The Role of Women in Bolstering Resilience across Critical Mineral Supply Chains
Heading: The Role of Women in Bolstering Resilience across Critical Mineral Supply Chains
Client: The Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) Programme, funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and led by PwC in partnership with CARE International and Social Development Direct, with Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) and the University of Manchester as Alliance members.
Challenge:
As part of the WOW Programme, a research paper was commissioned to examine the role of women in bolstering resilience across critical mineral supply chains, with a particular focus on Africa.
There was a need to explore how greater participation of women across mining ecosystems could strengthen resilience, governance and long-term sustainability.
The objective was to produce an evidence-based report grounded in industry insight and to present its findings to senior policymakers, mining companies and investors.
Our approach:
Invest Africa Consult supported the research, editorial curation and delivery of the research paper in partnership with the WOW consortium team.
This included:
Stakeholder engagement and interviews with 15 mining operators across Africa
Desk research and analysis supporting report development
Production of three case studies on global mining leaders in women-led initiatives
Report dissemination to senior public and private stakeholders
Hosted a strategic roundtable on the sidelines of The Africa Debate to present findings to senior government officials, mining leaders and investors
Our approach combined stakeholder access, research delivery and senior-level convening to ensure the report informed policy and investment dialogue.
Impact:
Positioned gender participation as a strategic resilience lever within critical minerals strategy.
Informed policy and investment dialogue among senior government officials, mining operators and institutional investors.