Gender equality in oil mining companies: a case of Lokichar, Kenya

Abstract

This paper is on the findings of a study done by the authors of this paper in 2019 on Change in Gender Roles as a Factor in Gender Participation and Empowerment in the Oil Mining Industry: Case of Lokichar. One of the objectives was establishing the extent to which oil mining in Turkana County has contributed to changes in gender equality. Sample size of three hundred (300) respondents was selected through systematic random sampling. Finding indicated that there is no relationship between involvement in oil mining activities and equal opportunity for men and women to work in mining activities. The paper recommended that issues like compensation, decision making, royalty sharing, power relations should be well spelt out in policies like the Mining Bill (2014) to ensure gender mainstreaming and no ambiguity in interpretation and Quality Assurance and gender audits should be adopted by companies ensuring a robust Monitoring and Evaluation.