El presidente de la JIFE insta a mejorar el acceso de las mujeres al tratamiento

En comparación con los hombres, las mujeres siguen viéndose afectadas de forma desproporcionada por el uso de drogas y se enfrentan a obstáculos para acceder al tratamiento. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

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Women continue to be disproportionately affected by drug use, and face obstacles in accessing treatment, compared to men, according to the President of the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).

Viroj Sumyai, who presented the Board's Annual Report on 6 July to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), urged Member States to integrate gender perspectives in the elaboration of their drug policies to address this discrepancy.

According to the report, drug-related harms to women and the resulting consequences for communities are often “sorely under-studied,” and gender-disaggregated data on drug use are rarely collected.

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