Plan de 10 puntos: Políticas de drogas sensibles al género para las mujeres

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Plan de 10 puntos: Políticas de drogas sensibles al género para las mujeres

4 agosto 2021

PRI y el IDPC detallan cómo personas responsables de políticas públicas y profesionales del sistema penal pueden reducir el encarcelamiento de las mujeres por delitos relacionados con las drogas de acuerdo con las normas internacionales. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

The number of women and girls in prison, estimated to be more than 740,000, is increasing: between 2010 and 2020 there was a 17 per cent increase globally. Punitive drug policies are known to be a key driver of rising prison populations and to have a particular and disproportionate impact on women.

Drawing on the report, Sentencing of women convicted of drug-related offences, as well as findings from an expert meeting held in London in February 2020, and the recent briefing, Punitive Drug Laws: 10 years undermining the Bangkok Rules, this model for reform details how policy makers and criminal justice practitioners can respond effectively and positively to reduce the unnecessary imprisonment of women for drug‐related offences in line with international standards.