Title Gender-sensitive approaches for the extractive industry in Peru : improving the impact on women in poverty and their families / Bernie Ward ; with John Strongman

Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank : Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 192 pages) Series Directions in development. Energy and mining Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Energy and mining Contents Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction and Methodology; Chapter 2: The Contribution of Extractive Industries to Sustainable Development in Peru; Chapter 3: Current Practices of Extractive Industry Companies in Peru in Their Interactions with Women Living in Poverty; Chapter 4: The Business Case for Taking Steps to Improve the Development Effect of Extractive Industry Projects on Women; Chapter 5: The Way Forward: Policy and Practice Recommendations Appendix A: Benefits and Risks to Women in Peru Arising from Extractive Industry ProjectsAppendix B: Actions That Could Increase the Benefits and Reduce the Risks for Women in Poverty in Extractive Industry Project Areas; Appendix C: Mining Funding Resources; Appendix D: How Women are Mobilizing; Appendix E: Mining and Institutional Evolution in Peru; Appendix F: Ministry of Energy and Mines Guidance; Appendix G: Women and Decision Making in Peru; Appendix H: What is a Gender Approach and How Did it Develop as a Concept?; Appendix I: The Legal Framework in Peru That Supports Work on Gender Appendix J: Guidance Note ToolkitAppendix K: Organizations Consoulted; Index; Back Cover Summary Extractive Industry projects in Peru impact differently on men and women: men secure more of the benefits and women experience more of the risks. This book presents the current reality in Peru, why improving these development outcomes on women is so important to companies and government, and indicates approaches that government, companies, civil society and communities can take to improve the impacts of extractive industry projects on women â?? and through them the development outcome on the wider family and community Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Mineral industries -- Social aspects -- Peru Externalities (Economics) Women -- Peru -- Economic conditions Women -- Peru -- Social conditions BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. Externalities (Economics) Mineral industries -- Social aspects Women -- Economic conditions Women -- Social conditions Peru Form Electronic book Author Strongman, John, 1947- World Bank ISBN 9780821382776 0821382772

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