Common Practice in Peru• Baseline surveys with heads of family or of institutions –

very few women • Workshops with community assemblies called by local

authorities – women little voice• Some companies do workshops with women’s

organisations – very positive • Few special techniques used in mixed workshops to bring

in the quieter (women’s) voices • No consultation data disaggregated by gender• No data gathered or research undertaken into the impact of

extractive industries on women

Some Good Practice in Peru• Pilots recently started to track the percentage of

interviews with women• Use of participatory workshops using pictures, social

maps, group work etc • Use of pre-workshop support to women to prepare them

and build their capabilities and development awareness• Pilots to disaggregate the consultation data by gender • Some action taken on specific social issues of priority to

women - though not backed up by baseline studies.

The need

• When the benefits mainly accrue to one half of the population (the men) and the risks to the other half of the population (the women) what happens if you then only ask the men about their desires and priorities?

• Making the invisible visible: alcohol, family violence, increased work in the home, etc

• What you Count Counts

Recommendation for: Gender Guidelines and training modules

• Build into the baseline assessment those specific issues relating to the impact of mining on women

• How to do interviews or focus groups so as to get a good and safe response from women

• The need to disaggregate all data in baseline studies by gender• The acid test is whether women consider that their overall

quality of life has improved or worsened due to the operation – and how do you get views that can be considered representative on this?