Impact of Mining Activities on Women in Selected Regions of Mexico
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Description
Based on the base studies to determine potentially toxic contaminants (i.e., lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, etc.) and their distribution in mining regions with constructed risk maps, progress can be made by complementing the work by integrating the gender perspective. Given that in these mining regions, women are responsible for collecting water, cooking, and washing clothes in water bodies contaminated with acid mine drainage and poor management of mining waste. These have caused health problems related to infertility, abortions, and cancer.
Geopgraphic area, Thematic and Game-changer
This Action is being implemented in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on Mexico.
It is part of the Multi-stakeholder Coalition鈥檚 Working Group on Academia and publications. It is intended to apply the : Narrowing the persisting gap between policy and practice in the water domain to ensure gender-equality policies and necessary mechanisms are in place for implementation.
