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Youth RISE is delighted to offer two new consultancy opportunities to facilitate a reflective workshop for our International Working Group Members and to produce a report on the issues faced by young people who use drugs and other young inadequately served populations related to Universal Health Coverage. For more information on the reflective workshop see…

Youth RISE stands with the youth of Nigeria protesting against the police brutality being inflicted on them by the police, particularly the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS). Youth RISE sends love and support to all the people of Nigeria at this difficult time and calls for an end to the human rights abuses and avoidable…

Written by our Latin America Communications Officer, Carolina. According to the report “Cannabis in Latin America: the green wave and the challenges towards regulation” [1] in the region, drug policy reforms have been minimal despite the tremendous costs that current policies have caused. Society and governments continue to depend on repression and criminalization despite the…

De acuerdo con el informe “Cannabis en Latinoamérica: la ola verde y los retos hacia la regulación” [1] en la región, las reformas de política de drogas han sido mínimas pese a los tremendos costos que las políticas actuales han causado a la sociedad y los gobiernos continúan dependiendo de la represión y la criminalización…

Author: Hannah Taylor The full article is posted on Drug Reporter, so please go read the rest of it there, with insights from SSDP Internationals Executive Director Róisín and SSDP UK leader Dasha. Part Two of the article can be found here, with further discussion from our Executive Director Ailish and prominent youth drug policy…

Youth RISE’s summary of the WHO-Civil Society Dialogue on youth participation in planning and decision making processes. On Friday 2nd October, our Executive Director Ailish Brennan attended the civil society dialogue with World Health Organization Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the theme “Promoting the health and wellbeing of young people during the COVID-19…

Update on the Small Grants projects of our International Working Group Members in Latin America (Argentina and Peru). The Youth RISE Small Grants Programme is financed by the Robert Carr Civil Society Networks Fund (RCNF) and aims to support community organizations and initiative groups of young people affected by drug policies. These grants are offered…

Estado de situación de las Small Grants para nuestros miembros de Latinoamérica (Argentina y Perú) Argentina Carolina es la representante por Argentina de YouthRISE y actual coordinadora del área de comunicación de Latinoamérica. Ella es parte de la organización civil Intercambios en la cual se desempeña dentro del área de Intervención, más específicamente co- coordinando…