Abdul Karim Shahul Hameed: Opening. For many years research has focused on men. We know that for instance pathways for drug use and recovery from addiction differs among men and women. Sharing will also illustrate key support needed for female for their recovery. Introduces each speaker Lowshanthini Panesilvam, Psychologist, Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association: SANA formed 48 years …
Turkish Green Crescent Society
Side Event: Youth Participation in Drug Use Prevention: A Way to Build Healthy, and Prosperous Communities and Societies
Organized by Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Federation, and Turkish Green Crescent Society and UNODC Drug Prevention and Health Branch. Elizabeth Mattfeld, Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, Drug Prevention and Health Branch, UNODC: UNODC Handbook on Youth Participation in Drug Prevention Work. We have meaningful engagement of youth. Youth driving creation of this document. Defines youth …
Informal Dialogue with the INCB President
VNGOC: Welcome INCB president: We are committed to our continued dialogue. In the last 2 years, we engage with NGOs in the board’s session. The important role of CSOs is respectful of human rights and evidence base. CSOs are often the primary or main providers of services – we appreciate your work. Harm Reduction Australia: …
Informal Dialogue with the UNODC Executive Director
VNGOC: Ms. Waly could not make it. Jean Luc Lemahieu – UNODC: I had the fortune to be working as and working with civil society in my career. I welcome the fact that some 90 NGOs are attending CND and most of side vents are organized by you or with you. Civil society participation is …
Side Event- Evidence-Based Treatment as an Integral Part of the Health System
Chair: Welcome, thanks for coming to this meaningful side event. Spain: The collaboration between the organisations is a good example of collaboration between the government and civil society. They were both created in a similar period. Addictions constitute a public health problem all over the world. In Spain, since the 80s, drug policies are based on …
Side Event: The Media, a Key Actor in the Field of Drugs
Organized by Canada, and Association Proyecto Hombre, Canadian Centre on Substance use and Addiction, Dianova International, The Interest Organisation for Substance Misusers and Turkish Green Crescent Society The Media, a Key Actor in the Field of Drugs Organized by Canada, and Association Proyecto Hombre, Canadian Centre on Substance use and Addiction, Dianova International, The Interest …