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Author: Beatrix Vas, Youth RISE International Working Group Member and SSDP Global Development Intern. The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is currently in the process of developing its next Strategy for 2021 and beyond – and members of Youth RISE and Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP)are making sure the voice of young…

Support Don’t Punish (SDP) was created in 2011, and the original idea behind it was to address the main challenges that the HIV response was facing in regard to people who use drugs (PWUD). The Support Don’t Punish project set out to tackle lack of access to health and welfare services, implement harm reduction strategies,…

For this year’s International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD), we ran an online Photovoice campaign. We put out a call to our International Working Group Members (IWGs), our supporters, and partner organizations for a photo that displays the story of why this global day is important to them, along with a story to explain. We received…

Globally, young people who use drugs are dying of overdose on a regular basis, while very few efforts are being made to prevent this. The crisis of overdoses within the community of young people who use drugs is as tragic as it is avoidable. In 2005, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction…

Escrito por Carolina Ahumada. Desde que se instaló el aislamiento obligatorio en Argentina el 20 de marzo del 2020, las medidas que se sucedieron para cumplir con el mismo visibilizaron una escalada de violencia institucional hacia jóvenes de sectores vulnerables, personas en situación de calle, personas trans, trabajadoras sexuales. Sobre todo, jóvenes de sectores vulnerables…

Written by Carolina Ahumada. “my face, my clothes and my neighborhood are not a crime” Since compulsory isolation was installed in Argentina on March 20, 2020, the measures that followed to comply with it have made visible an escalation of institutional violence against young people from vulnerable sectors, people living on the streets, trans people,…

The COVID-19 pandemic endangers the health of all, with the most vulnerable communities often being the last in line for support. Among these are adolescents and young people living with HIV and young key affected populations, including young people who use drugs, young people from the LGBTIQ+ community and young sex workers. Read the article…

This article was originally written by Soonh Ladhi, Vice President of Sindh Green Development Organization. You can view their Facebook page here. Sindh Green Development Organization are members of Youth RISE’s Network. To learn more about Youth RISE’s Organizational Membership click here. Growing up in Pakistan, I quickly learned that several topics are considered “taboo”…