Resource Extraction and the Human Rights of Women and Girls

This conference on “Resource Extraction and the Human Rights of Women and Girls”, organized by Penelope Simons (Faculty of Law – Common Law Section, University of Ottawa), and Sara Seck (Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University), will assemble a group of leading and emerging scholars and civil society experts from around the globe. Participants will share their knowledge and research on this issue and brainstorm about how to integrate a gender perspective into international and domestic laws, policies and standards that govern Canadian and global large-scale resource extraction companies to ensure their practices respect the rights of, and, where possible, empower, women and girls. The conference will lay groundwork for the development of future collaborative research on this subject. It will be followed by a half-day policy meeting on October 28, 2017 government representatives, civil society and industry.