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Examples of gender sensitive indicators for measuring risks and benefits in mining communities
Labour, employment
and assets
– Female and male economic activity and unemployment rates
– Female and male labour force participation rate
– % of females and males in mine labour force
– % of females and males in management positions
– % of females and males in informal sector employment
– Gender wage differential
– % of females with access to financial services
– % of females with access to land
– Prevalence of child labour amongst boys and girls
Qualitative
– Reported opportunities for professional development and satisfaction with support provided
How to – Plan and implement
Environment and
infrastructure
Health
HIV/AIDS
Education
Empowerment
Violence/security
Vulnerability
– % of females and males with access to safe drinking water and fuel
– % of females and males with access to paved roads and transport
– Female and male life expectancy at birth
– Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)
– Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 births)
– % of females and males with access to a medical facility and health care
– Incidence of Malaria and TB amongst females and males
– Incidence of particular health conditions amongst females and males
– Female and male HIV prevalence rate
– % of females infected in the total infected population
– % of female and male sex workers infected
– % of infected females and males receiving treatment
– % of mother to child transmission of HIV
– % of females with access to formal education
– Ratio of boys to girls enrolment and completion rates in primary, secondary and tertiary education
– Ratio of female to male adult illiteracy rate (15+)
– % of females and males with relevant skills set for employment
– Number of females in leadership positions in the village/community level
– Number of females who participate in planning and decision making in the household
and at the community level
– % of females participating in a committee report active involvement in management and
decision making by the end of year two (from a baseline percentage at the start of the project)
Qualitative
– Level of satisfaction in participation in a working group by end of year one, by gender
– Level of activity in involvement in management of a committee, by gender
– Number of women and girls who report being a victim of domestic and other forms
of sexual violence
– Existence of social services designed to address violence issues as well as alcohol and
drug use issues
– % of female and male alcohol and drug users
– % of households headed by single females
– Unemployment rate among female headed households
– Poverty rate among female headed households
– Prevalence of child marriage
– Prevalence of other forms of human rights abuses against children
Modified from Shahriari n.d. Key gender indicators to measure risks and benefits in mining communities: 1
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