Extractives and Violence Against Women

Women in communities affected by extractives projects – mining, plantations and large energy projects – face violence daily at the hands of police,
army and private security who wreak havoc over women’s lives, often with the havoc over women’s lives, often with the active support of the state.
This paper outlines WoMin’s ecofeminist understanding which locates the violence women experience within the structures of the economy.
Mining and the extractivist economy takes place within the context of a violent economic system.

https://womin.africa/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Extractives-and-Violence-Against-Women-Paper-ENG-FINAL.pdf

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