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Mining is traditionally associated with heavy and manual-intensive labour. Accordingly, the mining sector is one of the most male-dominated sectors, with women making up only 5% to 10% of the large-scale mining workforce. In Mexico, women represented 14.9% of mining jobs in 2018. New technologies are introducing sweeping changes to the mining landscape as they... View Article

Maximizing the financial returns on mineral wealth is critical is crucial for resource-rich developing countries.

We break down five recommendations for governments to establish good policy instruments that help remedy longstanding gender inequalities.

Perspectives from African civil society about the the implications of the global digital tax reforms on the mining countries.

Governments and mining companies need gender-disaggregated data to — which is severely lacking in the sector — to adequately address gendered impacts.