HRC 57 Side event: Feminist approaches to the right to development

Feminist approaches to the right to development

Side-event during the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council 

20 September 2024 - 14h00 - 15h00 CET

Room XXV, Palais des Nations

Development is never a purely economic idea as it is often presented as being in multilateral fora. Instead, it is the foundation upon which all human rights rest. A holistic and people-centred understanding of development takes into account both systemic and individual discrimination.

As we witness discussions during HRC 57, in a multilateral system which is gridlocked and apparently unmovable, it is necessary to understand the ideological underpinnings of key concepts as elaborated by social movements, and not by narrow political machinations. Development and human rights, while often positioned as counter to each other in the Human Rights Council, are vehicles for achieving economic, social and environmental justice for people.

Join us for this side event that will feature a discussion on the definitions and understandings of the term development, and examine its uses from a feminist and Global South perspective.