The story of the Campaign in 2019 to document an experience, understand mistakes and share the finding, which can help the Narcofeminism movement to come back to the public space better equipped and able to stand the blow.
Author: Igor Gordon
Announcement of EHRA members online General Meeting
The Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA) (Eurazijos žalos mažinimo asociacija), registered at Gedimino pr. 45-4, Vilnius 01109, Lithuania (actual address Verkių g. 34B, 7th floor, Vilnius, Lithuania) announces the convocation of the members online General meeting, in period from 11th May 2020 to 24th May 2020.
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Survey of client satisfaction with OMT services among participants in Kyiv and the Kyiv Oblast region: a pilot study report
In 2019 EHRA together with Support, Research and Development Centre (SRDP), the Ukrainian Network of People who use Drugs (VOLNA), Drug-users Ukraine, the Drop-in Centre and the ENEY developed the methodology to access the client satisfaction with opioid maintenance therapy and conducted the pilot study in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast region. Our approach to this study was based on the principles of equal partnership with the community of people who inject drugs and/or receive opioid maintenance therapy (OMT).
The Position of Correlation-European Harm Reduction Network and EHRA on the Continuity of Harm Reduction Services During the COVID-19 Crisis
People Who Use Drugs (PWUDs) can be considered as a risk group in the COVID-19 epidemic. They often live in the margins of society with low or no access to housing, employment, financial resources, social and health care, and face systematic discrimination and criminalisation in majority of countries.
Extended: Eurasian Harm Reduction Association seeks Communication and Campaigns Senior Officer
EXPECTED START DATE: ASAP
JOB TYPE: permanent, full time
JOB LOCATION: Vilnius, Lithuania
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COVID19 Harm Reduction for People Who Use Drugs
The following tips were developed by International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD) to inform the global community of people. who use drugs on important harm reduction tips to practice during the current COVID-19 (“coronavirus”) pandemic. Please share, disseminate, and alter as needed to fit the needs of your community. And above all else, please stay safe and look after each other.
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UN Committee calls Ukraine to decriminalize the possession of drugs
In January 2020 EHRA together with Canadian HIV/AIDS legal network and Charitable Fund Ukrainian Network of People who Use Drugs VOLNA submitted the report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the disproportional sentencing of people who use drugs and their access to health and social services in Ukraine.
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Terms of Reference – Small grants for the advocacy of “Harm Reduction 2.0.” in CEECA region
Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA) would like to inform initiative groups and organizations of the community of people who use psychoactive substances, as well as organizations working in drug policy and harm reduction field in CEECA region, about the possibility of receiving resource assistance/funding for the activities, related to the advocacy of new harm reduction approaches in the region.
New Harm Reduction Approaches in CEECA Region
On November 2019, EHRA invited harm reduction, drug policy experts from international, regional and national organizations, to one day meeting on new harm reduction approaches in CEECA region, which was hold in Vilnius, Lithuania.
A review of legislative initiatives on the liability of drug-related advocacy (propaganda) in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan during the second half of 2019 and early 2020 and possible risks for social programmes aimed at working with people who use drugs
A number of countries in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region have recently seen a tendency to adopt legislative initiatives aimed at strengthening measures to combat drug-related advocacy (“propaganda”), particularly on the Internet, and toughening the liability for such propaganda.