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Empowering Communities
Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program
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Mining, Gender and Sustainable Livelihoods WorkshopJointly organised by the Australian National University and the World BankThursday 6th & Friday 7th November 2008Hedley Bull Centre, Australian National University, CanberraThe Mining, Gender and Sustainable Livelihoods workshop brought together 80 participants over the course of the two days. The program featured 34 speakers from across the Asia-Pacific Region, South and Central Asia, Africa and the US. Participants included representatives from the mining industry, academia, NGO and donor sectors, AusAID (the Australian government’s overseas aid program) and independent researchers and consultants working in the field of mining, gender and sustainable livelihoods. The workshop was organized into four thematic and regional panel sessions per day, with discussion and Q&A sessions following each panel session. Each panel session was introduced and facilitated by a chair. The extended workshop program, featuring abstracts and speaker's bios, can be downloaded here.Workshop ProceedingsA number of papers from the workshop will be published in a special monograph in 2009. Details will be available on the News and Events section of the website. The workshop report, which captures the key themes of the workshop, highlights from each papers and presentation, case studies and examples of best practice, can be downloaded here. A gender analysis toolkit distributed at the workshop and developed for the Creating Empowered Communities project partner, PT Kaltim Prima, for use by resource companies can be downloaded here. Links to pdf copies of presentations and papers from the workshop are featured below in program order. Papers and PresentationsThursday 6 November 2008Session 1: Gender and Development: The Case for Gender Mainstreaming in Mining Welcome Address & Chair: Gill Burke, Raw Materials Group, Sweden Dr Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program, Australian National University Women, Gender and Mining - Paper John Strongman, Former World Bank Mining Advisor Gender Mainstreaming in the Mining Sector and Mining Communities - Paper Professor Janet Momsen, University of California, Davis and University of Oxford “Development that is not Engendered is Endangered” - Gender Mainstreaming in Mining - Presentation Adriana Eftimie, World Bank Oil, Gas & Mining Policy Division The World Bank's Women and Extractive Industries Program - Presentation Barbara O'Dwyer, Gender Policy and Coordination Unit, AusAID The Development Case for Women's Empowerment: AusAID Initiatives
Session 2: Gender Mainstreaming and Sustainable Development in the Mining Sector Chair: Sally Moyle, Office for Women, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs Jane Gronow, Rio Tinto Gender, Women and Mining: Taking Up the Challenge - Presentation Sara Bice, School of Political Science, Criminology & Sociology, University of Melbourne Gendered Considerations in Australian Mining Companies’ Corporate Social Responsibility Programs Christina Hill, Oxfam Australia Women and Mining: the Role of Gender Analysis - Presentation Monika Sarder, Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy (AusIMM)Women in Mining Networking – Generating a Critical Mass for Diversity - Abstract - Presentation
Session 3: Gender Mainstreaming in Practice: Local Initiatives, Perspectives and Challenges Chair: Dr Martha Macintyre, Centre for Health and Society, Melbourne University Bolormaa Purevjav, Natural Resources & Petroleum Authority, Mongolia (MRPAM) Gender, Development and Mining in Mongolia: Indicators and Policy Options - Abstract - Presentation Mary Abraham, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India Gender Mainstreaming in India - The Role Government Can Play - Paper - Presentation Dr Ana Maria Esteves, Community Insights Women’s Business: Adapting Company Procurement Policies And Practice To Increase Female Participation In Local Smes And Supply Chain - Abstract - Presentation Rachel Perks, Pact Congo Gender Equity in Artisanal Mining Practice in the DRC: A Critical Factor in the Long-Term Development of a Post-Conflict Society - Paper - Presentation
Session 4: Employment, Gender Roles and the Division of Labour Chair: Dr Gill Burke, Raw Materials Group, Sweden Professor Laurie Mercier, Washington State University, Vancouver Bordering on Equality: Women Miners in North America - Paper Dr Karin Astrid Siegmann, Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands Undermining Empowerment? Gendered Employment and Mining in East Kalimantan - Paper - Presentation Dr Maria Macabuac-Ferolin, Xavier University, The Philippines KABKAB-HAKOT! The Women in a Nickel Mine in Southern Philippines - Presentation Nesar Ahmad, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Pushed to the Margin: Women Workers in the Indian Coal Mining Industry - Paper - Presentation
Friday 7 November 2008Session 1: Australia: The Gendered Tyranny of Distance Chair: Christina Hill, Oxfam Australia Professor Barbara Pini, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University, WA ‘Mining Women’ in the 21st Century - Abstract - Presentation Professor Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh, School of Politics and Public Policy, Griffith University, QLD Indigenous Women and Mining Agreement Negotiations in Australia and Canada - Paper Joni Parmenter, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland A Double Bind? Indigenous Women in the Australian Minerals Industry - Paper - Presentation Dr Robyn Mayes, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University, WA Media Representations of Gender and the Resource Boom - Abstract - Presentation
Session 2: Women's Empowerment in Community Development: Examples from PT Kaltim Prima Coal Chair: Dr Deanna Kemp, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland Dr Harry Miarsono, External Affairs & Sustainable Development, PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) Strengthening Women's Contributions to the Household Income: The Role of KPC’s Community Development Projects - Abstract - Presentation Petra Mahy, Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program, Australian National University Mining Cycles and Sex Work: An Evaluation of PT Kaltim Prima’s HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Dr Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program, Australian National University Conducting Gender-based and Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) of Community Development Programs: Application of LAST Method - Presentation
Session 3: Papua New Guinea: The Women in Mining Initiative Chair: Dr Colin Filer, Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program, Australian National University Stella Brere & Sean Ngansia, Sustainability Planning Branch, PNG Minerals Resources Authority Gender Activities for Women in Mining Impacted Communities: Case Studies in Papua New Guinea Lesley Bennett, JSDF/World Bank Self-Reliance Programs for Women Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF)/World Bank Self Reliance Programs for Women in Mining and Petroleum Communities - Presentation Dr Martha Macintyre, Centre for Health and Society, Melbourne University Modernity, Gender and Mining: Experiences from Papua New Guinea
Session 4: Equity and Development: Land, Property Rights and Women's Status in Mining Chair: Professor Barbara Pini, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University, WA Dr Jeanette Graulau, Herbert H. Lehman College, The City University of New York Land, Property Rights and Mining in Latin America: Peasant Labour in Mining in Historical Perspective Isabel Cane, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland Positioning The Gender And Mining Debate - Abstract - Presentation Dr M. Asaduzzaman, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies Women's Status in Clay Mining in Netrakona, Bangladesh - Paper - Presentation Professor Katherine Gibson, Department of Human Geography, Australian National University Emerging Themes for Research and Action
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