Impact of the mining industry on women in Zambia
摘要
日期: 2015年9月15日
地點: 尚比亞
企業
Mopani Copper Mines Plc (Part of ZCCM Investments) - Subsidiary , Glencore - Parent Company項目
Mopani - Unknown受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
社區: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported )議題
Water pollution , Personal Health , Air pollution , Impacts on Livelihoods資訊來源: NGO
Women are being negatively and disproportionately affected by the mining industries in Zambia as a growing body of evidence shows. Whilst communities of people living in poverty generally have been shown not to benefit from mining, women and children face specific challenges and are the most adversely impacted by mining extractives. These impacts range from only having access to the lowest paid work, if any, to severe health issues caused by pollution. In addition there are several gaps in the legal framework leaving women’s rights unprotected...
Environmental Impacts affecting Women: The reported environmental impact that copper mining induces include air and water pollution through emissions, including emissions of sulphurdioxide from smelter stacks, which also cause lead and cadmium poisoning...
Social/ Cultural Impacts affecting Women...
Economic Impacts affecting Women: The employment opportunities that there are in mining areas tend to taken by men rather than women... One of the greatest impacts is the loss of land and livelihoods... Many women have lost access to land used for gardening and farming. They also no longer have access to forest resources which they depended on...
[includes testimony from Margaret Chisanga, resident of Konkoyo, about impacts of Mopani Copper Mine (joint venture Glencore, First Quantum, ZCCM Investment Holdings]