- Report year:2021
- Report author: Thabile Makgala, Carla Radloff
- Organisation: Minerals Council - South Africa
The intention of this document is to provide a framework for the mining sector towards realising its commitment to gender equality, diversity and inclusion integrating gender equity into its policies, structures, systems and operations. It is intended to strengthen and guide the collective effort of all employees to ensure gender diversity and inclusion.
The purpose is to provide practical guidance on how to systematically promote gender equality into the workplace. This Framework moves from the premise that gender inequality will not disappear on its own accord. There is a need for conscious strategies to eliminate gender inequality within the mining sector and broader society. The development and empowerment of female employees, together with the elimination of unfair discrimination, practices, gender bias and stereotyping of women, should be central goals in building gender equality.
The purpose is to provide practical guidance on how to systematically promote gender equality into the workplace. This Framework moves from the premise that gender inequality will not disappear on its own accord. There is a need for conscious strategies to eliminate gender inequality within the mining sector and broader society. The development and empowerment of female employees, together with the elimination of unfair discrimination, practices, gender bias and stereotyping of women, should be central goals in building gender equality.