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Increased diversity has been associated with greater creativity and organizational performance and improved problem-solving mechanisms.
21
Hence further emphasizing the need to promote gender equality in the
workplace.
The above are some of the reasons why it is crucial to involve women
in the global economy in all sectors, including the extractives. These
are in no way an exhaustive list of justifications for the equal participation of women. Several others will be discussed further in this chapter,
specifically in the context of the extractives industries.
12.3 The Need for Automation
in the Extractives Industries
At the time of writing, the Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives
of more than 300,000 people around the world, yet it has not peaked
in many countries. Hence the numbers are expected to rise exponentially.
22 The pandemic has revealed the urgent need for automation in
the different sectors of the economy, including in the oil and gas, and
mining sectors. Many countries are fighting the prospect of economic
collapse as a result of the pandemic.
In South Africa, president Ramphosa on March 27, 2020, announced
a national lockdown, as an attempt to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus.
23 The lockdown commenced for an initial duration of a month.
Midway through that period, the Minerals Council, union heads and
other stakeholders in the extractives sector impressed upon the government to allow operations in the sector to continue in order to prevent
21 Marie-Anne Birken and Gian Piero Cigna, ‘Gender Diversity on Boards: A Cause for
Multilateral Organisations’ (2018) AIIB Yearbook of International Law 2018, 29.
22 Worldometer, ‘COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Latest Update’ (May 16, 2020), https://
www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/?utm_campaign=homeAdvegas1?%22%20%5Cl%20%22c
ountries, accessed May 16, 2020.
23 Nelson Mandela University, ‘UPDATE 11: Lockdown Update—27 March 2020’ (March
27, 2020), https://www.mandela.ac.za/News-and-Events/Coronavirus-Information/COVID-19Memos/UPDATE-11-Lockdown-Update-%E2%80%93-27-March-2020, accessed March 27,
2020.
A. Lugonzo and K. Chege
Increased diversity has been associated with greater creativity and organizational performance and improved problem-solving mechanisms.
21
Hence further emphasizing the need to promote gender equality in the
workplace.
The above are some of the reasons why it is crucial to involve women
in the global economy in all sectors, including the extractives. These
are in no way an exhaustive list of justifications for the equal participation of women. Several others will be discussed further in this chapter,
specifically in the context of the extractives industries.
12.3 The Need for Automation
in the Extractives Industries
At the time of writing, the Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives
of more than 300,000 people around the world, yet it has not peaked
in many countries. Hence the numbers are expected to rise exponentially.
22 The pandemic has revealed the urgent need for automation in
the different sectors of the economy, including in the oil and gas, and
mining sectors. Many countries are fighting the prospect of economic
collapse as a result of the pandemic.
In South Africa, president Ramphosa on March 27, 2020, announced
a national lockdown, as an attempt to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus.
23 The lockdown commenced for an initial duration of a month.
Midway through that period, the Minerals Council, union heads and
other stakeholders in the extractives sector impressed upon the government to allow operations in the sector to continue in order to prevent
21 Marie-Anne Birken and Gian Piero Cigna, ‘Gender Diversity on Boards: A Cause for
Multilateral Organisations’ (2018) AIIB Yearbook of International Law 2018, 29.
22 Worldometer, ‘COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Latest Update’ (May 16, 2020), https://
www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/?utm_campaign=homeAdvegas1?%22%20%5Cl%20%22c
ountries, accessed May 16, 2020.
23 Nelson Mandela University, ‘UPDATE 11: Lockdown Update—27 March 2020’ (March
27, 2020), https://www.mandela.ac.za/News-and-Events/Coronavirus-Information/COVID-19Memos/UPDATE-11-Lockdown-Update-%E2%80%93-27-March-2020, accessed March 27,
2020.