Women bear the brunt of mining violence 

THE Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has said women in Zimbabwe’s mining communities suffer deeper and more violent abuse than women elsewhere because the mining system itself is patriarchal and leaves them at the receiving end of displacement, job exclusion and economic dependence.

Speaking at the Safe Shafts, Safe Homes indaba on ending violence against women and girls in mining communities, CNRG executive director Farai Maguwu said  research had shown that women were always disadvantaged at mining sites.

“We have observed things like sexual exploitation and abuse at work.

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