NGO report

From poverty to punishment: Examining laws and practices which criminalise women due to poverty or status worldwide

By Penal Reform International, Women Beyond Walls, on 17 March 2025

Death Row Conditions

Drug Offenses

Fair Trial

Gender

Intellectual Disability

Legal Representation

Mental Illness

Murder Victims' Families

Trend Towards Abolition

Women


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The report exposes how laws and policies disproportionately criminalise women due to their socio-economic status and vulnerabilities, and calls for urgent reforms to stop the criminalisation of women for poverty, survival strategies and gendered norms.

  • Document type NGO report
  • Themes list Death Row Conditions / Drug Offenses / Fair Trial / Gender / Intellectual Disability / Legal Representation / Mental Illness / Murder Victims' Families / Trend Towards Abolition / Women



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