
GLaD visits Hong Kong
In December, GLaD researchers attended the Law, Literature, and Humanities Association of Australasia conference at the University of Hong Kong.

In December, GLaD researchers attended the Law, Literature, and Humanities Association of Australasia conference at the University of Hong Kong.

GLaD Researcher Dr Sean Mulcahy was appointed as a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of Law, Politics, and Sociology at the University of Sussex

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At the recent Contemporary Drug Problems conference in Paris, three members of the GLaD research team gave papers speaking to the theme of ‘Embracing Trouble’.

On behalf of GLaD’s research team working on the post-cure lives project, Emily Lenton presented at Harm Reduction International conference (#HR23) on a paper entitled ‘Hepatitis C data justice: The implications of data-driven approaches to the elimination of hepatitis C’. The global conference, attended by over 1000 delegates from over 80 countries, is an incredible opportunity to connect with researchers, practitioners, allies in civil society, health and social justice organisations, and the GLaD team were thrilled to participate.

In a recent Monash Health Humanities, GLaD research lead Kate Seear drew connections between the ways in which people with endometriosis and people who use drugs are subject to stigmatising judgements regarding which patients are ‘genuine’ pain patients, deserving of care, and which are ‘non-genuine’, ‘drug seekers’ or ‘addicts’.

Recently, GLaD reserchers Sean Mulcahy, Emily Lenton and Dion Kagan presented a 3-part showcase of research findings from current projects addressing LGBTIQA+ human rights, hepatitis C data justice, and life after hepatitis C cure. Watch a recording of their papers here.

GLaD research lead Kate Seear gave a keynote presentation at the inaugural Australian Stigma Conference hosted by the Australian Injecting & Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL) in Canberra calling for reform to legal, social, policy and cultural dimensions of hepatitis C in order to better to address the health and human rights of people who use drugs.

GLaD program lead Kate Seear and project officer Dion Kagan presented recent findings at The Australian Sociological Association conference earlier this month.

GLaD project officer Sean Mulcahy recently presented a paper co-authored with project lead Kate Seear at the Global Meeting on Law and Society in Lisbon.

The GLaD program was delighted to be invited to participate in the UNSW Centre for Social Health Research series ‘Spotlight on Stigma’, in April 2022.

Each year, the United Nations celebrates two important, interconnected days on its international calendar. The 10th of December marks International Human Rights Day. In 2021,

GLaD program lead Kate Seear recently joined colleagues from around Australia for a special panel event to mark the launch of the inaugural Global Drug

GLaD program lead Kate Seear and project officer Sean Mulcahy recently presented a paper at the After Rights? Politics, Ethics and Aesthetics Workshop.

GLaD team member Emily Lenton recently presented a paper at the 12th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference. Her presentation, titled ‘Hepatitis C testing and gaining informed consent: taking stock and innovating for the future’, was co-authored with the convenor of ARCSHS’ Gender, Law and Drugs program, Associate Professor Kate Seear.