by wordpress | Mar 29, 2021 | Events
Women who use drugs, and women incarcerated and formerly incarcerated for drug offenses, face high levels of stigma, discrimination and violence, as they are seen as defying their assigned roles in society as mothers and caregivers. Women who use drugs face daunting...
by wordpress | Mar 3, 2021 | Events
A new publication, The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women: Shifting the Needle, analyzes the disproportionate impact of failed international drug control policies on women. Approaching these issues through a feminist lens that is often absent in the...
by wordpress | Jun 20, 2020 | Events
The COVID-19 pandemic has led governments to release an unprecedented number of people from prison and curb new admissions to prevent deadly outbreaks in prisons and other detention centres. The pandemic has exposed the societal costs of mass incarceration, while the...