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Women in mining
Women in mining … Action!
From Engineering, Metallurgy and Mining to Mineral Resource, Finance and Protection Services, women are represented in all departments at our Tarkwa and Damang mines. Our female employees contribute significantly towards the achievement of our targets and strategic objectives.
Gold Fields Ghana boasts some of the best female talents in the mining industry in Ghana. The company continues to promote gender equality in the workplace by providing all employees with equal opportunities and outcomes, including equal remuneration for work of equal or comparable value.
We make a conscious effort to improve female representation in the workforce by removing barriers and providing full and genuine access to all occupations for women, including leadership roles. Increasing the number of females is a key requirement of our Balance Scorecards, which sets yearly diversity targets.
Over the past several years, we have prioritised the recruitment of females. As such, the total female representation in our core workforce continues to improve steadily, reaching 12% in 2023 though we have a long way to go. Similarly, female representation in management has improved, reaching 19% in 2023.
In 2017, we appointed our first female metallurgical manager. Catherine Kuupol Kuutor, who has over 20 years of experience in mineral processing, heads the Metallurgical Department with oversight of both Tarkwa and Damang mines. Catherine is a role model for our other female employees.
Read about Abena Andoh-Mensah, who first joined our company as a graduate trainee and was later employed as a metallurgist at our Damang mine.
The Beginning of a Thrilling Career at Gold Fields
Our vision
To be self-inspired women, who deliver professionally and ethically to their full capacity and capability.
To build a strong network for the development, empowerment and advancement of women, and to inspire Ghana’s girls.
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