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Gendered Impacts of Extractivism: Modern Forms of Slavery Featured Speakers: Simona Broomes, President of the Guyana Women Miners Organization Viviana TachaGutierrez, Colombian Human Rights Lawyer Samantha Hargreaves, WoMin Regional Coordinator, International Alliance on Natural Resources in Africa (IANRA) Betty Obbo, National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE), Uganda Sofia Vergara, Oxfam America, Advocacy Advisor on Extractives Industries Moderator: Rosa G. Lizarde, Global Director, Feminist Task Force Plenary Session: Interactive discussion about human trafficking, the gendered impacts of extractivism and the Post 2015 agenda Coffee and tea will be served Date: Wednesday, March 12 th Hour: 8:30 – 10am Venue: Church Center for the UN, 10 th floor 777 United Nations Plaza (1 st ave and E. 44 th st) New York, NY, 10017 Sponsors: The Mining Working Group at the UN Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd Feminist Task Force Franciscans International Oxfam America Sisters of Mercy, Mercy International Association at the UN Society of Catholic Medical Missionaries Photos | Top: Children awed by toxic and environmentally destructive gas flare, Niger Delta. Credit to Elaine Gilligan, FOEI and Peter Roderick, the Climate Justice Programme. With thanks to ERA, FOEI and the Climate Justice programme for the use of this photo | Bottom left: A demolished house near Ga Puka. Credit to ActionAid, Angloplat report, James Oatway/Panos/ActionAid | Bottom right: A survivor of conflict and one of its main weapons against women – rape, Kibati Refugee Camp, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Credit to ActionAid www.miningwg.wordpress.com

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Gendered  Impacts  of  Extractivism:  Modern  Forms  of  

Slavery  Featured  Speakers:  Simona  Broomes,  President  of  the  Guyana  Women  Miners  Organization  Viviana  Tacha-­‐Gutierrez,  Colombian  Human  Rights  Lawyer  Samantha  Hargreaves,  WoMin  Regional  Coordinator,  International  Alliance  on  Natural  Resources  in  Africa  (IANRA)  Betty  Obbo,  National  Association  of  Professional  Environmentalists  (NAPE),  Uganda  Sofia  Vergara,  Oxfam  America,  Advocacy  Advisor  on  Extractives  Industries  Moderator:  Rosa  G.  Lizarde,  Global  Director,  Feminist  Task  Force   Plenary  Session:  Interactive  discussion  about  human  trafficking,  the  gendered  impacts  of  extractivism  and  the  Post  2015  agenda    

Coffee  and  tea  will  be  served  

 Date:  Wednesday,  March  

12th  Hour:  8:30  –  10am  

Venue:  Church  Center  for  the  UN,  10th  floor  

 777  United  Nations  Plaza  (1st  

ave  and  E.  44th  st)  New  York,  NY,  10017  

 

Sponsors:  The  Mining  Working  Group  at  

the  UN  

Congregation  of  Our  Lady  of  Charity  of  the  Good  Shepherd  

Feminist  Task  Force  

Franciscans  International  Oxfam  America  

Sisters  of  Mercy,  Mercy  International  Association  at  

the  UN  

Society  of  Catholic  Medical  Missionaries    

     

Photos  |  Top:  Children  awed  by  toxic  and  environmentally  destructive  gas  flare,  Niger  Delta.  Credit  to  Elaine  Gilligan,  FOEI  and  Peter  Roderick,  the  Climate  Justice  Programme.  With  thanks  to  ERA,  FOEI  and  the  Climate  Justice  programme  for  the  use  of  this  photo  |  Bottom  left:  A  demolished  house  near  Ga  Puka.  Credit  to  ActionAid,  Angloplat  report,  James  Oatway/Panos/ActionAid  |  Bottom  right:  A  survivor  of  conflict  and  one  of  its  main  weapons  against  women  –  rape,  Kibati  Refugee  Camp,  the  Democratic  Republic  of  Congo.  Credit  to  ActionAid  

 

   

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