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Written by Beatrix Vas, Harm Reduction Consortium Project Manager and Board Member of the VNGOC, and Ruby Lawlor, Interim Executive Director and International Communications Officer. The Thematic Intersessional discussions of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs begin today and will be held until tomorrow, 22 September from 10.30am to 1.30pm CET and from 3pm to 6pm…

Job Title: Project Manager (Harm Reduction Consortium)Salary: 2,000 USD per monthReports to: Executive Director Background:The Harm Reduction Consortium comprises nine organizations and is led by theInternational Drug Policy Consortium. The Consortium began a new three-year cycle offunding from the Robert Carr Civil Society Network Fund for activities in early 2022. The Project Manager will support…

Students for Sensible Drug Policy International and Youth RISE are launching a new Erasmus+ project intended to increase the capacity of youth-led organisations that engage in drug policy reform and young people to advocate at the European Union level.  To achieve this goal, we are organising a training series that will equip young people with…

For this years Support Don’t Punish, we asked young people who use drugs around the world; ‘What does Support Don’t Punish Mean to You?’. We produced a video to share our advocacy message for the day, Support Don’t Punish For Us. Use the english subtitles for the various languages – they are accurate! We also…

Background  Young people who use drugs (YPUDs) and other inadequately served populations (ISPs) have a set of unique needs in terms of harm reduction and support services. As a result of the current pandemic, many of these needs have been emphasised, and a demand and need for the wider availability of online and/or remote provision…

Youth RISE Consultancy Call to Develop a ‘Train the Trainer’ workshop in Access to Justice for young people and other inadequately served populations Background  Young people who use drugs (YPUDs) and other inadequately served populations (ISPs) have a set of unique needs in terms of access to legal services and counselling. As a result of…

Youth RISE is recruiting! We are excited to announce that we are expanding our International Working Group team! If you are under 30 and enthusiastic about drug policy and harm reduction, fill in this form before Wednesday 15th June. More information www.youthrise.org Youth RISE is currently expanding its International Working Group. We encourage young people…

Ailish Brennan, who served as our Executive Director since 2019 wrote the following piece where she explains what it is like to live in fear of violence as a transgender person and a traumatic experience she had a week before she made the extremely difficult decision to resign from Youth RISE. The dangers and trauma…