The gap between the broad range of available tools and resources for integrating gender into impact assessments and their lack of use highlights how decision-makers continue to overlook women and girls in mining communities.
While it is important to encourage women and girls to pursue higher education, gaining relevant experience and skills is essential for them to obtain and advance employment in the mining industry.
Any effort to make ASM more economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable must address the acute challenges facing women in the sector.
Mining is traditionally associated with heavy and manual-intensive labour. Accordingly, the mining sector is one of the most male-dominated sectors,... View Article
We break down five recommendations for governments to establish good policy instruments that help remedy longstanding gender inequalities.
