Gender Impact Assessments: Breaking the pattern of inaction – IISD Reporting Services

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An event co-hosted by the IGF and Sustainable Development and Global Affairs Canada
Gender impact assessments (GIAs) are key to assessing the potential and ongoing impacts of mining operations on people of different genders, ages, and sociocultural backgrounds. However, a recent review by the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) found that governments, mining companies, and other stakeholders do not conduct sufficient, comprehensive, systemic, and structured gender analyses before or during the mining project cycle.
This report outlines how the IGF and Global Affairs Canada co-organized an event to explore how governments, civil society, industry, and practitioners can take action to support GIAs.
Taking stock of the available methods and tools to identify and address the gendered impacts of mining.
Report
October 28, 2022
An in-depth look at international and national parental leave frameworks and policies across 12 countries.
Brief
November 29, 2023
Report on how mine closure and gender equality intersect and how governments can ensure closure practices and policies integrate gender considerations.
Report
November 1, 2023
Uncovering the gender-disaggregated employment profile for large-scale mining, focusing on women and their occupations in 12 countries.
Report
April 10, 2023

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