In Australia, for example, while women represent 45 percent of the total workforce, only 16 percent of workers in the mining sector are women, the Australian Women in Resources Alliance (AWRA) reported in a newspaper article in April. AWRA wants to increase female participation to 25 percent of the resource, allied, and construction sectors by 2025.
Click here to read the full article on www.resourceinvestingnews.com.
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