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0 275. By Lucy Tandi – Monday 14 June 2021. ANALYSIS – HARARE ( Mining Index) – GENDER disparity in the mining sector is a legacy issue that has …
As the country grapples with economic sanctions, many Zimbabwean women are joining the artisanal mining industry. Women make up to 10 per cent of the 535,000 artisanal and small-scale miners in ...
AGENDA. Oil, gas and mining can bring significant growth and development opportunities to resource-rich countries and host communities. The gendered dynamics of asset ownership, labor, …
With an avalanche of mining activities taking place across the continent, it has become imperative to look into the gender dynamics of the extractive sector, looking at the role women play and the benefits they are deriving from such a …
ILO's gender equality Conventions, and the inclusion of women workers' rights in law and practice were promoted. Additional through development partners and other UN Agencies for increased participation of tripartite partners in gender equality programmes and gender mainstreaming through the job or livelihood creation and improving
Researchers are concerned that sector policies ignore the challenges that women face (Arthur-Holmes and Abrefa Busia, 2022b) and solutions to various conflicts such as environmental degradation and property conflicts with large-scale mining companies ignore gender equality principles in the transition of informal ASM towards …
mining workforce. But also in large scale mining gender plays an important role, even if women are chronically underrepresented in the workforce of large mines. Global research and evidence demonstrates that women have been historically exposed to greater risks and captured fewer of the benefits of their engagement with the mining sector. Men ...
This paper explores the emerging labour regimes and the consequences for agricultural commercialisation across multiple land-use types in post land reform Zimbabwe. The livelihoods of farmworkers, including those still resident in former labour compounds, are explored. The paper examines patterns of employment, land access, crop farming, asset ...
mining governance arrangements (law, policy, institutions) and ascertained how these are reinforcing negative impacts on women. Further, the research assessed the effectiveness …
The mineral resource sector contributed 6.2% to Zimbabwe's gross domestic product (GDP) between 2009 and 2015 and 8.4% from 2016 to 2018 and 60% of the country's export earnings as of October 2018. Thus, when exploited in a sustainable manner, the mining sector has the potential to transform the Zimbabwean economy.
However, despite the relatively good wages mining can provide, the gender pay gap is significant in the sector. In Australia, women earn 83% of men's salaries in the large-scale mining sector. Over an 11-year period, the pay gap discrepancy oscillated, reaching its lowest historical figure of 13% in 2019. However, from 2019 to 2021, the pay ...
table 5: gender dynamics in artisanal mining of gemstones..... 49 table 6: reasons for involvement in small scale mining ..... 52 table 7: correlation between size and earnings from ... partners, in supporting the development of a vibrant asm sector in Zimbabwe. foreword Zimbabwe has a diverse and well-developed minerals sector, …
The Constitution of Zimbabwe, Chapter 2, states ... norms that widen the gender gap in the food security sector. ... Undertake a Gender Analysis to better understand the gender dynamics at play related to food and nutrition security Identify, analyse and examine gendered vulnerabilities and underlying structural ...
She says women are harassed and abused at all stages of the mining process – by men who involved in the licensing process, by strangers in the bush during …
A normative view is emerging that ASM sector programming should aim to: Reduce gender disparities in the ASM sector including access to, control over, and benefit from resources; Reduce gender-based violence in and around mine sites; and. Empower women and – economically, socially and politically. Further Reading.
Zimbabwe's mining sector has undergone slow governance transformation since independence. Despite establishmentof new public sector agencies, the principal law (the Mines and Minerals Act) has remained unchanged. Unlike the DRC, Sierra Leone, Angola and Liberia where mining caused large-scale conflicts andoutright warsZimbabwe's …
The mining industry has a particular history of gender-based exclusions enforced by the law: women have only been legally allowed to work underground in South African mines since 1996 ...
The authors identify several persisting constraints for women along with actionable suggestions for addressing these to enhance economic opportunities for women. For example, while most of Tanzania's labor force remains concentrated in agriculture, the sector suffers a significant gender gap in productivity; estimated at 20-30 percent.
Innovation plays a critical role in the mining industry as a tool to improve the efficiency of its processes, to reduce costs, but also to meet the increasing social and environmental concerns among communities and authorities. Technological progress has also been crucial to allow the exploitation of new deposits in more complex scenarios: …
To understand the gender dynamics within the mining industry in Nigeria, including the roles, responsibilities, and opportunities available to women and men. To identify gender gaps in terms of challenges faced by women in the mining industry, including issues related to health and safety, working conditions, unequal power relations, Gender ...
Traditionally, mining is an adult male domain, but economic hardship and declining agricultural production have forced women and children into this sector, especially gold mining.
Trade unions succeed in ensuring the integration of decent work into Zimbabwe's new development plan 2021-2025. The plan will act as a new entry point for the labour movement to promote the central role of decent …
sector responsiveness requires integration of gender commitmentsonequality,inclusionandempowerment. Debate onwomen's strugglesin …
• Identifying male gender champions in mining communities to raise awareness on gender and change the community attitude towards women working in mines. ... other barriers.8 The Zimbabwe mining sector has immensely contributed to Zimbabwes economic resilience and agenda. The sector has increasing contributed to GDP from …
In discussing the responsibilities of Chinese investors on human rights in the mining sector in Zimbabwe, it may be important to give a general outlook of the concept of human rights in China as the home country background may have an influence on how Chinese businesses regard human rights in Zimbabwe. ... Climate change and Gender: …
The study concluded that challenges faced by mine owners can be traced to gender disparity whose genesis is the patriarchal nature of Zimbabwean society and the …
Introduction: Gender issue has been tremendously discussed all over the world, and it inhibits females' career development and work safety. Nevertheless, it specifically persists in the mining industry and continues to discourage women from developing and managing their careers in the mining industry. Moreover, gender issue …
With an avalanche of mining activities taking place across the continent, it has become imperative to look into the gender dynamics of the extractive sector, looking at the role women play and the ...
ensure a level playing field for private sector-led growth —to enhance efficient allocation of labor and capital resources across sectors and firms, reduce distortive regulations and enforcement that benefit a few firms at the expense of more productive firms. A new Country Economic Memorandum reveals that Zimbabwe's growth …
The key hindrances to a gender inclusive mining sector have been grouped into seven themes including discrimination, harassment, gender ideologies, and lack of support. We propose a four-way mind map model requiring commitment from government, companies, chambers of mines, and employees to ensure a gender inclusive mining …
Women in Zimbabwe face an existential threat because of the ever-expanding extractive sector that continues to grab their land, water and forests. Their …
The study employs the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to examine the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) in the mining sector on the Zimbabwe economy, while controlling for both non-mining FDI and domestic investment. Using data over the period 1988–2018, this research results show that foreign …
An. August 2020 · International Journal of Educational Management. Purpose This paper reports on results of a systematic research synthesis of 25 studies on women in educational leadership and ...
