This book examines the gender dimensions of large-scale mining in the oil industry and how oil exploitation has produced long-term economic, political, social and environmental risks and benefits in developing countries. The author attempts to answer the following questions: What are the impacts of oil projects on women in oil-rich countries?
Maryse Helbert is Assistant Professor, Leiden University College, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University, the Netherlands.
1 Toward an Ecofeminist Analysis of Oil Extraction.- 2 Bog Down in the Middle: Women, the Niger Delta and the Oil Industry Complex.- 3 Venezuela – the Socialist Experiment.- 4 The World Bank: Bringing Women to the Fore.- 5 Chad-Cameroon Pipeline: The ‘Model’ Project.- Conclusion.