Women & the War on Drugs: Ending the Death Penalty and Centering Resistance to Gendered Drug Policy- #whrin

 

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11 May 2026

Drug policy is a feminist issue. This event explores the gendered impacts of punitive drug policy, tracing women's and gender diverse peoples' lived experience and collective resistance. Centring the death penalty as its harshest expression, the event will also focus on women on death row across Asia, calling for abolition and justice. Advocates will demonstrate how drug policy is gendered and the relevance of a human rights and feminist approach. Examples of leadership and mobilisation of women and gender diverse people who use drugs will be presented. Although funding cuts and anti-gender rights actors pose a significant threat, women and gender diverse people who use drugs are staking their place in the feminist movement. Despite the use of the death penalty for drug offending being a clear breach of international law, currently at least 56 women are on death row for drug offences. Women on death row are convicted of drug offences at far higher rates than men. Anti-death penalty experts will spotlight the case of Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino domestic worker who was sentenced to death despite compelling evidence that she was unaware of being in possession of drugs and was, in fact, a victim of human trafficking. The discussion is designed to facilitate a sharing of knowledge and experience with audience interaction.