Breaking barriers with #EVAWUD25. The biggest EVAWUD yet with 43 inspiring actions showcasing the sustained resilience of activists worldwide. Women and gender expansive people who use drugs standing strong. Together, for safety and dignity!

Meet the WHRIN harm reduction heroine of the month, Bee (Varissara Joopor) from Thailand. — #WHRINetwork

Breaking barriers with #EVAWUD25. The biggest EVAWUD yet with 43 inspiring actions showcasing the sustained resilience of activists worldwide.

Harm reduction cannot flourish in environments where people—especially women and gender-diverse advocates—experience fear, silencing, or coercion.

Message from WHRIN Chair regarding EVAWUD. — #EVAWUD25 #OrangeTheWorld #WHRINetwork

In association with Love Positive Women, WHRIN will provide micro-grants to 2 projects by and for women and gender diverse people who use drugs who are living with HIV.

Oluwafisayo Alao from the WHRIN SAB is in Ghana at the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa.

Meet the WHRIN harm reduction heroine of the month, Lilian Nduku from Kenya. — #WHRINetwork #WomenNest

Today is day 1 of #EVAWUD25. Ending gender-based violence means ending harmful drug policies. Wishing everyone a potent #EVAWUD impact.

Meet our November Harm Reduction #Heroineofthemonth: Mona Doiron from Canada. — #WHRINetwork

At the INHSU 2025 Conference, WHRIN participated in the discussion space organised by Women4GlobalFund, dedicated to exploring how language, storytelling, and gender-transformative advocacy can reshape harm reduction programmes. Watch here: - youtube.com/shorts/2CfmJ... - youtube.com/shorts/GExiV...

Vielta Parhomenko speaks about her work in gender responsive harm reduction at INHSU today. Together we can do anything. Watch more: www.instagram.com/reel/DP0dih5... — #WHRINetwork

A growing compilation — see the newer contributions from Brazil USA, Canada, Scotland, Mexico, Thailand and Bolivia. In combination, the series showcases good practices across a range of gender-responsive harm reduction approaches around the world. Read: whrin.site/publication/... -- #WHRINetwork

Dont miss this hybrid event.

Meet our October Harm Reduction #Heroineofthemonth: Saw Thandar Aung (Ma Saw) from Myanmar. — #WHRINetwork

Please submit your proposal well in advance of the deadline. Join the campaign and submit your proposal here: whrin.site/event/evawud... -- #EVAWUD25 #OrangeTheWorld #WHRINetwork

Introducing the September harm reduction #heroineofthemonth, Manoela from Brazil. — #WHRINetwork

On International Overdose Awareness Day, WHRIN calls attention to the need for immediate gender specific responses to address the overdose epidemic. Read the statement: drive.google.com/file/d/1FAzS... -- #WHRINetwork

The EVAWUD25 toolkit is launched today. Please share widely and join us in actions, big or small, to end violence against women and gender diverse people who use drugs. Join the campaign: whrin.site/event/evawud... Applications due by October 6. -- #EVAWUD25 #OrangeTheWorld #WHRINetwork

Introducing the August harm reduction #heroineofthemonth, Alicia. — #WHRINetwork

A new contribution to the WHRIN good practice series explores the Community of Women who Use Drugs and the Libertas Program in Bolivia - highlighting community-led responses to criminalisation and ststeminc violence faced by women who use drugs. Read more: whrin.site/2025/07/31/c... — #WHRINetwork

The latest WHRIN good practice in gender responsive harm reduction featuring PCF in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Read about how they meet challenges around ethnic minorities and more here: whrin.site/2025/07/31/p... — #WHRINetwork

Read more: sar.ippf.org/blogs/hiv-ai... @ippfsar.bsky.social

Arina Kizym for WHRIN harm reduction #heroineofthemonth — #WHRINetwork

SDP with a focus on women and gender expansive people 2025 defiantly demonstrated collective resistence and solidarity. You can read and share the global summary report here: whrin.site/campaign/sdp... -- #WHRINetwork

WHRIN join Harm Reduction International, Amnesty International and many other organisations to call on UNODC and CND to condemn the use of the death penalty for drug-related offences. Please read more here: hri.global/publications... -- #SDP25

For SDP with a focus on women and gender expansive people, 2025, Women Nest take opportunity to launch a report outlining their successful shelter project named “Hekima” - the Swahili word for “Wisdom”.

อ่านฉบับภาษาไทยได้ที่: drive.google.com/file/d/18VSF... To read in English: drive.google.com/file/d/1BFJB... -- #SDP25

Speaking at HR25 Bogota, Meline Szwarcberg said “Women sentenced to death for drug offenses are often overlooked by both the abolitionist movement and drug policy reformers.

Yesterday Wangari Kimemia outlined WHRINs work across several global majority countries to elevate the voices of women and gender diverse people who use drugs (at HR25 Bogota). — #WHRINetwork #HR25 #HR25Bogotá

Joelle Puccio presenting the WHRIN global mapping of gender responsive harm reduction services at HR25 Bogota. — #WHRINetwork #HR25 #HR25Bogotá

"We are not fighting for the right to use drugs. We are fighting for the right to exist." Silvie Ojeda from Metzineres at HR25 Bogota. — #HR25

Deadline Extended! The deadline to submit a proposal for the #SupportDontPunish 2025 Global Day of Action has been extended until next Monday, 27 April 2025. - Apply for your SDP with a focus

Join us at HR25 - Bogotá for a powerful session on mapping gender-responsive harm reduction services globally. Tuesday, April 29; 11:30 AM; Room 3/K Let’s map the gaps and push for inclusive, responsive harm reduction programming. -- #WHRINetwork #HR25 #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

Women sentenced to death for drug couriering are too often forgotten. It’s time to apply a gender lens to death penalty abolition advocacy.

Join us at HR25 Bogotá for "From Conception to Evaluation", highlighting the often neglected imperative of meaningful participation from women and gender-expansive people who use drugs.

“Addressing Gender Inequalities and Compounding Vulnerabilities in Drug Policy”, organised by Frontline AIDS with Skoun and MENHARA during the 68th session of the recent CND.

Introducing a summary of the features of La Zona, a women-only safe consumption safe in Mexico. Read here: whrin.site/2025/03/27/p... -- #WHRINetwork

Harm reductionists, people who use drugs and feminists rise together in resistance to the global crisis at the Commission on the Status of Women 2025. Watch now: youtu.be/osXobse3GX4 -- #WHRINetwork #CSW2025

Is a side event yesterday at the Commission on the Status of Women, WHRIN called for solidarity with the harm reduction and feminist movements and communities worldwide as the aid freeze forces lifesaving programs to shut down.

Yesterday, Ruth Birgin introduced the WHRIN global mapping of gender-responsive harm reduction services at a CND side event on harm reduction and gender.

Stand with us in solidarity with women and gender-expansive people who use drugs, demanding urgent action to protect harm reduction, health and dignity. The solidarity statement is available in multiple languages - check the links below and share widely.

Join us at the Commission on the Status of Women. Scan the QR code to register. -- #WHRINetwork #CSW69

No more business as usual. A gender-transformative response to the USAID freeze crisis is urgent. Join us in demanding action. Read the full statement: www.wlhiv.org/post/no-more... -- #WHRINetwork

Recalling the collective energy and impact of feminists resisting the war on drugs at the recent AWID Forum. WHRIN and partners continue to stand with solidarity and defiance against attacks on the rights of women and gender expansive people who use drugs. — #WHRINetwork