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How to Some activities that can increase women’s participation Appointing a “gender champion” – a company representative charged with addressing women’s concerns and grievances – both in the community and the labour force. Ensuring that women are able to discuss their ideas, issues and needs without interference, and that these issues are addressed. Training community personnel/facilitators in participatory and gender sensitive methodologies, and rights and advocacy based approaches. Employing personnel of both genders at similar levels of responsibility and authority. Targeting women in promotional campaigns for employment. Training all staff in diversity and gender awareness. Ensuring that meetings are conducted in the local dialect. Finding creative ways for illiterate women to take responsibility for project monitoring and evaluation including providing literacy training for adult women. Holding meetings in convenient locations at suitable times for community women. Providing transport to meetings/activities. Providing or supporting child care initiatives. Ensuring easy, convenient access to water and sanitation in the community. Conducting separate meetings with men and women, perhaps followed by joint meetings that include both. Designing assessments specifically to elicit the views of women. Conducting one to one interviews (which can allow for more individual expression of views), particularly with community members who, for whatever reason, are unable or unwilling to participate in joint discussions or share ideas or raise issues in an open forum. Support the community creating its own structures and organisations, such as permanent committees, to facilitate project sustainability and to institutionalise the role of women as well as men in local public life. Adapted from World Bank 1996 The World Bank participation sourcebook: 239-442 and World Bank 2005 Gender responsive social analysis: a guidance note: 38-39 Experience at Rio Tinto has shown us that it is important to consider gender issues in our Communities work. The social, economic and cultural impacts of mining are complex and can differ between sites, even within the same country. The mining sector often overlooks the impacts of gender, both positive and negative, on women. Our failure to recognise, if not understand, gender dimensions of a situation and within a community can result in awkward, if not severe ramifications for the company. 28 Case study 1 highlights gender sensitive engagement with herding women in Mongolia for a Rio Tinto exploration project.
How to Above Antoinette Hoeses training in a simulator at Rössing Uranium, Namibia. Left Local villages attend a community information session presented by Rio Tinto Minerals Exploration staff, Mozambique. 29
Page 1 and 2: Why gender matters A resource guide
Page 6 and 7: Introduction Foreword Bruce Harvey
Page 8 and 9: Introduction Foreword Narelle Crux
Page 10 and 11: Introduction Rio Tinto Internal Wor
Page 13 and 14: Contents 1 Introduction A message f
Page 15 and 16: Case studies 1 Rio Tinto in Mongoli
Page 17 and 18: Introduction Effectively considerin
Page 19: Introduction Structure of the guide
Page 24 and 25: How to Introduction to Part 2 - Gui
Page 26 and 27: How to Four phases for integrating
Page 28 and 29: How to At the centre: gender matter
Page 32 and 33: 1 Case study 1: Rio Tinto in Mongol
Page 34 and 35: How to What do you already know? Be
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