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Past Events
Driving the Progress of Harm Reduction
For International Harm Reduction Day 2026 our panel explored key issues shaping harm reduction today.
Does U=U Apply to IDU?
There is strong evidence for the efficacy of U=U to protect sexual partners from HIV transmission. There is also consensus that U = U has a low risk of transmission from breastfeeding. However, there is limited to no evidence that U=U in the context of blood-to-blood transmission among People Who Inject Drugs.
Women & the War on Drugs: Abolishing the Death Penalty & Centring Resistance to Gendered Drug Policy
This event explored the gendered impacts of punitive drug policy, tracing women's lived experiences and collective resistance, and centring the death penalty as its harshest expression. It was filmed at the Women Deliver conference in Naarm, Melbourne.
From Points to Plants. Practical Care for People & our Planet
The drug user movement and environmental activism share more in common than you think. This Earth Day, join us for a peer-led conversation about how people who use drugs can contribute to environmental protection.
Ageing as a Women Who Uses Drugs
This International Women’s Day, join community leaders for a conversation about ageing as women who use drugs. We’ll explore the caring responsibilities of women across the lifecourse, experiences of perimenopause, balancing work and health, and how drug use can change at different stages of life.
Putting People Who Use Drugs in Jail Is a Social Justice Failure
Join our panel discussion of people with lived experience of incarceration to discuss the central idea that people who use drugs deserve care, not incarceration.
Navigating Life As Someone Who Uses Drugs & Lives With HIV
In this webinar, we explore the realities of navigating life as a person who uses drugs while living with HIV, including health, stigma, relationships, advocacy, and wellbeing.
Peer Workforce & Harm Reduction Summit (Open Day)
AIVL's 2025 summit will focus on the peer workforce and harm reduction, and will be held in Perth, Western Australia.
International Overdose Awareness Day 2025
For International Overdose Day 2025, AIVL brought together an expert panel to discuss GHB use and overdose response, nitazenes, novel benzos and the role of early warning systems in Australia.
World Hepatitis Day - Peers to the Front
For World Hepatitis Day 2025 AIVL brought together an all-peer panel to discuss the critical role of peer leadership in Australia's response to Hepatitis C.
Is Drug Use Stigma Torture?
In this webinar, experts explore how the stigma experienced by people who use drugs can amount to torture and a violation of human rights under international law.
International Harm Reduction Day 2025
In this webinar we explore how Australia can better uphold the health and human rights of people who use drugs both at home and globally.
