"The 2023 convening sought to implement an international declaration created in 2021, which proclaimed that "now is the time to invest in initiatives led by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and girls and their families, addressing stigma and discrimination, and reducing the damage of centuries of purely punitive penal policies that have negatively impacted millions of people, including those deprived of liberty, their families and communities.""
"The renowned activist and former political prisoner Angela Davis addressed the Bogota gathering via video, reminding those in attendance they were "the vanguard of social justice movement precisely because ... [they recognized] that given the interconnected economic, political, and social structures that characterize our times, it is incumbent on us to develop strategies of social justice that are also global in scope.""
"Kigula went on to file an appeal on behalf of 417 people incarcerated on death row in Uganda, and her effort saved her own life and the lives of 416 others."
Susan Kigula spent a decade on death row in Uganda under a mandatory death penalty and used legal study to mobilize a team of lawyers. Kigula filed an appeal on behalf of 417 people on death row, saving her life and the lives of 416 others. The International Network of Formerly Incarcerated Women grew from grassroots organizing and held a 2023 convening in Bogota with 60 women from 17 countries to share strategies to halt the growth of women’s prisons and jails. The network implements a 2021 declaration calling for investments in initiatives led by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, stigma reduction, and abolitionist organizing at local and global levels.
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