Women on the Frontlines of the Extraction of Transition Minerals: A Vision for a Just Future in Bikita, Zimbabwe

This report examines the gendered impacts of lithium mining in Bikita, Zimbabwe, focusing on the Vatombe community of Hanyanya Mountain. Women face increased caregiving burdens and threats to land ownership, water access, health, labour rights and participation in decision-making processes. The report calls for a gender-responsive, just energy transition that protects human rights, ensures corporate accountability and actively includes women in decision-making processes to address the inequalities perpetuated by extractive industries.

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Critical Minerals and Gender Equality: The Voices of the Women of Antofagasta and Atacama

This report is the result of a participatory action research conducted in collaboration with FIMA and a group of women from northern Chile, who live in areas affected by critical mineral extractive industries. It also seeks to close the knowledge gaps on the gender-differentiated impacts of critical mineral extractive industries by focusing on the impacts on women’s rights at the local level, as well as their views on how to move towards a fairer and more sustainable future. The study proposes an alternative vision to advance towards a mining-energy model aligned with human rights and gender equality.

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