Title:
Statement to the Commission on the Status of Women (57th session)
Corporate author(s):
WECF
Place:
Utrecht [etc.]
Publisher:
WECF
Year:
2012
Series Title:
WECF Statement
PAGE:
[2]
Language:
eng
Subject:
Social and Political Change
Keywords:
environmental degradation
,
mining
,
violence
,
women
Abstract:
In this statement, WECF wants to highlight the fact that environmental degradation can amount to violence against women and girls as it can have extreme impacts on their living conditions, destroy the basis of their livelihoods, and lead to irreversible damage to their health. WECF focuses on three matters of concern namely; 1) mining, 2) chemicals and 3) climate change, and calls upon governments to take adequate measures.
Organization:
WECF – Women in Europe for a Common Future
Category:
Policy
Right:
© 2012 WECF
Document type:
Other
File:
464316.pdf