The ascent of Manipur’s women and their descent into drugs

Boinu (left), 29, a female injecting drug user and sex worker, talks to Anita Devi who works at the Imphal centre of the Nirvana Foundation, and NGO which provides health and harm-reduction services to 236 women through a government-sponsored targeted intervention project. Photo: Sarita Santoshini

A report about the lives and struggles of female injecting drug users in Manipur, a conflict-ridden state in northeast India, and the kind of health mechanism and social support that exists for them. Read the piece on IndiaSpend.

The ascent of Manipur’s women and their descent into drugs — IndiaSpend

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