IDPC and other organisations encourage the Special Rapporteurs to acknowledge the harmful effects of criminalising drug use and sex work in relation to the policing of people living in poverty in public spaces.
IDPC, HON, IDUCARE and SPINN outline barriers faced by women who use drugs in realising their health and right, showcases good practices of care and support, and proposes recommendations for reform.
The HIV Legal Network provides recommendations on creating a safe and trusting environment through provision of staff training, promotion of knowledge exchange between staff and participants, and centering on people's lived experiences.
Despite increasing incarceration of women, and women disproportionately imprisoned for drug-related offences, the stories and experiences of women sentenced to death for drug offences are mostly unheard.
UNODC outlines practical responses that government can take to address gender-based violence and HIV experienced by women and people of diverse gender identity and expression who use drugs.
The Working Group on Women, Drug Policy and Incarceration reflects on almost ten years of collective research and joint advocacy, achievements and disappointments, as well as challenges and opportunities for the future.
Interrupting Criminalization, Drug Policy Alliance, and In Our Names Network advance a Black feminist approach to ending the war on drugs by centring the experiences of Black women, girls, and trans and gender-nonconforming people.
In the majority of Latin American countries, drug-related offences are the main driver of women's incarceration, with devastating impacts on their mental, physical and reproductive health, and their loved ones'.
