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Youth RISE Seeks Focal Person Volunteers in Ghana! Are you committed to advocating for the rights of young key populations and individuals living with HIV? Do you wish to contribute positively to your community? If so, we’d love to hear from you! Youth RISE, as a part of the Count Me In (CMI) consortium, is…

We are thrilled to announce the publication of our 2022 Annual Report of Activities. Last year was of significant growth and change for Youth RISE. The report provides an in-depth overview of the organization’s achievements, initiatives, and impactful work throughout the year. We are proud of our team’s hard work and dedication, which has positioned…

Among the many discussions built around drug policy reform, YouthRISE had the opportunity to participate in the Rome Consensus 2.0 Summit, held in Rome, Italy, from May 2nd to May 5th.  The Rome Consensus 2.0 Summit represents a crucial milestone in the pursuit of humanitarian drug policy reform, one that respects the rights of individuals…

Written by André Gomes, Youth RISE’s International Working Group member and Communications Coordinator & Editor of TalkingDrugs and Release. Returning from the 23rd iteration of Harm Reduction International’s global conference felt like waking up from a dream. In the dozens of hours travelling back from H23, which took place in Melbourne and was paused since…

Written by Rebeca Calzada and Rebeca Marques Rocha At the end of April, civil society organisations, collectives and human rights activists in Mexico reported the shortage of methadone in the country, urging the federal government to support the provision of the medication in public and private clinics.  Methadone is a synthetic drug used in opioid…

Written by Manuela Memi Breaking Convention is an international conference held every two years in the UK that focuses on psychedelic consciousness, bringing together people from the field of psychedelic research, activism, art, and harm reduction, this time at the University of Exeter. It is the counterpart of the corporate psychedelic conferences in the American…

Why the Death Penalty for Drug-Related Offences Must Be Abolished Image credits: Austen Leake/AP This op-ed was written by Rebeca Marques Rocha and reviewed by Ruby Lawlor in response to the execution of Tangaraju Suppiah (Appu). The death penalty has been discussed worldwide, with the public debate grappling with the morality and efficacy of this…

4Youth, the global youth consortium, meets to reflect on successes, challenges, lessons learned and to plan for the coming years  For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, regional and global networks of young key populations and people living with HIV, the global youth consortium under the Robert Carr Fund, met in…