Women are failing to break into the lucrative mining sector, with figures showing that they constitute just 5 percent of small-scale miners in Zimbabwe.The chief executive officer of Gold Miners Association of Zimbabwe, Mr Irvin Chinyenze, noted with concern that women were not keen on mining because of the strenuous nature of the work.
"We have a membership of over 1 000 registered small-scale miners, and only 5 percent of those are women. Mining is one area where women have not fully exploited the opportunities that are there.
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