WIDUIT
WIDUIT is a peer and women led organization that aims to promote health and defend the rights of women who use drugs in Tanzania.
About us
WIDUIT provides a peer led space for women who use drugs to access updated, quality and comprehensive support and services on HIV prevention, care and treatment as well as sexual and reproductive health and rights services including harm reduction and support programmes such as mental health support.
WIDUIT advocates to solve and challenge stigma, discrimination, and the criminalisation of women who use drugs and its impact on the drug-using community’s health and rights. WIDUIT empower, advocate, represent and educate women who use drugs at local, national and regional level.
WIDUIT is committed to supporting people who use drugs so that they can constructively contribute to the development and delivery of health and livelihood services for their community.
Vision
To promote health and defend the rights of women who use drugs in Tanzania.
Mission
To provide a peer led space for women who use drugs to access updated, quality and comprehensive support and services on HIV prevention, care and treatment as well as sexual and reproductive health and rights services including harm reduction and support programmes such as mental health support.
To promote effective prevention, treatment, care and support for people who use drugs living with and/or affected by HIV, Hepatitis, TB and other relevant health issues.
To advocate for intermediate reforms to drug laws in order to reduce the criminalization and stigmatization of people who use drugs while striving in the longer term to an end to prohibition.
To support the self-determining groups of drug users that advocate for the health, citizenship and human rights of people who use drugs.
To promote and advocate for harm reduction as a means of supporting safer drug use and reducing drug related harm among people who use drugs.
Why us
The challenge
Gender inequities lead to a higher burden of HIV among women as 58% of people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are females, and girls and young women aged 15–24. In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania approximately 85% of women who inject drugs also engage in sex work. A study found that the mean number of sex partners among sexually active females who inject drugs is 25 in the last 30 days compared to 2 for men.
What we do
Health
Women’s rights
Education
Harm reduction
Economic support
+255 763 350 124
officewiduitexecutivedirector@gmail.com
Address:
- Upanga, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania