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A number of authors allude to women participation in mining activities during pre-industrial times in America, Scotland and Sweden (Tallichet, 2006), ... Most women interviewed 55.9% (1 322) had worked in the mining industry for 5 years and above. Respondents that had worked in the sector between 2 to 5 years were 26.2% (620). One …Web
that target gender equality and women's empowerment in the mining sector. This way, actions needed to eliminate barriers and discrimination against women's equal participation in the mining sector can be properly reflected in national laws, regulations, policies, and procedures so as to mainstream gender equality at a legislative level.Web
The mining industry is like any other manufacturing industry in that it utilizes sophisticated and productive machinery, along with digitization, so that it can prosper by increasing productivity while decreasing costs. Development in mining technology is ongoing throughout the world, notwithstanding India. Operational monitoring and control systems …Web
International Women's Day serves as an important reminder to foster a culture of inclusion amongst our colleagues. We're working to boost gender diversity across our global workforce. In 2022, Thiess aimed to increase participation by 20% compared to 2021, and exceeded this with 22.7%. We've done this through numerous initiatives ...Web
Three factors are driving women out of mining: the work ceases to be interesting, cultures are noninclusive, and there is a perceived lack of advancement—we address the third factor in the following section.Web
Through Tanzania Mineral Policy, 2009 the Government commits to promote participation of women in mining activities; by ensuring that all programs related to mining, including education and training opportunities, are based on gender equality and equity, however the challenge remain on lack of comprehensive sectoral strategy to …Web
Firstly, it has a large (over 200 million people) population, 36% of which is engaged in agricultural production. In addition, the territory of Nigeria constitutes 92.4 million ha, of which 70.8 million ha are agricultural lands, including arable land, pastures, meadows and forests. Nigeria ranks 13th in the world in terms of agricultural land ...Web
This report provides insights regarding the economic participation of women in the mining industry; the challenges faced by women and living within communities affected by mining...Web
data was collected by interviewing four women in leadership positions in known Finnish organizations. In addition to the interviews, an internet-based questionnaire was sent out to more women in top positions. The results of the study show there are many direct and underlying factors regarding women's underrepresentation in managerial positions.Web
9789220349700 (web PDF) [ISBN] Download: pdf - 1.2 . This study aims to contribute to a better understanding of the issues faced by women in mining, and the key challenges and opportunities to advance gender equality and decent work in the sector. By applying both a gender lens and the human-centred approach set out in the ILO …Web
Up to 99 per cent of women in mining are in the ASM subsector. Of the approximately nine million people in ASM in Africa, about 50 per cent are women. Sadly, there are some children in ASM too.Web
In the United States, an unexpected and severe increase in coal miners' lung diseases in the late 1990s prompted researchers to investigate the causes of the disease resurgence. This study aims to scrutinize the effects of various mining parameters, including coal rank, mine size, mine operation type, coal seam height, and geographical location …Web
Indigenous women have a long history of working in mining in Australia. In Australia's Pilbara region, records indicate that Indigenous women were labouring in small-scale mining activities as early as the 1906 (Wilson 1980). With the arrival of larger mining companies in the 1960s and 1970s, Indigenous participation declined.Web
The academic literature has so far neglected analysing how women in these regions are affected by the industry. As such, it is relevant to study the gendered conflict surrounding the activity and invisibility of women in the mining industry, as well as their proposals, demands, and needs, with a focus on environmental and social concerns.Web
The African Mining Vision (AMV) recognizes the need to address gender issues in the mining sector, and the idea of an inclusive mining industry draws inspirations from the Africa's Agenda 2063, which foresees ' [a]n integrated, prosperous, and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global …Web
In addition, Moretto noted that between 2015 and 2019, there has been a 33% decrease in women going into engineering at school and 22% decrease in women going into geology. This was prepandemic and …Web
Presently, civil society organizations such as Women in Mining (WIM) are strongly advocating for participation in the mining industry worldwide. With …Web
South Africa is one country which is leading the rest in terms of employing women in the mining and minerals sectors. Up until the 1990s, legislation meant that women were not permitted to work ...Web
This project focuses primarily on the effects of mining on women, in the context of general interest in gender dynamics important for mining projects and impacts. Women's participation in the mining industry through direct employment is relatively small, and those who enter the sector tend to remain at the bottom of the organizational hierarchy.Web
A similar gap is observed in the oil and gas industry, where globally women hold only 10 to 30 percent of field jobs. This lack of experience contributes to women's selection for leadership roles: there is a significant decline from women's global participation in middle management (25 percent) to senior leadership roles (17 percent).Web
Alexander (2007) and Lahiri-Dutt (2015) show that women's participation in the industry was present in industrial mines dating back to the 1900s, either supporting the work of …Web
Women's participation in the mining sector remains low, speakers at the event said, noting that although the sector held opportunities for women, many usually fail to take advantage of job ...Web
Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity and 178 countries maintain legal barriers that prevent their full economic participation, according to the World Bank's Women, Business and the Law 2022 report. In 86 countries, women face some form of job restriction and 95 countries do not …Web
situational approach can shed new light on the gender dynamics in the mining industry. Building on this approach, this article focuses on the gender dynamics in the Zambian ... At KM, for example, women's participation increased from 5% of the workforce (573 of 13 905) in 1976 to 9% (555 of 6 231) in 2018. Women also made inroads inWeb
The report's principal focus was on participation by women andmen inmining valuechain governance.It inquired onthe opportunitiesfor andbarriers tofull and sustainable participation of women in extractive sectormanagement.Box1showsthespecificobjectives that guidedthe researchand analysispresented inthis report.Web
It introduced a Mining Charter that set up quotas for women employment and participation in mining. By 2016, evidence indicated that despite the legislative intervention, the number of women participating in the mining sector was not increasing. The 2004 Mining Charter had set a target of 10% for representation of women in sector.Web
Agricultural industry: Banks are reluctant to give loans due to poorly packaged proposals from applicants. Bureaucracy and slow processing of loan applications. Applicants unwilling to pay additional 3% guarantee fee. NIRSAL having difficulty in validating information provided by counterparties. Lack of information technology …Web
Mining industry contribution to the gross domestic product is at 8.4 percent 2020, an increase from 8.3 percent in 2019. In terms of export, the mining industry contributed R767 billion in 2020 relative to R677 billion in 2019. this represented an increase in terms of value and percentage share.Web
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outcomes for women's health and physical wellbeing, creating safer work spaces for all. Progress is being made, but more needs to be done to get greater participation and inclusion of women in the mining industry. REFERENCES 1. 21st Commission for Employment Equity Annual Report 2020–2021. Pretoria: Department of Employment and …Web
Among engineering bachelor's degrees in the US, mining ranked 5th lowest in terms of the percentage of bachelor's degrees awarded to women (Fig. 2).At the master's level, mining ranked as the lowest in terms of participation (Fig. 3).This is similar to observations that 16% of college mining engineering students in the US are while …Web
Ongoing research uses the rapid expansion in gold mining in eight African countries to understand the effect that these large mines have on women's empowerment, beyond access to employment (Tolonen, 2016a). As local wages for men increase, women run the risk of losing bargaining power to their husbands, if women's wages …Web
Men remain the gatekeepers of many industries, and mining is one of them. Undoubtedly, there are powerful women in mining but across the broader picture, it remains a male-dominated industry.Web
In this paper, we examine how women's participation in the mining industry is commonly articulated through what we refer to as a 'business case' …Web