The Fundamentals of Gender Equality and Mining Governance

This express course offers a condensed overview of the material covered in the self-paced course on Gender Equality and Mining Governance. It presents a snapshot of the issues related to structural gender inequality in the mining workforce and mining communities. It highlights the unequal burdens women in mining communities bear, often receiving minimal benefits from the sector, including employment prospects. Unlike the self-paced course, the express version does not delve into context-specific nuances of gender equality and mining governance and is not customized based on the audience profile. 

Throughout this course, you will learn about the basic aspects of gender equality and mining governance and receive specific recommendations on actions targeted for governments, industry and civil society to fight systemic exclusion of women from mining operations, facilitate women’s meaningful engagement in mining projects, and help eliminate gender-based violence in communities affected by resource extraction.

Course highlights and outcomes

• Gain the skills to build a strong case for strengthening women’s engagement in mining workforce 
• Learn about ways to eliminate negative impacts of mining operations on women and other historically underrepresented groups
• Join the community-of-practice committed to increasing women’s meaningful engagement in mining projects
• Take a deep dive into rich learning materials
• Receive a certificate of completion from the course partners

Learning objectives

By the time the course is completed, you will be able to:

• Understand the impact of mining projects on communities, with a particular emphasis on projects’ impact on women and have insights on how to evaluate and manage these impacts
• Assess the importance and benefits of women’s participation and engagement in the large-scale mining workforce
• Outline the measures you can take to effectively eliminate gender-based violence in mining operations and mining-affected communities

Course topics

The course will cover the following topics: 

• Module 1: Introduction to Gender and Mining Governance
• Module 2: Women's Participation in the Large-scale Mining Workforce
• Module 3: Gender-Based Violence in the Mining Sector

Course completion requirements

To receive the certificate of course completion, participants must:

• Complete three online modules
• Pass three quizzes 
• Complete the course survey

If you have any questions, please contact the Learning for Nature team at info@learningfornature.org.