Project Dissemination for Asia @ RMIT

One of the key characteristics of DFAT funded project is capacity building. We believe that our project should be used as a learning mechanism for students, academic staff and practitioners in international mining industry.

On 9th April 2014, Dr. Sheree Gregory and Associate Professor Natt Pimpa presented the findings from this project , focusing on how mining MNCs in Laos impact women in the workplace, to the academic community at RMIT University. The seminar was organised by Asia@RMIT which is an event co-hosted by RMIT's Graduate School of Business ans Law and the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies.

The seminar was attended by 16 academics and PhD. students from different departments and schools at RMIT University. All participants showed interests in mining industry in Laos and Thailand, how women manage to work in the male-dominated industry, socio-economic factors in Laos that promote and impede women, and policies on gender equity.

The seminar was a great success since we developed a CSR and mining network with RMIT scholars and students. This network is important for us since we will collaborate our future research and academic actions with them at various stages of this project.

 

Associate Professor NattavudPimpa and Dr Sheree Gregory (School of Management) 

‘Mining and Women: How Mining Multinational Corporations Promote Gender Equity in Laos’

We examine approaches and strategies to empower women in the mining industry and mining community in Laos. In order to balance some views on developmental actions by Mining Multinational Corporations (MNCs), we also collected primary data from an international governmental organisation (IGO) and secondary data from MNCs, IGOs and international mining reports. The results show that MNCs adopted various approaches to empower women, promote equal opportunity, and celebrate diversity in the industry and the community. Two key concerns were raised: the lack of participation by women in the decision-making of corporate policies and the exclusion of indigenous women in economic and educational activities by MNCs.

Seminar:  http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=ixruhyg08rz3 

Event details

Title:	Asia@RMIT Seminar
Presenters:	Dr Claudia Astarita, Associate Professor Nattavud Pimpa and Dr Sheree Gregory
Date:	09 April, 2014
Time:	12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Location:	RMIT University, Building 80, Level 5, Room 01 (445 Swanston Street, Melbourne)
Location:	Email aastha.swaroop@rmit.edu.au by Tuesday, 8 April, 12 pm. Light lunch will be provided (places are limited)