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Gendering the Scene: Women, Gender-Diverse People, and Harm Reduction in Canada

Report

This report highlights the state of harm reduction services in Canada in the context of gender and reviews the impacts on women and gender-diverse pe…

Source : HIV Legal Network
Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Population-specific resources

Terres nouvelles : Outils pour intégrer des interventions tenant compte du genre et de traumatismes dans les pratiques et les politiques en matière de consommation de substances

Toolkit

De nombreuses personnes qui travaillent dans le domaine de la consommation de substances s’intéressent beaucoup aux programmes, aux initiatives et au…

Source : Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
Format: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Determinants of health, Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses, Population-specific resources

Exploring Low-barrier, Gender-focused Approaches to Housing

Online learning module

Women and gender-diverse people who are multiply marginalized face unique barriers to accessing emergency shelter, housing and housing support. Low-b…

Source : Homeless Learning Hub
Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Housing, Population-specific resources

Homelessness Among Women & Gender-Diverse People

Online learning module

This training will explore the causes and conditions of homelessness among women and gender-diverse people. Women and gender-diverse people have uniq…

Source : Homeless Learning Hub
Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Housing, Population-specific resources

Sex, Gender and Equity Analyses

Document

This document describes the importance of sex-, gender- and diversity-based analysis (SGBA+) to the substance use and addiction field and offers guid…

Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)
Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses, Planning for equity

Making it Better – Gender Transformative Health Promotion

Background document

This resource is a book with examples of gender transformative public health responses to various issues. Gender transformative approaches have expli…

Source : Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (CEWH)
Format: Link
Published: 2014
Topics: Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses, Health promotion

SisterSpace

Report

 SisterSpace is the world’s first women-only community accessible overdose prevention site. This report and video describe the rationale and approach…

Source : Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (CEWH), Atira Women's Resource Society
Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses, Supervised consumption sites

Why women vape during pregnancy & postpartum: conversations starters for your practice

Guide

In this resource, we provide some context on vaping, and explore why women vape during pregnancy and postpartum and how you might start conversations…

Source : Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (CEWH)
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Why people use substances, Implementing a public health approach to substance use

Vaping During Pregnancy & Postpartum

Report

We interviewed 22 women (and surveyed 111) who vaped during pregnancy to ask what they were wondering about. This resource offers responses to common…

Source : Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (CEWH)
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Why people use substances, Population-specific resources, Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses

Approches fondées sur des données probantes pour traiter la dépendance à la méthamphétamine

Document

Utilisez ces ressources au sein du personnel pour réfléchir à ce qui se fait déjà et aux changements qui peuvent être apportés pour mieux servir les …

Source : Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Substance-specific resources, Treatment and harm reduction, Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses