Creating Empowered Communities: Gender and Sustainable Livelihoods in a Coal Mining Region in Indonesia
This action research project investigates how the empowerment of women within a mine-affected community can contribute to the development of sustainable local livelihoods. The research aims to test the hypothesis that women's empowerment is the key to wider community empowerment and the creation of sustainable livelihoods in mine-affected communities. The results of the research will contribute to the formulation of better strategies or models of good practice for the management of 'community affairs' by mining companies operating in Indonesia and other developing countries of the Asia Pacific region. It will also contribute to the small but growing body of literature which relates the mining-community interface to theories of gender and development.
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NEW RESEARCH
Impacts of Mining on Women and Youth in Indonesia - A report by Dr Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Ms Petra Mahy prepared for the World Bank as part of the Women and Extractive Industries Program.
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POSTERS AND FLYERS
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
The focus of this research is the population affected by the operations of Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), originally a joint venture between Rio Tinto and British Petroleum, now owned by Indonesian interests, but partly operated under management contracts with Australian companies. The mine is located in the East Kalimantan Province of Indonesia in an equatorial region of high biological diversity. Coal production in this fragile setting currently exceeds 36 million tonnes of coal each year.
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PROJECT BACKGROUND
The Indonesian economy is heavily reliant on the extraction and export of mineral and other natural resources. Indonesia is also a country where conflicts between the state and local communities over the exploitation of natural resources have assumed critical proportions. This type of conflict is especially marked in the large- and small-scale mining sectors because local communities experience high levels of social disruption and environmental damage. In addition, three quarters of the workforce in the mining sector consists of migrant workers from other parts of the country.
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ONLINE RESOURCES
A list of resources (links to websites and documents) related to KPC's operations in Kutai Timur.
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DOCUMENT ARCHIVE
Links to papers and reports about this project.
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PROJECT PARTNER (KPC)
PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) was awarded ISO 14001 certification in 2004, which is an indicator of its general commitment to standards of environmental and social responsibility. KPC staff and consultants have been using participatory action research methods in their work with local communities since 1995. The company has acknowledged a social responsibility to create empowered communities that can sustain their economic well-being after the eventual closure of the mine.
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