The Following publications were produced by WHRIN or jointly with other organisations
WHRIN statement – International Overdose Awareness Day 2018 On International Overdose Awareness Day 2018, the Women and Harm Reduction International Network (WHRIN) calls attention to the gender specific needs of women who use drugs (WUD) and the need for urgent …
On International Women’s Day 2019, the Women and Harm Reduction International Network (WHRIN) wishes to highlight the lack of balance surrounding the sexual and reproductive health and parenting rights experienced by women who use drugs (WUD). The issue of state …
The negative consequences of the current prohibitionist drug control regime on health, human rights and development have been the subject of growing international attention. Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental …
The negative consequences of the current prohibitionist drug control regime on health, human rights and development have been the subject of growing international attention. Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental …
A Position Paper from the Women and Harm Reduction International Network and the InternationalNetwork of Women who Use Drugs.“Women who use drugs are reported to experience disproportionate levels of stigma anddiscrimination, often compounded during pregnancy, and also as mothers” (p.3) …
A number of reports have documented the negative consequences of current prohibitionist drug control policies on health, human rights and development, and these are the subject of growing international attention. The past thirty years has also seen a growing number …
In a joint submission the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD), International Network of Women who Use Drugs (INWUD), the Women and Harm Reduction International Network (WHRIN), National Advocates for Pregnant Women (U.S.A.) (NAPW), SisterReach, the Sexual Rights Initiative, Family …
The state of tailored harm reduction services for women globally is notoriously poor, with the situation in Indonesia providing a snapshot of the barriers many women who use drugs face around the world. Compared to their male counterparts, Women who …
HRI/WHRIN survey The Women and Harm Reduction Network (WHRIN) in collaboration with Harm Reduction International (HRI), is posting this survey in order to both inform a strong women’s element in the HRI Global State report and to capture information of …
Throughout the world, people who inject drugs(PWID) are all too familiar with stigmatization,vulnerability, marginalization and high risk forHIV. The situation is even worse for womenwho inject drugs (WID), who are often ignoredand invisible within the larger drug-using population. National and …