The partnership was announced recently during celebrations of the International Day of Women in Mining at Hotel Africana. Many women in the mining sector have been exposed to the negative effects of using mercury to detect gold ores, and yet this was outlawed under the Miamata Agreement of 2013.
She added that the alternative mercury-free technology that is being promoted is affordable to the miners. Also, the savings and credit and cooperative organizations that they have formed will help them purchase these technologies. women involved in mining are subjected to health complications such as shaking of the hands, which one would say is similar to the signs and symptoms of Parkinson's disease, which miners develop over time due to exposure to mercury, miscarriages among women and brain damage."
"It is not a secret that if you go to these mining locations, you are going to find children who are participating in mining activities, which is against the law," she added.
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