The Australian mining industry is male and non-Indigenous dominated. Indigenous women
continue to perceive themselves as occupying the bottom position on the mine site …

The prevailing view in the literature is that women are more adversely impacted by mining
than men, with a major contributing factor being that women are largely excluded from …

Greater participation of Indigenous women in mining employment provides opportunities for
individuals and families to benefit from mining and allows industry to address the gender …

Labour market statistics reveal that while almost all major mining sites in Australia locate in
remote areas through arrangement with local Indigenous communities, the mining workforce …

The global minerals industry is increasingly recognising the need to consider its impact on
Indigenous peoples. There is also increasing agreement on the need to address the gender …

Around the world, research has shown that the introduction of large-scale mining adversely
affects women in indigenous communities to a greater extent than men (Tauli-Corpuz 1997; …

There has been a resurgence of interest in Indigenous employment within the Australian
minerals industry. This has mainly been driven by legal developments in Indigenous …

Within the minerals sector, there is an emerging body of good practice in Indigenous
employment and recruitment. The most progressive mining companies are taking a long …

There have been various theories used to explain the unemployment patterns of indigenous
people in Australia. These theories have influenced the development of the Commonwealth …

This chapter analyses the challenges, motivations and strategies of women working for new
mining projects in the Central African Copperbelt. Although they remain few, their …