LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN AND MINING NET BOLIVIA BRASIL PERÚ ECUADOR COLOMBIA INTRODUCTION Bolivian Mining Women Net-RNMM (Red Nacional de Mujeres Mineras en Bolivia-RNMM) founded during the Second International Meeting, in Iroco-Oruro Department –year 2000. It is integrated by representative delegates of women organizations such as cooperatives, civil organizations, ONGs, investigators, independent professionals on mining activities. The main objective of the Net is support and help the work of women and seek their incorporation in the national economic development, environmental topics and equity aspects. Bolivian RNMM has every year a national meeting with all regional representative delegates recorded since the Net foundation. During the last 3 years, were invited and attended to the national meeting, representatives and delegates of women mining organization from Peru and other countries. Latin American Women and Mining Net This year, during the “X National Meeting of RNMM” developed in Oruro City (13-14 March), attended invited representations of similar organizations from Chile, Peru and Colombia with whom was organized a bloc of Latin American countries to involve to thousands of women working in mining activities. This new organization was named “Latin American Women and Mining Net” and will fortify base women organizations, who will work with social responsibility criterion, helping also each local environmental efforts. Its main objectives are: -Support the job of base women, workers, wives of labor union workers, cooperatives and artisan miners, ONGs, investigator women, independent professionals working in mining activities. -Support to women involved in the mining productive process, respecting the social responsibility criterion and environmental efforts in mining activity areas. The address of this Net is represented by: Bolivia - Ana María Aranibar Jiménez Perú - Olinda Orozco Zevallos Next to the conformation of the Net and in the effort to involve to other Latin American countries, recently and formally, were included Brazil and Ecuador. In this report we include the name, address and email of contacts of our involved countries. Contacts Bolivia Ana Maria Aranibar – [email protected] Organización: Cumbre del Sajama Av. Héctor Ormachea Nº 5298 esq. Calle 7, Edif. Vera, Piso º, Of. 1-B – zona de Obrajes Teléfonos: (591-2) 2787383 – 2787612 – Fax: (591-2) 2787612 – Casilla Postal: 730 La Paz-Bolivia CHILE Perú Olinda Orozco - [email protected] Organización: Red Social Jr. Camilo Carrillo No. 139, oficina A Jesús María. Teléfono: 42322834. Lima – Perú Brasil Zuleica Carmen Castilhos - [email protected]ón CETEM Centro de Tecnologia Mineral Avenida Pedro Calmon, 900. Ilha do Fundão. Teléfono: (55-21) 38657213 Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brasil Chile Blanca Lucila Alcaíno Espinoza - [email protected] Elizabeth Pérez Cáceres - [email protected] Ecuador Alicia Cristina Guerrero Montenegro - [email protected] Elizabeth Peña - [email protected] Colombia Yurany Monsalve - [email protected]