The Challenges for Women Defenders Working on Business and Human Rights
By Alejandra Ancheita, Executive Director ProDESC
In this article, Alejandra Ancheita, Executive Director of ProDESC, an organization based in Mexico, gives an insight in the heightened risks for women human rights defenders when dealing with businesses. She elaborates on the gendered shortcomings of existing protection mechanisms, leaving women human rights defenders worldwide vulnerable to gender-specific threats and aggressions. From her personal experience in Mexico, she gives recommendations for an adequate national and international response for protecting women human rights defenders facing threats and aggression by businesses.
This article was originally published on the International Service for Human Rights website.
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Every year WPP publishes its May 24 Pack around critical themes affecting the realities of peacebuilding on the ground. The 2015 edition of this publication will focus on the theme “Women, Peace and Security: Business as Usual?”, highlighting the impact of the business sector on the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda. The launch of the 2015 WPP May 24 Pack will coincide with the 15th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in October, 2015, in New York. In anticipation of the publication and in celebration of May 24 itself, WPP will be releasing several teaser articles from the publication in the days leading up to May 24.
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