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Mining

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Key Facts FROM National Women’s Law Center

  • Mining makes up 0.5% of EEOC charges filed by women in 2012 to 2016.

  • Women of color are once again the primary targets of sexual harassment and discrimination. Here is the breakdown of sexual harassment charges per 100,000 women workers in the mining industry from 2012 to 2016:

    • Asian American: 0

    • Latina - 5.4%

    • White, non-hispanic - 8.5%

    • Black American - 20.8%

 

INDUSTRY RESOURCES

“It takes the women to stand up and say ‘enough’.”
— Susan Lomas, a geologist of 30 years
 

INDUSTRY NEWS

Photograph: Mining Technology

Photograph: Mining Technology

Photograph: ABC News

Photograph: ABC News

Photograph: Magdalena Iordache/Alamy

Photograph: Magdalena Iordache/Alamy

 
 

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