Extractive Industries and Violation of Women’s Rights

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Written by Karolin Seitz 11 October 2019

This briefing discusses how “women are disproportionately affected by negative social and environmental impacts of extractive industries”, “ the human rights impact of business enterprises could be effectively regulated by a UN treaty on business and human rights”, and argues “such a treaty must comprehensively integrate a gender perspective” (Seitz 2019).

Publisher: Association of Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), Global Policy Forum, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

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