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Improving health and protecting human rights for individuals, communities, and society. Lawyering in the streets of Eastern Europe & Central Asia (street lawyers project/women’s campaign) International AIDS conference, Melbourne, Australia 25 July, 2014. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Improving health and protecting human rights for individuals, communities, and society
Lawyering in the streets of Eastern Europe & Central Asia
(street lawyers project/women’s campaign)
International AIDS conference, Melbourne, Australia25 July, 2014
Improving health and protecting human rights for individuals, communities, and society
No global estimates on how many women use drugs worldwide – hence no data from Eurasia
region
However some estimates exist in some countries
• Estonia 9% Georgia 10%• Kyrgyzstan 10% Russian Federation 30%• Ukraine 26%
Common problems across the region:
- Lack of women specific treatment programmes- Ignorance of sexual and reproductive health rights- Removal of parental rights – disproportionally- Higher levels of stigma and discrimination- Violence – both state (police) and interpersonal
(domestic)- No access to shelters
Improving health and protecting human rights for individuals, communities, and society
Improving health and protecting human rights for individuals, communities, and society
Year 1 - Breaking the Silence.
• Raising awareness of law enforcement on violence against women who use drugs
• Mobilizing women who use drugs and building their capacity to document and communicate police violence
Improving health and protecting human rights for individuals, communities, and society
Year 2 - the Year of Dialogue
- Building a dialogue between women who use drugs, decision makers and other stakeholders
- Coming up with an effective solutions in combating police violence against women who use drugs
Improving health and protecting human rights for individuals, communities, and society
Year 3 - Monitoring and Accountability
Monitoring implementation of police and other governmental stakeholders’ commitments
(undertaken in the year 2) to combat violence against women who use drugs
Improving health and protecting human rights for individuals, communities, and society
Improving health and protecting human rights for individuals, communities, and society
Street lawyers project allows women who use drugs to position themselves
as human rights defenders in their respective communities
Improving health and protecting human rights for individuals, communities, and society
EHRN activities for street lawyers:
- Online trainings – WEBINARs – on human rights regional and country specific- Enabling them to document and litigate human
rights violations - Women’s engagement with international agencies- Study tours- Small grants schemes
Improving health and protecting human rights for individuals, communities, and society
Immediate effect of street lawyers programme:
- Reaching out more and more women and men who use drugs
- Directly helping people to protect their and others’ human rights
- Standing up against stigma, violence and abuses- Counterbalancing repressive policies
Improving health and protecting human rights for individuals, communities, and society
EHRN is the sole regional organisation that focuses on
documenting abuses and violence against women who use drugs
Improving health and protecting human rights for individuals, communities, and society
Successful international advocacy story: 23 July 2014
The UN CEDAW Committee issues specific recommendations against Georgia on harm reduction services for women who use drugs in society and in
detention including for pregnant women
Improving health and protecting human rights for individuals, communities, and society
Acknowledgements:
Olga Polagniuk –producer of the videoOlga Byelyayeva – EHRN Erika Matuizaite – EHRNDasha Ocheret - EHRNWomen who use drugs – street lawyers
Improving health and protecting human rights for individuals, communities, and society
Thank you!
Twitter: @Eka_iawww.harm-reduction.org
Improving health and protecting human rights for individuals, communities, and society