Just Transition for Women in Mining: The Fight for Climate Justice Must Be Gendered
During Women’s Month, CivSource South Africa joined a dialogue convened by Independent Philanthropy Association South Africa focused on climate justice and a just transition, centring women in mining-affected communities whose lives are shaped daily by water scarcity, pollution, land degradation, and economic precarity. The reflection highlights a core tension: a transition is necessary, yet it cannot be called just if mining regions face job losses, weak plans for reskilling and rehabilitation, and limited community inclusion in climate finance decisions. It also calls on philanthropy to move beyond short term project support into systemic funding that backs grassroots movements, invests at the intersection of gender and climate, and strengthens long-term ecosystem shifts so the transition moves from extraction toward regeneration.