Women Are Paying the Price for the War on Drugs

Women Beyond Walls: 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.

Women Beyond Walls’ podcast discusses the rising number of women behind bars for petty offenses in their latest episode entitled “Women Are Paying the Price for the War on Drugs, with Marie Nougier”.

Women Beyond Walls
Date:
20 November, 2025
Type of Update:
Updates from our Partners
Campaign Activities
Themes:
Activism
Alternatives to Criminalisation
Cost of Exclusion
Courts Systems
Fees and Fines
Human Rights
Petty Offences
#PoorNotGuilty
Pre-trial Detention
Prisons
Regions:
Asia
Latin America & the Caribbean
Campaign Partners:
Women Beyond Walls
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The Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty and Status is a coalition of organisations from across the world that advocate for the repeal of laws that target people based on poverty, status or for their activism.

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