Tag Harm Reduction

Advocacy, BlogPeople who use drugs ≠ “addicts”. Stop the labelling.

asaxena

November 1st is International Drug Users Day, we stand in solidarity with millions of people using drugs who live their daily lives in harsh, extremely risky environments accentuated by the […]Read More

1
November
2017

Advocacy, BlogSupport rights-centric programs for drug use: Vienna Commission on Narcotic Drugs

asaxena

Alliance India’s G. Charanjit Sharma was selected to represent India as a civil society speaker at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on the world drug problem, which took place […]Read More

13
October
2016

Advocacy, BlogUNGASS 2016: ‘Harm reduction saved my life’

asaxena

The following remarks were presented on April 21st in plenary at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs in New York. Namaste! My name is Charanjit Sharma and […]Read More

22
April
2016

Action, BlogUnited Nations, Divided on Drugs

asaxena

Vienna hosted the 59th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), a high-level commission convened by the UN Office of Drug Control (UNODC) to discuss drug policy reform. […]Read More

18
April
2016

Advocacy, BlogHarsh drug laws undermine India’s HIV response

Bini Philips

A national consultation was held on 18th November 2014 in New Delhi to discuss the emerging challenges faced by India’s drug-using communities. Harsh laws, policies and practices that punish drug users […]Read More

20
November
2014

Action, BlogStigma to Strength: A Widow’s Triumph

amrita

Lalmuni Devi needs no introduction in Sarenja village. Situated in western Bihar, Sarenja is poverty-stricken with hardly any means of livelihood and even fewer employment opportunities. In this rural underbelly […]Read More

9
October
2014

Action, BlogOut of the Shadows: Women who Use Drugs in India

indiaaidsalliance

Women who use drugs are collectively failed by India’s HIV response! This systemic neglect involves government departments, civil society and the private sector. While government programs have done well to […]Read More

17
July
2014

Advocacy, BlogAre harm reduction strategies working?

indiaaidsalliance

Observed every year on 26th June, International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking remains focused largely on protecting society from the evils of drugs. There is however a burning need to consider […]Read More

26
June
2014

Advocacy, BlogBeyond Punishment: A Conversation about the Government of India’s Support for Drug Users

indiaaidsalliance

Rajesh Nandan Srivastava, India’s Director of Narcotics Control, was in Vienna last month to attend the High-Level Segment of the 57th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). […]Read More

16
April
2014

Action, BlogThe Pain of Being ‘the Other’: How Stigma Fuels HIV/AIDS among People Who Inject Drugs in India

indiaaidsalliance

Born in a poor family in a remote district of Haryana, Paul (name changed) learnt from childhood to be by himself. He was dragged to work at the age of […]Read More

4
December
2013