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A Culturally Relevant Gender Based Analysis Framework
Toolkit
This resource blends an Indigenous, anti-oppressive, trauma informed approach to gender-based analysis. This considers colonization, the imposition o…
Source : Native Women's Association of CanadaFormat: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses, Indigenous cultural safety
From Stilettos to Moccasins
Video
A community-based research project with Indigenous women healing from substance use and problems with the law, created in 2009. This project led to t…
Source : Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), University of SaskatchewanFormat: Audiovisual
Published: 2009
Topics: Indigenous cultural safety
Digital Handbook on Wraparound Programs for Pregnant and Parenting Women with Substances Use and Other Concerns.
Workbook
The aims of this handbook are to support the creation, development, ongoing operation, and sustainability of wraparound programs for pregnant and/or …
Source : Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (CEWH), Nota Bene Consulting GroupFormat: Link
Published: 2023
Topics: Population-specific resources
Human rights challenges in addressing and countering all aspects of the world drug problem - Report of the OHCHR
Report
The present report outlines human rights challenges in addressing and countering key aspects of the world drug problem. It also offers an overview of…
Source : Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Harm reduction, Implementing a public health approach to substance use, Decriminalization
Alcool au féminin | Rapport sur les enjeux liés à la consommation d'alcool chez les Québécoises
Report
Bien que les femmes aient aujourd’hui une consommation d’alcool qui se rapproche à celle des hommes, les effets et les risques sont différents pour c…
Source : Association pour la santé publique du Québec (ASPQ)Format: PDF
Published: 2024
Topics: Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses, Population-specific resources
Women and Harm Reduction in Ontario: A Capacity Building Toolkit
Toolkit
This Toolkit was created to strengthen the work harm reduction programs do with women who use drugs. It contains a series of tools that can be used t…
Source : Women & HIV/AIDS Initiative (WHAI)Format: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Population-specific resources
Le genre est à prendre en compte : les femmes, les personnes de genres divers et l’accès à la réduction des méfaits au Canada
Report
Ce rapport met en lumière l’état des services de réduction des risques au Canada dans le contexte du genre et examine les impacts sur les femmes et l…
Source : Réseau Juridique VIHFormat: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Population-specific resources
Evidence-based approaches to methamphetamine treatment : A conversation starter for substance use service providers
Document
Use these resources among staff to brainstorm what is already being done and what changes can be made to better serve people seeking treatment for me…
Source : Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (CEWH)Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Substance-specific resources, Treatment and harm reduction, Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses
The Mother-Child Study: Evaluating Treatments for Substance-Using Women, A Focus on Relationships
Report
The Breaking the Cycle program shows how the use of four theoretical frameworks – developmental theory, attachment theory, trauma theory and relation…
Source : MothercraftFormat: PDF
Published: 2014
Topics: Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses
Substance Use is a Girl’s Issue
Fact sheet/infographic
This resource integrates advice on the prevention of substance use with a range of other health issues in the context of girls’ empowerment groups. I…
Source : Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (CEWH), Girls Action FoundationFormat: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses