The side event will be developed in two parts.
First, we will host a panel discussion with representatives from the Colombian Government, Corporación Humanas, Metzineres, and Open Society Foundations. The panel will focus on:
- Promoting drug policy reform from a feminist and human rights perspective;
- Raising awareness about the impact of prohibitionist and punitive drug policies on the criminalization and discrimination of women;
- Examining how the prohibitionist paradigm has been used to justify interventionism, militarization, and human rights violations; and
- Sharing best practices and evidence from alternative approaches at the global level.
As a second and complementary moment, we will present a photographic exhibition titled “Punishment Within Punishment: Social Stigmatization of Women Deprived of Liberty,” highlighting the lived experiences and layered forms of punishment faced by incarcerated women in Colombia.