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17.5 Impact Sustainability: Final Remarks
A community’s pre-existing vulnerabilities, as well as the complexities of the
extractive industry, are likely to result in more adverse impacts on women and their
livelihoods. Successful integration of livelihood options in the local economy faces
a number of complexities that might increase or diminish the extractive industry’s
ability to help women forge more sustainable livelihood options and respond to
conflicting demands from local actors. This chapter identified effective approaches
to sustain women livelihoods and integrate them in the local economy. It also indicated that priority livelihood areas which are the most valuable for women are those
that help them achieve their own development aspirations. Because of this, womenbased approaches are more likely to create value for female leaders than corporate
and/or government top-down approaches.
In these cases, in which companies have embraced community-oriented and
women-driven agendas, women claim to have become more resilient to cope with
mining-induced transformations, including conflict. This approach has served as a
means to reduce disputes, achieve SDG 16 and sustain women’s livelihood overtime. Women who have been properly consulted regarding livelihood priorities have
been able to strengthen key assets, becoming more capable of coping with mininginduced changes. However, such approaches need to be included as a constituent
component of both corporate and government policies. It is not solely the resource
industry’s responsibility to make these approaches valuable for women as governments also need to share responsibilities with companies in this regard. Governments
also need to consult women and get them involved in decision-making about matters such as priorities for the allocation of funds and asset transformation.
Furthermore, these consultation processes should specifically include female miners and women entrepreneurs. Similarly, major attention must be paid to the potential growth of the existing agriculture community associations, in helping women
become active suppliers for the extractive industry or other industries relevant to the
local economy. These lessons drawn from the Colombian experience can be applied
to other Latin American regions and elsewhere.
References
Alto Comisionado para la Paz (2016) Acuerdo Final para la Terminación del Conflicto y la
Construcción de Una Paz Estable y Duradera: Alto Comisionado para la Paz
Buitrago Franco I (2013) Mining, capacity-building and social license: making the links. Paper
presented at the World Mining Congress. Montreal, Canada. Peer reviewed paper.
Buitrago Franco I (2014) Building sustainable communities: enhancing human capital in resource
regions. PhD Dissertation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
Christensen J, Grant M (2007) How political change paved the way for indigenous knowledge: the
Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act. Arctic 60(2):115–123
Cornelius N, Todres M, Janjuha-Jivraj S, Woods A, Wallace J (2008) Corporate social responsibility and the social Enterprise. J Bus Ethics 81(2):355–370
17 SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
17.5 Impact Sustainability: Final Remarks
A community’s pre-existing vulnerabilities, as well as the complexities of the
extractive industry, are likely to result in more adverse impacts on women and their
livelihoods. Successful integration of livelihood options in the local economy faces
a number of complexities that might increase or diminish the extractive industry’s
ability to help women forge more sustainable livelihood options and respond to
conflicting demands from local actors. This chapter identified effective approaches
to sustain women livelihoods and integrate them in the local economy. It also indicated that priority livelihood areas which are the most valuable for women are those
that help them achieve their own development aspirations. Because of this, womenbased approaches are more likely to create value for female leaders than corporate
and/or government top-down approaches.
In these cases, in which companies have embraced community-oriented and
women-driven agendas, women claim to have become more resilient to cope with
mining-induced transformations, including conflict. This approach has served as a
means to reduce disputes, achieve SDG 16 and sustain women’s livelihood overtime. Women who have been properly consulted regarding livelihood priorities have
been able to strengthen key assets, becoming more capable of coping with mininginduced changes. However, such approaches need to be included as a constituent
component of both corporate and government policies. It is not solely the resource
industry’s responsibility to make these approaches valuable for women as governments also need to share responsibilities with companies in this regard. Governments
also need to consult women and get them involved in decision-making about matters such as priorities for the allocation of funds and asset transformation.
Furthermore, these consultation processes should specifically include female miners and women entrepreneurs. Similarly, major attention must be paid to the potential growth of the existing agriculture community associations, in helping women
become active suppliers for the extractive industry or other industries relevant to the
local economy. These lessons drawn from the Colombian experience can be applied
to other Latin American regions and elsewhere.
References
Alto Comisionado para la Paz (2016) Acuerdo Final para la Terminación del Conflicto y la
Construcción de Una Paz Estable y Duradera: Alto Comisionado para la Paz
Buitrago Franco I (2013) Mining, capacity-building and social license: making the links. Paper
presented at the World Mining Congress. Montreal, Canada. Peer reviewed paper.
Buitrago Franco I (2014) Building sustainable communities: enhancing human capital in resource
regions. PhD Dissertation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
Christensen J, Grant M (2007) How political change paved the way for indigenous knowledge: the
Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act. Arctic 60(2):115–123
Cornelius N, Todres M, Janjuha-Jivraj S, Woods A, Wallace J (2008) Corporate social responsibility and the social Enterprise. J Bus Ethics 81(2):355–370
17 SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions