan: Experience of Writing and Working on a CEDAW Shadow Report
18 May, 2022 INPUD and the International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU) are excited to announce the recipients of the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leader Award, a nine-month mentorship program that will foster expertise and resilience in the next generation of… Read More »Announcing the Winners of the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leaders Award
16 May, 2022 INPUD is excited to announce two amazing additions to our team – Rico Gustav and Annie Madden. Both Rico and Annie are experienced activists and researchers who will now add their expertise to the INPUD secretariat. Rico Gustav – Senior Technical Advisor… Read More »INPUD Welcomes Rico Gustav and Annie Madden to the Secretariat
25 March, 2021 The following joint letter was sent to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken concerning key populations and PEPFAR, written by INPUD, GATE, Global Black Gay Men Connect, Global Network of People Living with HIV, Mpact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health &… Read More »Joint Letter to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Key Populations and HIV
1 November, 2021 Every year on International Drug Users Day, people who use drugs all over the world celebrate our history and affirm our rights. INPUD was formally launched on International Drug Users’ Day 2008 by drug user rights activists seeking to create an international… Read More »International Drug Users Day 2021
21 July, 2021 On International Drug Users Remembrance Day, we take time to remember the people whose lives were unjustly cut short due to the criminalisation and stigmatisation of people who use drugs. To us, they were more than a casualty; they were our family,… Read More »International Drug Users Remembrance Day 2021
11 May, 2022 INPUD’s bi-monthly members updates are intended to keep our members and supporters informed about INPUD’s recent activities, as well as updates from national/regional networks and relevant news in drug policy. The updates below cover the period from March through April 2022.
25 May, 2022 Join INPUD on 25th May , 13:00 CEST – 14:30 CEST for a webinar on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a key human rights mechanism where the human rights record of States are reviewed in five year cycles by other States as… Read More »Engaging and Impacting the Universal Periodic Review: Guidance for People who Use Drugs
In December 2021 the World Health Assembly (WHA) held a Special Session, the second-ever since WHO’s founding, and agreed to develop a ‘WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic preparedness’ – the so-called ‘Pandemic Treaty’. The decision establishes an intergovernmental negotiating body (INB)… Read More »Understanding the ‘Pandemic Treaty’ and it’s relevance for people who use drugs