Sustainability and Social Justice

Women, gender, and mining in Peru

Document Type

Book Chapter

Abstract

The gender dimension, usually identified with women, is usually absent from studies on the impacts of mining. The chapter seeks to look at the role of women in mining, both at the level of communities and within the structure of formal employment. Most studies of women tend to focus on women at the community level, with men more likely to benefit from mining activities than women. Village life can be transformed by the arrival of a mine. Within companies, the vast majority of employees continue to be male, with women only playing a role in areas like administration. Mining remains a highly masculinized world, where sexism is prevalent, women lag well behind in terms of pay, and career development is truncated.

Publication Title

Mining and the Peruvian State: Social and Environmental Sustainability

Publication Date

2026

First Page

82

Last Page

100

ISBN

9781003746867

DOI

10.4324/9781003746867-8

Keywords

Peru, women, mining, employment

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