National Consultant: A Gendered Analysis of Employment and Skills in the Large-Scale Mining Sector (Posting locations: Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United Kingdom)

The International Institute for Sustainable Development is a globally recognized think tank with more than 30 years of experience working to solve today's greatest sustainable development challenges. We combine deep expertise across critical policy areas with a collaborative approach to research, advice, and hands-on support that delivers real-world results. Headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, we are a diverse team of over 300 experts working from offices in Canada and Switzerland as well as other locations around the world. The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF), working with project partners, including International Women in Mining, the International Labour Organization (ILO), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, and the Environmental Governance Programme (EGP), jointly implemented by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the United Nations Development Programme, completed the first phase of the Women and the Mine of the Future (WMF) project. Phase I established a gender-disaggregated employment baseline across 12 countries and culminated in the 2023 Women and the Mine of the Future: Global Report. The IGF and ILO are now extending the global baseline through the addition of Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United Kingdom. The purpose of this Terms of Reference is to commission a national baseline study for four new countries that is methodologically comparable with the original country studies and incorporates the most recent data available. 1. Background Large-scale mining is being reshaped by rapid technological change, growing demand for minerals and metals needed for the energy and digital transitions, and increasing expectations for responsible and equitable mining. These shifts have significant implications for mining occupations, skills, working conditions, and labour market participation. Reliable and comparable data are essential for understanding how women participate in the sector today and for designing policies that expand access to decent work and career progression. The first phase of the WMF project therefore focused on establishing a baseline of the gender-disaggregated profile of workers in large-scale mining. It covered Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ghana, Mongolia, Peru, South Africa, Sweden, and Zambia and examined employment, occupations, education and skills, age, earnings and gender pay gaps where available, working conditions, and relevant policy and regulatory frameworks. The 2023 Global Report demonstrated both the value of the baseline and the persistence of significant data gaps. Official labour market statistics are often fragmented, not consistently disaggregated by sex, or not available at a sufficiently detailed level for mining-specific analysis. Differences in national classifications, survey frequency, sample size, and data collection practices can also limit cross-country comparability. The extension of the baseline to four additional countries will broaden the geographical coverage of the evidence base and support future comparative analysis. 2. Rationale for Baseline Extension The additional country studies should build directly on the methodology and lessons of the first phase. In particular, the studies should prioritize official national statistics and internationally comparable classifications; clearly distinguish between data that are directly comparable and data that are country-specific; and transparently document gaps, proxies, methodological limitations, and differences between data sources. For consistency with the original Phase I baseline, the principal focus of this assignment is direct employment in large-scale mining. Artisanal and small-scale mining, oil and gas extraction, and indirect employment in mining supply chains are outside the core quantitative scope of this assignment. Where relevant, these issues may be referenced briefly to clarify national definitions or contextualize the findings. 3. Objective of the Assignment The overall objective of the assignment is to prepare a country baseline study for the pilot countries (Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United Kingdom) that can be integrated into the Women and the Mine of the Future global evidence base and compared, to the extent possible, with the 12 original country studies. The specific objectives are to

• compile and analyze the most reliable and recent gender-disaggregated data available on direct employment in the large-scale mining sector;
• describe the profile of women and men in mining by occupation, age, education and skills, employment status and working arrangements, and earnings or pay gaps, where data permit;
• review the policy, legal, and institutional context relevant to women’s employment, working conditions, equal opportunity, occupational health and safety, and career progression in mining;
• identify key data gaps, inconsistencies, and methodological limitations and propose practical measures to strengthen future data collection and reporting;
• identify relevant good practices and policy considerations that could improve women’s access to, retention in, and advancement within large-scale mining employment; and
• generate standardized evidence that can be used in cross-country comparison and future updates of the global baseline. 4. Scope of Work The standardized quantitative component of the baseline, including the extraction, harmonization, and analysis of labour market data using International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) and International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) classifications, will be undertaken separately by a statistician contracted under the IGF–ILO collaboration, drawing on the ILO database and methodology. The national consultant will complement this analysis through the collection and analysis of country-level quantitative data and evidence, contextual research, and assessment of the policy, regulatory, and institutional environment affecting women’s employment in large-scale mining. The consultant is expected to
• prepare an Inception Report outlining the proposed methodology, work plan, national data sources, relevant stakeholders, and approach to data collection and analysis. The report should identify anticipated challenges related to data availability, access, definitions, coverage, and comparability, with reference to the analytical framework in Appendix B.
• collect complementary quantitative data and support the quantitative baseline analysis by identifying and accessing relevant national and sectoral data sources in line with the analytical framework in Appendix B. These may include labour force and establishment surveys, national mining employment statistics, administrative data sets, and data from ministries and government agencies, industry associations, mining companies, workers’ organizations, education and training institutions, and other relevant sources. The consultant will collect available sex-disaggregated data relevant to the analytical framework, particularly where such information is not available or sufficiently disaggregated in the ILO data set. The consultant may also liaise with relevant institutions to clarify data definitions, coverage, and limitations. The consultant will not be expected to produce or replicate the standardized ISIC- and ISCO-based data analysis undertaken separately under the IGF–ILO collaboration.
• review relevant national laws, regulations, policies, strategies, and institutional arrangements concerning mining, labour and employment, gender equality and non-discrimination, occupational health and safety, maternity and parental protections, education and skills development, and other issues relevant to women’s participation and progression in the sector. The consultant will also review available evidence on workplace practices, working conditions, and