Private sector, development agenda and women's human rights: synergies or contradictions?

Abstract

A very short time ago, the General Assembly granted Observer Status to the International Chamberof Commerce. This means the institution, which representsthe interests of the biggest multinational corporations, willbe able to sit in every session and even get the chance to speak, far more opportunities than what the civil society has. This event can be understood as yet another stepin the process of consolidationof a huge influence of the corporate sector into the setting of the development agenda.