WHRIN launches 16-day period of global advocacy to demonstrate support for action and policy that prioritise human rights, gender awareness, and harm reduction.
Brown's overview urges government bodies to prioritise gender-sensitive care in harm reduction services, highlighting the need for targeted funding and support for women who use drugs.
Nelson & Nnam analyse how Nigeria's socio-legal environment surrounding drug use impacts young women's cannabis use patterns, calling for structural-level interventions to foster safer use.
WHRIN and Talking Drugs highlight the importance of gender-specific ketamine harm reduction, calling for development of tailored services, collaboration with support programs for women and gender-diverse people and further research into ketamine's varied effects.
Stoicescu et al. conclude the intersection of intimate partner violence and police sexual violence was associated with a nearly fourfold increase in non-fatal overdose.
APCOM and IDPC urge the public, law enforcement, and policymakers in Thailand to help ensure equality and equity for LGBTQ+ people who use drugs, especially in their access to health and social services, and ending stigma and discrimination against them.
UN Special Rapporteur Tlaleng Mofokeng called upon member states to end the war on drugs, as a war on people and a threat to the dignity, health and rights of communities.
The HIV Legal Network identifies what can and needs to be done to strengthen the response to HIV, other STBBIs, and other health concerns among GBT2Q people who use drugs.
IDPC and other organisations encourage the Special Rapporteurs to acknowledge the harmful effects of criminalising drug use and sex work in relation to the policing of people living in poverty in public spaces.
