Harmful corporate practices disproportionately impact women and gender diverse people. They cause and exacerbate environmental and economic injustices, exposing communities to displacement and violence - reversing decades of progress in gender equality.
Worryingly, corporate actors are also being legitimized as primary stakeholders throughout UN spaces. But without strong binding standards to hold corporations accountable, a private-sector led approach will entrench and deepen gendered inequalities.
This event will highlight case studies illustrating how corporate power impacts women on the ground - particularly women human rights defenders - and inform feminist movements about getting involved in the UN binding treaty to regulate transnational corporations.
