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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”

Upcoming Events

National consultation on Children and Mining, New Delhi, 22nd-23rd March, 2010

International Women and Mining Network Strategy Meeting 2009-10 at Phillippines (to be decided)

Events Till Date

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.