Against criminalisation, invisibility and systemic violence, these initiatives seek to expand gender-responsive harm reduction and policy reform, based on lived experience.
The Harm Reduction Coalition and the Academy of Perinatal Harm Reduction offer a toolkit to support the health and well-being of pregnant people who use drugs and their families.
The event will reflect on the historical exclusion of women and nonbinary people who use drugs from traditional feminist spaces and advocacy, and alternative and inclusive approaches through the prism of 'narcofeminism'.
Cuts in foreign aid and shrinking space for civil society are jeopardising decades of progress in harm reduction, gender equality, and sexual and reproductive health rights.
Zolopa et al. identify predictive factors of overdose requiring an emergency response at SIS in Montréal, including gender identity, age, housing status, and frequency and nature of use.
SWAN examines the social justice impact of intersecting identities and provides recommendations for improving services, rights-based programs, and advocacy.
Youth RISE advocates for an intersectional approach to harm reduction that considers both the immediate and underlying structural factors contributing to harm.
WHRIN catalogues gender-responsive harm reduction services around the world, highlighting a stark disparity between need and availability driven by criminalisation and stigma.
This event launches a publication identifying good practices in relation to the needs of women and gender diverse people, and access to responsive harm reduction services.
