Women are the fastest-growing prison population worldwide, often locked up for low-level drug offenses tied to poverty, coercion, or survival. In this minisode, Marie Nougier from the International Drug Policy Consortium talks about moving beyond punitive drug laws that harm women and what compassionate, evidence-based alternatives could look like.

Learn more about the International Drug Policy Consortium: idpc.net

10-point plan: Gender-sensitive drug policies for women (2021):

www.penalreform.org/resource/10-point-plan-gender-sensitive-drug-policies-for-women

“No One Believed Me”: A Global Overview of Women Facing the Death Penalty for Drug Offenses:

https://dpw.lawschool.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/No-One-Believed-Me-A-Global-Overview-of-Women-Facing-the-Death-Penalty-for-Drug-Offenses.pdf

IDCP: Justice is setting them free: Women, drug policies, and incarceration in Latin America:

​​https://idpc.net/publications/2023/11/justice-is-setting-them-free-women-drug-policies-and-incarceration-in-latin-america

To learn more about some of the issues touched upon in this episode, visit www.womenbeyondwalls.org/marie

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