The final talk of ⁦SAdrugpolicy⁩ Week by ⁦Kasia Malinowska⁩ - women and drug use- an essential area of focus. Thank you for being here. #SADPW

I like the term people who use drugs because most of the time, we can just put a full stop after the word PEOPLE. International Network of People who Use Drugs TB HIV Care Central Drug Authority UN Office on Drugs & Crime UNAIDS Global DPA Department of Research and Academic Engagement @IDPC @Release Dr Hendrietta Bogopane Zulu Harm Reduction International Transform Drug Policy Foundation @DSD

Congratulations to the top three prize winners of the INWUD Narcofeminism Blog Competition - Our bodies, Our choice, Our rights, Our voice” #womenwhousedrugs #narcofeminism inpud.net/women-assert-t…

Important conversation on tackling barriers to health & #HarmReduction in the African region, incl. criminalisation & stigma, a dearth of services, patriarchal violence, the colonial legacy, socioeconomic marginalisation, limited training of healthcare professionals. #HR23

Let me make this clear: Drugs are not demonic, we are not under spiritual attack, we do not need mystical,hoo ha. This is a Central Drug Authority summit, not an exorcism. Get real. Let's address the issues: inequity, poverty, lack of hope, meaning and basic services. Social Development UNAIDS South Africa