Women in Mining Leadership Development Round II- Building an alternative leadership in mining Sector

Mining sector is considered masculine sector in many parts of the world, which by the notion itself it excludes women.Women  in the mining sector takes secondary roles. In Artisanal  and small scale mining, most women work in providing services such as food, water, sex, and housing. Those who own mining pits are sometimes unable to participate fully because of the nature of the work and stereotypes that comes with it. In industrial mining, women are employed as administrators, cleaners, cook and security guards. In these positions, it is difficult for women to advance in leadership positions or participate fully in making decisions about laws, policies and practices that affect them

It is through this reality that HakiMadini initiated Women in Mining Leadership Development.The journey takes one year in three modules. in the first module, participants work with facilitator to advance their self development as women leaders. The five days session explores values and responsibility of women leaders, working with individuals to unlock their potentials as leaders from within. In the second module, participants are trained on laws, policies and regulations related to mining and advocacy skills. The third module is a practical one where participants meet with policy makers for lobbying for the change of policies and practices in mining sector towards women. In between the modules, participants are provided with different opportunities to learn different skills. this includes communication skills, advocacy and lobbying in practice, organizational development, monitoring of policies and practices in the mining sector etc.

 Self development: Women Leaders learning using colours and drawings

Round II of women in Mining leadership development started at the end of 2013, bringing together 20 women from four mining communities of Tanzania. This intake aimed at building on round I and create a more visible women movement in the mining sector

Participants of Women In mining Leadership development round II in plenary discussion

 The leadership in many ways and in most cases is known and understood as position and power; the quality that comes with it is   often mistaken with orders, ranks and places. HakiMadini is working with women to build women leaders who take charge from the very foundation stage. Leadership that starts with an individual from within, changing perceptions, beliefs, attitudes, practices, values and behaviours that undermine women advancement in the sector. A kind of leadership which inspires, motivate, engage, mobilize and facilitate transformation in mining sector. The feminist leadership which will place women at the core.