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It is our shared responsibility to take the global action necessary to end the epidemic of #HIV and #AIDS now. Young people are most often missing from national and global HIV prevention plans and programming. Young key populations, including young people who use drugs, must be actively included in the decision making processes and policy development. States must adopt…

Written by Florian Scheibein, Youth Consortium Project Manager. Youth RISE participated in two Harm Reduction Journal-linked sessions at the Harm Reduction International Constellations Festival. Learn about these 2 session below. HARM REDUCTION JOURNAL/YOUTH RISE/FILTER: RESEARCH WITH AND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS The session explored the lived experiences of young people who use drugs…

One of the goals of Youth RISE is to work on intersectionality. Which is why this year we decided to organize a webinar series on issues affecting young LGTBQ+ who use drugs. 3 webinars in English, Spanish and Arabic languages were organized through the month of October: Historical Perspective of the LGBTQIA+ movement fighting for…

We worked with the Women and Harm Reduction International Network (WHRIN), to plan, research, write and publish this new position paper on the topic of young women and drug use. This position paper also contains recommendations to guide governments and policy makers to better address the unique needs of young women who use drugs. We…

To commemorate International Youth Day 2021, our members and partner organizations came together to explain what it is like to be a young person who uses drugs, and a young drug policy reform advocate in their respective countries. We demand change, for our futures.

For the Support Don’t Punish Global Day of Action, we supported a number of activities worldwide, undertaken by some of our partners organizations and International Working Group members. Learn about what activities were undertaken in Costa Rica, Kenya, Canada, Argentina, and Nigeria.

This report was written and published by the Count Me In consortium, comprising of Youth LEAD, Global Network of Young People Living with HIV (Y+), and ourselves. It describes 10 existing harm reduction projects with youth-friendly components and providing services to different sub-groups of young people who inject drugs around the globe. Based on these…

For the High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS currently, Youth RISE co-organised a side event titled: Youth-Led & Youth-Friendly Services To End Inequality & To End AIDS. Maria, our new IWG, spoke at the event about the importance of youth friendly harm reduction services. Check it out here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CP-F97ggNHi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link