The Support. Don't Punish campaign offers an overview of activities carried out as part of the Global Day of Action in 2022, which in their own unique ways helped connect policymaking processes with realities on the ground, solidify people power, and challenge criminalisation at its core.
Amnesty International shines a light on human rights violations committed in the name of drug policy, including in relation to police violence, arbitrary detention and obstacles to harm reduction.
The profiles of incarcerated women are remarkably similar: most are mothers, often single heads of household, who come from situations of vulnerability.
CSFD identifies clear progress in the inclusion of gender issues and perspective in the new EU Drugs Strategy and Action plan, but recognises further development is crucial and provides recommendations.
Drug-related harms are compounded, not reduced, by drug policing and related criminalisation, which already harms women in a number of specific, pervasive ways.
HRI inventories a host of barriers in access to harm reduction services, including stigma, gender-based and structural violence, criminalisation, incarceration and limited gender-responsive and gender-affirming services.
A legislative proposal in Argentina aims at reducing recidivism within formerly imprisoned women by tackling the debilitating challenges experienced in finding stable employment and housing due to stigma.
