The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women: Shifting the Needle

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Examining the impact of drug criminalisation on a previously overlooked demographic, this book argues that women are disproportionately affected by a flawed policy approach.

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Introduction Julia Buxton, Lona Lauridsen Burger and Giavana Margo	1
Chapter 1: International Drug Policy in Context Julia Buxton and Lona Burger	9
Chapter 2: Gendering Drug Policy Fiona Macaulay	23
Chapter 3: Women and the Politics of Pleasure in Critical Drug Studies Ingrid Walker	33
Chapter 4: Fiona’s Story Fiona Gilbertson	41
Health, Care and Treatment: Stigma, Gaps and Vulnerabilities
Chapter 5: Nexus of Risk: The Co-occurring Problems of Gender-based Violence, HIV and Drug Use Among Women and Adolescent Girls Claudia Stoicescu, Ariel Richer and Louisa Gilbert	49
Chapter 6: Risk Behaviours Among Older Women Who Use Drugs April Shaw	59
Chapter 7: Women Who Use Drugs and Mental Health Zsuzsa Kaló	67
Chapter 8: Access Barriers to Health Services for Women Who Use Drugs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Daria Matyushina-Ocheret	75
Chapter 9: Suzanne’s Story Suzanne Sharkey	85
Chapter 10: Sex Work, Justice and Decriminalisation: Beyond a Politics of Recognition in Promoting a Social Justice Response to Women at the Margins Anastacia Ryan	91
Criminal Justice, Injustice and ‘Criminality’
Chapter 11: Women Incarcerated for Drug-related Offences: A Latin American Perspective Corina Giacomello and Coletta A. Youngers	103
Chapter 12: Policing and Sentencing Practices in Russia and their Impacts on Women Who Use Drugs Giavana Margo	113
Chapter 13: Women, Drug Policy and the Kenyan Prison System Mary C. K. Chepkonga	123
Chapter 14: Drug Policy and Women Prisoners in Southeast Asia Chontit Chuenurah and Ukrit Sornprohm	131
Chapter 15: The Increase in Women Who Use Drugs in Zimbabwe Wilson Box	141
Chapter 16: Women as Actors in the Drug Economy Julia Buxton	147
Chapter 17: Women’s Involvement in Organised Crime and Drug Trafficking: A Comparative Analysis of the Sinaloa and Yamaguchi-gumi Organisations Cecilia Farfán Méndez	159
Chapter 18: From the Colombian Coca Fields: Peasant Women Amid the War on Drugs Isabel Pereira and Lucía Ramírez	169
Chapter 19: ‘Las Empoderadas’ Women Coca Growers Building Territorial Peace Ingrid Marcela Muñoz Quesada	179
Chapter 20: Unseen and Unheard: The Women in Duterte’s War on Drugs Kristine Mendoza	183
Best Practice, Mobilisation and Reform Agendas: Towards Narco Feminism
Chapter 21: Happy’s Story Happy Assan	191
Chapter 22: Overdose Risks and Prevention Strategies for Pregnant Women in New York City Bethany Medley	195
Chapter 23: Patterns of Recreational Drug Use and Harm Reduction Strategies among Women at Music Festivals: The Case of Hungary and Poland Iga Kender-Jeziorska	201
Chapter 24: Queer Feminine Identities and the War on Drugs Ailish Brennan	213
Chapter 25: Best Practices in Reaching ‘Hidden’ Populations and Harm Reduction Service Provision Fatma Jeneby, Abdalla Badrus, Husein Abdalla Taib, Aggrey Alluso, Luke Okunya Odiemo and Habil Otanga	217
Chapter 26: A Mother’s Story Rose	229
Chapter 27: Drug Users as Stakeholders in Drug Policy: Questions of Legitimacy and the Silencing of the Happy Drug User Anna Ross	237
Chapter 28: Improving Drug Policy Metrics and Advancements in Measuring Gender-based Drug Policy Outcomes Marie Nougier	247
Shifting the Needle: A Gendered Perspective on the Impacts of Global Drug Policy Enforcement
Chapter 29: Towards an Abolitionist Drug Policy Reform Imani Robinson	259
Chapter 30: Women Who Use Drugs: Resistance and Rebellion Judy Chang	271
References	287
Index	325

Reference: Buxton, J., Margo, G. and Burger, L. (2020) The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women: Shifting the Needle. Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley

The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women: Shifting the Needle

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