Women ought to break down barriers in mining

More women can break the gender barrier in the mining industry PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
More women can break the gender barrier in the mining industry PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Despite women known to be versatile, they have been failing to penetrate the mining industry that is still dominated by their male counterparts. Locally about nine percent of working women are employed in the mining industry as engineers, security personnel, administrators, and logistic problem solvers, amongst others. BusinessWeek Staffer, PAULINE DIKUELO recently attended a Women In Mining conference and learnt that with a change of mindset, an opportunity for more women to penetrate the industry can open up

Out of the 6,900 Debswana employees, about 98% are locals.  From this, about 20% are women. According to different speakers at the Women In Mining conference held recently, this number could improve if women considered alternatives to white-collar jobs, which are mostly based in towns and cities.

For decades their male counterparts have dominated the enrolment of engineers in universities, which resulted in the current dominance in the industry. Experts believe that one of the challenges is that women tend to expect preferential treatment while working at industries like mining unlike their male counterparts instead of working hard and proving that they belong.

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