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Mining is an unsustainable industry and does not lead to economic or social well being of people. It forces a situation of unfair trade, economics, health and social relationships.
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An unfriendly, masculine and gender insensitive industry that excludes women from the formal and organized sector.
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Privatization and liberalization policies aggressively being implemented in countries have completely marginalized women in the mining industry by large scale retrenchment and denial of employment facilities to them.
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Mining in many countries has led to
militarization, armed conflicts and formation of puppet governments, under the direct or indirect sponsorship of mining companies.
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Mining has led to increase in communal conflict, violence and corporate crimes perpetrated on local communities and affecting women in particular.
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Mining industry is perpetrating prejudices that women cannot handle technology and that they have to be largely confined to the unskilled labor.
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Participation of women in decision making roles is negligible whether they are women mine workers or are women displaced or affected by mining.
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Global mining industry is influencing governments in developing and under developed countries to amend their constitutions and social welfare policies and laws for their own benefits. All these 'reforms' have direct negative impacts on women mine workers, poor, rural and indigenous women.
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Mining industries code of conduct promoted in lieu of legislative and judicial safeguards undermine the impacts of mining on women without addressing basic issues like right to land, livelihood, employment and dignified working conditions.
