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Article

10 Mar 2010

Author:
Kathryn Dovey, Institute for Human Rights and Business

Putting Gender Equality on the Business and Human Rights Agenda

The United Nations is launching a set of Women’s Empowerment Principles…to mark International Women’s Day 2010. The principles – an initiative of the UN Global Compact and the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) – are a code of conduct for companies on gender equality…The principles are rooted in human rights and recognise the fundamental importance of equality and non-discrimination within the international human rights framework…Launch of the Women’s Empowerment Principles is a welcome step in ensuring that gender considerations sit squarely within the broader business and human rights framework…Gender is not an add-on to this debate; it is of fundamental importance and needs to be a strong component of any accountability framework for business and human rights. [refers to Rio Tinto]