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Gendered change to transparency in extractives starts in West Africa
Making women visible and locating gender expertise in their own movements have put West African Publish What You Pay (PWYP) coalitions at the forefront of working with gender in extractives. But there is a long journey ahead before minds and work processes have shifted to more gendered ways of working. How do you change a […]
Rural Women, Empowerment and Mining in Malawi
The villagers of Mwabulambo in northern Malawi first heard about the arrival of a mining company in their area when large trucks came rolling into their dusty rural village. This unexpected arrival was the first news they received about a mining company coming to dig for coal on their land. The rural women in the […]
Have women been left behind in the transparency and accountability agenda?
“How can we effect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feels welcome to participate in the conversation?” These words, spoken by UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, Emma Watson, in 2014 capture the drive behind Publish What You Pay’s (PWYP) newly launched two-year Gender & Extractives pilot project, which is being […]
Rural women lead the defence of communal lands in Latin America
Despite gender discrimination in their own communities, women in Latin America are risking their lives to defend their lands. Beatriz Olivera researches the effects of the extractives and energy industries in Latin America for the Mexican organisation Fundar, a member of RLIE and Publish What You Pay. In her work, she sees again and again […]
Read our interactive story: Rural Women, Empowerment and Mining
Read the interactive version here The villagers of Mwabulambo in northern Malawi first heard about the planned mining activities in their village when the trucks arrived. When the villagers asked what was happening, they were told that a coal-mining facility was going to be running in their neighbourhood for the next two years. The rural […]
Regional Fairshare on Gender Equality in the Extractive Industries: building on good practices
Between 13 and 15 October 2015 a regional event on Gender Equality in the Extractive Industries was organised at the United Nations, Headquarters, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya. The Conference was aimed at promoting the inclusion of women in the extractives industry, to include extraction of oil, gas and minerals; open discussion on various ways in which […]
Women of the East – a name that turned into a lifelong mission
The role of women in Central Asia has never been an easy one as they have had to take care of husbands, raise children and manage a household; many of them have had to do this while also living in poverty and being subject to society’s strict gender rules. Today, on top of this, women […]
Extracting Equality – A Guide
Publish What You Pay and UN Women are working together to integrate gender perspectives into natural resource governance, so that when we say we want all citizens to benefit from their resources, we really mean all citizens. To this end, we created a value chain that shows how you can approach gender at every step […]