Why gender matters - Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining ...

Introduction
Structure of the guide
The guide is structured
in four parts.
Part 1 introduces the guide,
and situates gender within
Rio Tinto’s core operating
principles of diversity and
human rights.
Part 2 is the core component –
the “how to”. This section takes an
instructive approach and provides
clear direction on integrating
gender into our work, as requested
by the Communities practitioners
who reviewed the guide.
Part 3 provides additional
reading for those who want
to delve more deeply into
the background debates.
Part 4 provides a list of references
used within the guide, a list of
Rio Tinto references and some
useful websites.
Where the guide will have
an impact in our work
The guide will be relevant and
useful for the following areas of
activity. Some of these activity
areas are addressed in the
Rio Tinto Communities policy
and standard and are the focus
of specific guidance notes.
– Any Communities’ situational
analysis, profiling or baseline
work (refer to the Rio Tinto
baseline communities
assessments (BCAs) guidance
note).
– Social impact assessment
work, whether for a regulatory
or operational purpose (refer
to the Rio Tinto social impact
assessment (SIA) guidance note).
– Risk assessments, which must
explicitly address social and
community risks (refer to the
Rio Tinto social risk assessment
(SRA) guidance note).
– Development of multi-year
communities plans and budgets
(refer to the Rio Tinto multi-year
communities plan guidance note).
– Design and implementation of
operational policies, procedures
and plans that have implications
for local communities including:
– human resourcing plans and
procedures , eg workforce
recruitment and accommodation;
– procurement of goods and
services (use of contractors from
outside the community, local
sourcing policies and
procedures, local business
development programmes); and
– community health and safety.
– Development or modification
of standard operating
procedures (SOPs).
– Design and application of
monitoring and evaluation
frameworks.
– Selection and collection of
monitoring and evaluation data.
– Design and implementation
of consultation procedures.
– Planning for mine closure
and the post closure periods.
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