Réglementation des activités extractives et protection des droits de l’enfant à travers une approche féministe

Age and gender are generally ignored in efforts to prevent violations of human rights in the context of the mining industry. Neither the guidelines adopted at the international level, nor the internal policies of transnational corporations pay much attention to issues related to age and gender, thus leaving women and children without proper protection in the face of violations directly or indirectly caused by extractive operations. It is therefore easy to see that girls are particularly invisible in this context. This article argues that children must be considered as a group with specific interests and that a gender-focused analysis should be applied in order to understand the reality of girls. A feminist analysis would allow for an overall improvement in the examination of the rights of children in this specific context.