Today, jails in East and Southeast Asia hold the world's biggest proportions of female prisoners. In many nations, the majority are incarcerated for drug offenses: 82% of women in Thai prisons are jailed for this and in the Philippines that figure is 53%.
Asia's prisons are filling up with women. Many are victims of the war on drugs By Preeti Jha, for CNNChat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.
CNN is committed to covering gender inequality wherever it occurs in the world. This story is part of As Equals, an ongoing series. It contains language that some readers may find offensive. It was dark when the plane touched down in Hong Kong from Phnom Penh. Noor Yuni swiftly cleared immigration and collected her luggage. But as she approached the"nothing to declare" lane, a customs officer pulled her aside, she says.
The 21-year-old Indonesian's bag was put into the security scanner and she remembers agreeing to be searched. By the time officers had slashed open the lining of her backpack and dislodged the white crystals concealed inside, Yuni said she knew she'd been tricked. Yuni is not her real name. CNN is using an alias because the former accused drug trafficker, now aged 23, wants to move on with her life.
Some activists have raised concerns about gender bias in capital appeals. A 2018 study for the Penang Institute, a think tank, based on a small sample of capital punishment cases, suggested women convicted of drug trafficking had a lower chance than men of having their cases overturned.Mansour's final appeal was also rejected and she remains on death row.Back in Medan, Yuni has found a job at a poultry factory.
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