AIVL News

AIVL Network Awards

Events

Peer Work

20 Dec 2024

Celebrating Excellence: Inaugural AIVL Network Awards Recipients 2024

Congratulations to the inaugural AIVL Network Awards recipients! These awards marked an emotional and unforgettable moment as we recognised and celebrated the remarkable contributions of these outstanding individuals and programs within our community.

Events

21 Nov 2024

The Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug User League (AIVL) Network Awards

The awards are an opportunity to celebrate the talent of our peer workforce and their vital contributions to advancing harm reduction practices and principles.

International Drug Users Day

Events

31 Oct 2024

Celebrate International Drug Users Day 2024: Resources and Reflections

November 1 marks International Drug Users Day (IDUD)—a day for community, connection and celebration for people who use drugs worldwide—challenging the stigma and discrimination that erodes our access to healthcare, safety, self-determination and freedom. This year we want to reaffirm that the war on drugs is a war on people who use drugs. Despite widespread […]

AIVL health and human rights for people who use drugs

Events

01 Oct 2024

Join Us at the Health and Human Rights Summit: Advancing the Wellbeing of People Who Use Drugs

A full-day event designed to bring together community members, advocates, individuals, and organisations.

Arts & Culture

24 Sep 2024

Introducing PACE: A Creative Movement for Artists Who Use Drugs

Are you a person who uses drugs? Do you express your creativity through painting, photography, installations, street art, poems, or songs? If so, PACE (Peer Arts Collective Exhibition) invites you to be part of a project that celebrates creativity, connection, and the power of expression.

Peer Work

09 Jul 2024

Development of a National Peer Work Framework 

Working to develop a comprehensive framework and guide for the employment of people who use drugs in harm reduction peer positions.

Safe Using

Stigma and Discrimination

03 May 2024

Victoria scraps proposed second injecting room

Diane Lloyd is a fierce advocate for her community. Loudly and fearlessly sharing her experiences and working tirelessly for the rights of people living with HIV, specifically for people who inject drugs, as an advocate and mentor.

HIV

Stigma and Discrimination

Stories

Women Who Use Drugs

08 Apr 2024

A conversation with Diane Lloyd for World Aids Day

Diane Lloyd is a fierce advocate for her community. Loudly and fearlessly sharing her experiences and working tirelessly for the rights of people living with HIV, specifically for people who inject drugs, as an advocate and mentor.

Women Who Use Drugs

05 Apr 2024

Women who use drugs are particularly demonised and judged

Ele, our Director of Advocacy, was invited to speak on a panel for International Women’s Day. She was asked the following question

Criminalisation

Women Who Use Drugs

19 Jan 2024

CAHMA & The Connection: Working with women who use drugs & are involved with Child Protection

AIVL recently yarned with Monica Ruffy about her work through CAHMA and The Connection with a peer-based support group for mothers who use drugs, based in Canberra: The Jude Byrne Women’s Group, A group for women with AOD and Care and Protection involvement.

Criminalisation

Stigma and Discrimination

Women Who Use Drugs

19 Jan 2024

Campaign to eliminate violence against women and gender diverse people who use drugs

Women and gender diverse people who use drugs are subject to extreme levels and a wide range of violence due to patriarchal norms combined with punitive prohibition of some drugs.

Safe Using

19 Jan 2024

What are nitazenes and why are they being found in heroin and ketamine in Australia?

If you’ve been keeping yourself up to date with drug alerts coming out of Canberra’s CanTEST facility then you’ve most likely seen recent drug alerts about the detection of novel synthetic opioid Metonitazene and more generally, Nitazenes.

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