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I've recently finished my internship with Care International in Thailand! The aim of the project was to understand the specific needs of women who inject drugs, and how to improve drug harm reduction services for them. A 🧵
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My research was based on literature reviews and semi-structured interviews. I travelled to the northern border of Thailand with Myanmar, to speak to women in Lahu hill tribes, the central Bangkok region, and the border with Malaysia to interview Southern Thai muslim women 
The program of drug harm reduction wasn't attracting women, and we wanted to understand what needed to change. The first step: Asking women what they want. The women we interviewed were very vocal, and had plenty of suggestions. They simply had never been consulted.
