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“Women in mining communities experience harassment by businessmen, mining contractors, company security guards and government soldiers around the mining areas. Domestic violence, rape and prostitution have increased and women are at heightened risk of contracting HIV/AIDS and other STD infections from a transient male workforce”

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Events Till Date

Consultation on the implementation of the ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ Framework organised on 11–12 October 2010 at Geneva, Switzerland. Organised under the aegis of the United Nations Secretary Generals Special Representative on Business and Human Rights, the consultation provides an opportunity for civil society representatives to offer their views to the Special Representative of the Secretary General regarding the Guiding Principles for the proposed framework and follow-up options. The International Secretariat based in Hyderabad, India, represented the RIMM network in the Consultation.

Forum on the theme ‘Business and Human Rights: The Role of National Human Rights Institutions’. Organised on 7 October 2010 at the City of Edinburg Chambers, Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom). This was followed by a Conference (on the same theme) organised between 8 and 10 October in the building of the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh. The Conference was co-hosted by the Scottish Human Rights Commission and the International Coordination Committee of National Institutions for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.While the Forum provided an opportunity for NGOs to share their experiences on the topic including the role of NHRIs., the expected outcome of the Conference was to develop guidance to NHRIs on human rights and business with the aim of adopting a final Declaration and Plan of Action. The International Secretariat based in Hyderabad, India, represented the RIMM network in the Forum and Conference.

International Women and Mining Network (RIMM) Strategy Meeting was held on 4-7 July 2010 at Baguio City, Philippines

National consultation on Children and Mining, New Delhi, 22nd-23rd March, 2010 and release of "India’s Childhood in the Pits" - A Report on the Impacts of Mining on Children On 22nd March 2010 (6:00 P.M – 8:00 P.M)

National Consultation on women and mining at Angul, Orissa, India 12th- 13th February 2010

In Defense of Land, Water and Life: Women Mobilize for Justice in Mining Affected Communities - 26 April 2009 at Earth Sciences, Room 1050 (ES 1050), University of Toronto, 5 Bancroft Avenue. Hosted by UTERN, Science for Peace, Students Against Climate Change / Toronto Mining Support Group, Aboriginal Students Association of York University, OPIRG, and Graduate Environmental Studies Students Association (GESSA)

RIMM Consultation and Skillshare on Women, Mining and Development, Hyderabad, India from March 16-19, 2009 Hosted by Dhaatri-Resource Centre for Women and Children in coordination with mm&P and Samata. Participants include activists, indigenous women and women working in mines from Asian countries. Registration and Logistic Information for invitees

mm&P National consultation and General Assembly at Visakhapatnam, India from 30th Oct, 2008- 2nd Nov, 2008 - Thematic session on women and mining issues in India

'The Power of Movements', the 11th AWID International Forum on Women's Rights in Development at Cape Town, South Africa - 14-17th November 2008."Eyes on the Future, Ears to the ground: women Activists from mining affected communities share strategies, lessons and challenges. more... agenda

Preparatory meeting for the upcoming 4th International Womena and Mining Conference, Ghana 2009 from 14th to 16th November 2008 at Cape Town, South Africa

International Strategy Meeting on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and ESCR-Net General Assembly at Nairobi, Kenya from 1-4th December 2008.