Have you ever wondered:
What the role of corporate sector in the development agenda is?
What role corporate power plays in the struggle for gender justice?
What can we learn from the experience of the labor and human rights movements to curb the power that transnational corporations have on development policies?
What can we do as feminists to ensure abuses of human rights by corporations are brought to justice?
What are the entry points for advocacy at the UN for stronger corporate accountability?
If you’re interested in these questions join our webinar on challenging corporate power from a feminist perspective on Thursday, December 10th, 2015 from 10:00 am EST to 12:00 pm EST!
On Human Rights Day, AWID is honored to provide a platform for feminist activists and women's rights advocates, including AWID members, partners and allies to have a discussion on how to resist and challenge corporate power in development in the struggle for gender, social and environmental justice.
Join us and register for the webinar here! Registration deadline is December 9th, 2015. Access to the session will be given on a first come first served basis. For conversion of this time, to other time zones, please click here.
Please note: This webinar will be held in English.
Panelists will include:
Susan George (TBC), Transnational Institute
Susan George is the author of sixteen books written in French and English and widely translated. She is president of the Board of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. Her latest book, “Shadow Sovereigns: How Global Corporations are Seizing Power” provides deep understanding of how global corporations are demanding control over labor laws, finance, public health, food and agriculture, safety regulations, taxes and international trade and investment and provides knowledge on how to challenge this assault on our rights and our institutions.
Marieke Koning, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Marieke Koning is Policy Advisor at the ITUC Equality Department. She coordinates the global campaign on domestic workers leading to rights and protections of more than 10 million domestic workers and labor reforms in around 40 countries. She also oversees the women in leadership (Count us In) initiative, aimed at 30% or more women representation in trade union leadership positions and a significant increase of women trade union membership rates by 2018. She also coordinates the 100 women strong trade union delegation at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
Lissette Miller, Financial Transparency Coalition
Lissette Miller is Outreach Coordinator at Financial Transparency Coalition, where she facilitates the Allied Organizations Network. A believer in the ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ philosophy, she engages with the Coalition to strengthen collaboration between civil society in the Global South, and to strive for a financial system with the direct participation of directly-affected communities.
Tatiana Béjar, International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net)
Tatiana Béjar facilitates advocacy efforts of the Corporate Accountability and Economic Policy Working Groups inside ESCR-net. She has experience building grassroots power in the US, organizing low-income women and immigrant workers and leading advocacy initiatives, including engaging groups most affected by the financial crisis in UN human rights mechanisms.
Barbara Adams, Global Policy Forum
Barbara Adams was trained as an economist in the UK and served as Chief of Strategic Partnerships and Communications for the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), among other roles in the UN. Barbara Adams has authored and co-authored many articles, reports and booklets on the UN, including on the privatization of global governance with specific study of corporate influence inside the United Nations.
Facilitator: Patita Tingoi, Economic Justice Manager, AWID
Date & time: 10 December 2015, 10:00-12:00 (EST)
Venue: online
Registration: Follow the link below to register; registration deadline 9 December
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