Green justice: The resilience of Congolese women
By Agnès Kabwiz
My story is not easy to tell. It is full of pain, one shared by countless women who work in mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). I live in the province of Lualaba, the cobalt capital of the world. Cobalt and copper are precious to you because you need this for the batteries of your phones, tablets and the solar panels and electric vehicles for your green energy transition. Your efforts to fight climate change are closely tied to our suffering, marginalization and exploitation at the hands of multinational mining companies, many of them from Canada. Our story, however, is not just about pain ...
A word from Victor Reyes, Operations Manager
Some stories are not easy to tell. Yet, Agnès Kabwiz shares hers in our cover story. Agnes is the leader of a cooperative of artisanal miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Her struggle against marginalization and exploitation by multinational mining companies, some of them Canadian, is a testament to her courage and resilience ... Continue reading →
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