- Donnerstag, 22. September 2011 10.00 – 12.00 Uhr In meinem Kalender speichern
The Gender Impacts of the Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline and the West African Gas Pipelines
Panel Discussion
Please join us for a discussion on the gender impacts of the
Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline and West African Gas Pipelines (WAGP), both
financed in part by International Financial Institutions (IFIs), namely
the World Bank Group and European Investment Bank.
Gender Action and Friends of the Earth International teamed up in 2010 to conduct a gender analysis of the pipelines in Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo and Ghana, an initiative that represents one of the only efforts to highlight women’s priorities and perspectives in areas traversed by the pipelines. Based on fieldwork, our analysis reveals that, while IFIs provided financial security to the oil and gas multinational companies that profited from pipeline development, they failed to adequately protect vulnerable social groups in affected communities, particularly women. Consequently, these gender-blind investments increased women’s poverty and dependence on men; caused ecological degradation that destroyed women’s livelihoods; discriminated against women in employment and compensation; excluded women in consultation processes; and led to increased prostitution. At this event, we will present our gender analyses of the pipelines and recommendations for improving IFI track records with regard to extractive industries and women.
Korinna Horta of Urgewald and Sonia Lowman of Gender Action will discuss the broad gender impacts of extractive industries, background on the relevant pipelines, and context for our gender analysis field work; Betty Abah from Friends of the Earth Nigeria will share her first-hand exposure to women in affected communities in West Africa and details on her gender rights advocacy work in Nigeria. Eime Watanabe of the World Bank Inspection Panel will highlight barriers preventing women from taking gender-based pipelines or other complaints to the panel for redress.
Speakers
Betty Abah (Friends of the Earth Nigeria)
Eime Watanabe (World Bank Inspection Panel)
Korinna Horta (Urgewald)
Sonia Lowman (Gender Action)
Moderator
Liane Schalatek, Heinrich Böll Foundation
Sponsors
Gender Action, Friends of the Earth International and Heinrich Böll Foundation
No RSVP required.
Gender Action and Friends of the Earth International teamed up in 2010 to conduct a gender analysis of the pipelines in Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo and Ghana, an initiative that represents one of the only efforts to highlight women’s priorities and perspectives in areas traversed by the pipelines. Based on fieldwork, our analysis reveals that, while IFIs provided financial security to the oil and gas multinational companies that profited from pipeline development, they failed to adequately protect vulnerable social groups in affected communities, particularly women. Consequently, these gender-blind investments increased women’s poverty and dependence on men; caused ecological degradation that destroyed women’s livelihoods; discriminated against women in employment and compensation; excluded women in consultation processes; and led to increased prostitution. At this event, we will present our gender analyses of the pipelines and recommendations for improving IFI track records with regard to extractive industries and women.
Korinna Horta of Urgewald and Sonia Lowman of Gender Action will discuss the broad gender impacts of extractive industries, background on the relevant pipelines, and context for our gender analysis field work; Betty Abah from Friends of the Earth Nigeria will share her first-hand exposure to women in affected communities in West Africa and details on her gender rights advocacy work in Nigeria. Eime Watanabe of the World Bank Inspection Panel will highlight barriers preventing women from taking gender-based pipelines or other complaints to the panel for redress.
Speakers
Betty Abah (Friends of the Earth Nigeria)
Eime Watanabe (World Bank Inspection Panel)
Korinna Horta (Urgewald)
Sonia Lowman (Gender Action)
Moderator
Liane Schalatek, Heinrich Böll Foundation
Sponsors
Gender Action, Friends of the Earth International and Heinrich Böll Foundation
No RSVP required.