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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.
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 […]
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.
