Integrating gender and children’s rights in services for families affected by drug use: Practical guide

A practical tool with strong theoretical, evidence-based, legal grounds that can, at the same time, be adapted to each stakeholder’s needs, interests and possibilities. After an initial publication on children whose parents use drugs in 2022, the Pompidou Group has continued research on this topic as part of an ongoing effort to give visibility to these children and to develop proposals for creating or strengthening services that both protect children and support families. It also intertwines with the effort of the Pompidou Group to integrate a gender dimension into drug and addiction policies. This practical guide brings together the wealth of knowledge accumulated since the beginning of the project and sets out 108 concrete recommendations for member states, public institutions and nongovernmental organisations that work with children and parents affected by substance dependence. The Children and families affected by parental drug use series comprises five volumes: Volume I Children whose parents use drugs – Promising practices and recommendations; Volume II We are warriors – Women who use drugs reflect on parental drug use, their paths of consumption and access to services; Volume III Listen to the silence of the child – Children share their experiences and proposals on the impact of drug use in the family; Volume IV Children and parents affected by drug use – An overview of programmes and actions for comprehensive and non-stigmatising services and care; and this new Practical guide Integrating gender and children’s rights in services for families affected by drug use. Read more