Maria Phelan is Deputy Director at Harm Reduction International. She started her career working in sexual and reproductive health for Terrence Higgins Trust before coordinating the Children and Young People's HIV Network at the National Children's Bureau. She started at HRI as a networking and advocacy officer overseeing the development of the European Harm Reduction Network, as Deputy Director she is responsible for overseeing the delivery of our advocacy strategy and building and maintaining strategic partnerships. She is currently chair of STOPAIDS, a UK based membership network focused on HIV and international development, chair of the EU Civil Society Forum on Drugs and vice-treasurer of the Vienna NGO Committee.
