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Youth RISE is attending the 65th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) this week virtually. We will be updating daily about the side events attended, and the happenings at the Plenary and the Committee of the Whole (CoW). We are giving the youth perspective and reflection on CND through daily vlogs and through…

The 65th CND will begin in a couple of days, and will run from March 14 to 18. The CND can seem quite overwhelming at first and even for veteran attendees, but in this blog we give you a run down of the Side Events to look out for, and a collection of useful resources…

Written by Beatrix Vas, the Project Manager for the Global Drug Policy Index project. Youth RISE participated in the creation of the Global Drug Policy Index as a member of the Harm Reduction Consortium, and acted as the lead consortium partner for onward granting to implement advocacy activities around the GDPI launch using the findings…

In the last quarter of 2021, Youth RISE worked with Kevin Flemen, from Kfx to create a number of resources explaining how drugs interact with our brains and how to mitigate possible mental health challenges that result from or are related to drug use. Mental health is discussed consistently in the world of harm reduction…

Job Title: Project Manager (Youth Consortium) Salary: $20,000 Reports to: Executive Director Background: The Youth Consortium comprises four organisations (Youth RISE, Youth LEAD, Y+ Global and YPEER Asia Pacific Centre) and is led by Youth LEAD. The Consortium is beginning a new three-year cycle of funding from the Robert Carr Civil Society Network Fund for…

Job Title: Project Manager (Harm Reduction Consortium) Salary: $20,000 Reports to: Executive Director Background:  The Harm Reduction Consortium comprises nine organizations and is led by the International Drug Policy Consortium. The Consortium is beginning a new three-year cycle of funding from the Robert Carr Civil Society Network Fund for activities, as well as a one…

Job Title: Project Manager (Global Fund CMI) Salary: $13,200 Reports to: Executive Director Background Count Me In (CMI) is a consortium of regional and global networks of young key populations and young people living with HIV, consisting of Youth LEAD, Y+ Global, and Youth RISE. CMI was conceived in 2017 to apply for the 2018-2020…

Youth RISE has worked on the further development of the TripApp, a mobile application designed to reduce the harms associated with the use of psychoactive substances. It consists of a variety of features that reduce the harms of using drugs, including: submitting and accessing results of drug checking, either through colorimetric reagent tests that TripApp…