Mining, displacement and empowerment: Working with resettled women in Mozambique
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13 July 2018
One of the poorest countries in the world, Mozambique is extremely rich in natural resources. But while the mining industry provides important revenues for the country’s economic development, it also creates deep social problems.
Capacity4dev's editorial team recently interviewed Isabel Faria de Almeida, the Head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation to Mozambique, about the mining industry's impact on the women living there. “When companies come to work on extraction, entire communities need to be resettled,” she told us. “It’s a very complex process, in social and economic terms.”
Read the rest of the interview and watch the video here.
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Topic: Mining displacement and empowerment.
The Women of Ekona village, Muyuka sub division in Cameroon.
As a mine regulator we have thé moral duty to remove thé barriers to participation and invest sufficient funding and expertise to unlock thé vast potential of displaced women of Ekona village, Muyuka sub division in thé South West Région. The social impact goes beyond loss of land.
The compensation received by thé Women was greater than thé value of thé property left behind when l raised their awareness. ln addition to compensating for lost property. also thé social cost of displacement was considered. The economic support was not limited to relocation to a similar area or to economic or financial compensations but included long term support in thé new résidence. Land which is a vital ressource is allocated to them after thé payment of their crops, for housing, farming and other economic activities. The Women are considered as stakeholders because they are consulted at all levels as housewives, farmers, petty trader, sex hawkers and ASM workers. Consulting and involving them provides an opportunity to educate and also obtain information from them on thé local context of thé project area, theyby empowering them. This is a requirement of thé environmental régulation of Decree No 2013/0171/PM of 14 february 2013. Women who are skilled are employed by thé company at all levels.
A actividade mineira que vem sendo desenvolvida em Moçambique se analisarmos os impactos no seio das comunidades particularmente as mulheres é muito complexo, visto que, para além do processo de reassentamento ser considerado como não transparente nem inclusivo, as compensações para comunidades trás problemas ligados a poligamia, que findo o valor recebido as famílias voltam a um estado pior comparando o anterior por que os seus ficam desempregados como eram e ainda como a segunda mulher e filhos.
Colocando a família em uma situação mais vulnerável.
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