Subject

Gender

21 August 2023
Confronting the drug war: Roundtable series

Confronting the drug war: Roundtable series

Harm reduction activists and researchers take part in a multi-part series to deconstruct the disease model of addiction, discuss alternate ways of thinking about drug use and present ways to reform current prohibitionist drug policies.
16 August 2023
Women deprived of liberty in the Americas

Women deprived of liberty in the Americas

The IACHR highlights the role that drug policies play in soaring women incarceration rates in the region, calling for alternatives to incarceration and gender-specific reintegration policies.
15 August 2023
Narcofeminisms: Revisioning drug use

Narcofeminisms: Revisioning drug use

Dennis et al. present a series of articles that employ the drug-user activist concept of 'narcofeminism', a collective movement for women who use drugs to mobilise, fight for their right to self-determination and to have their voices heard.
2023 Africa Policy Week

2023 Africa Policy Week

Cape Town, South Africa
14 August 2023 - 17 August 2023
The theme for this year's policy week is "Putting People First", which expands on the statement issued by the United Nations Human Rights Commission calling on all countries to End Stigma and Discrimination and Put People First.
3 July 2023
Global Prison Trends 2023

Global Prison Trends 2023

PRI and TIJ provide an overview and highlight how the criminalisation of drugs remains a key contributing factor to the rising global prison population and prison overcrowding.