Social Justice Center publishes a new study - "Extractive Industries and Women's Economic Participation in Tkibuli"

Our research has revealed that Tkibuli women leave their homes and move to other countries for work due to poverty. This tears the social fabric of the city apart.

Along with social hopelessness, local women could be facing a heightened risk of domestic violence. One of them argues that as working in mines is seen as a male occupation, Tkibuli women act mostly as housewives. This status entails an emotional and financial dependence, that significantly reduces the likelihood of escaping from violence.

In Tkibuli there are no employment spaces for either women or men apart from mining. Gender differences and inequality become relevant in the extraction industry, as in this sectors employers mostly hire men. In this regard women are discriminated.

The spaces where women are employed pay so little that they are still forced to leave in subjugation to men or extreme poverty.

The study is fully available in the attached file.

This research is prepared in the framework of the “EU 4 Gender Equality: Together against gender stereotypes and gender-based violence” programme, funded by the European Union, implemented jointly by UN Women and UNFPA. This research was prepared with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of Social Justice Center and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union, UN Women and UNFPA.

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