Sobre la situación de las mujeres y personas con género diverso que consumen drogas y han sobrevivido múltiples situaciones de violencia y vulnerabilidad en España - Informe alternativo

A través de documentos oficiales, investigaciones y testimonios personales, Metzineres y el IDPC ilustran la necesidad de eliminar la discriminación, la criminalización y la violencia sistemática contra las mujeres y personas con género diverso que consumen drogas. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

Report presented at the 85th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

This report describes the situation of women and gender diverse people
who use drugs and survive multiple situations of violence and vulnerability
in Spain. It was prepared by Metzineres, a non-profit cooperative based in
Barcelona, Spain, and the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC).
Information provided is based on research conducted by civil society
organizations and official sources. The 435 participants of Metzineres have
also provided their testimony, which has been systematized through their
own database, along with indicators based on the elements that are
important to them.

We examined the interconnected situations of vulnerability, multiple
discriminations, and violations of rights that they endure: problems related
to drug use, homelessness, sex work or sex for survival, migration
experience and/or irregular administrative situations, mental health
problems, violence, criminalization, etc. There are severe barriers to
accessing social and health care networks, the drug addiction networks,
and domestic violence networks, as well as the Spanish justice system
itself.

The policies implemented by the State to date are insufficient to address
this issue. It is imperative that immediate measures are taken in order to
ensure their protection, adequate support, access to rights, and to end
their criminalization.

We ask the Committee to urge the Government of Spain to adopt
reasonable measures to eliminate the systematic discrimination,
criminalization and violence suffered by women and gender diverse people
who use drugs and are in multiple and interconnected situations of
vulnerability.