For women working within artisanal and small scale mining (at least 1,154 in Tanzania alone), women often work processing minerals with hazardous chemicals. Women also often respond to demand for increased prostitution around the mine sites due to the increased cash economy and distance of miners from their families.
http://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/2015/02/uneven-benefits-unequal-burden-women-and-extractive-industries/
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