Drug policy in Asia: the importance of intersectional perspectives
March 2022
- Theme: Drug Policy, LGBTIQ, Sex Workers.
- Type: Proceedings Report, Video.
- Region/Country: Asia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand.
- Language: English.
The impacts of drug policies are not the same for every person. They can differ according to ethnicity, gender, sexuality, citizenship and socioeconomic status. Throughout Asia, these differing impacts are seen in the higher rates of incarceration for women, the disproportionate number of people of a particular group targeted by law enforcement operations and on death row, and the dire lack of access to harm reduction services for women and LGBTQ+ people.
At this side event at the 65th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, civil society representatives presented on their progress in adopting intersectional perspectives in their advocacy relating to drug policy, with a specific focus on gender, sexuality and citizenship status.
Organised by IWRAW Asia Pacific with the support of the Health and Opportunity Network, the International Drug Policy Consortium and Persatuan Insaf Murni Malaysia.
Duration: 56:13
Language: English
Subtitles: English (autogenerated)
Click the link below for the transcript.