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miners - Ian Waldie/Bloomberg
No one chooses the mining industry for an easy lifestyle. So tough is the work that companies have long paid âFIFOâ (fly-in-fly-out) workers handsomely for long stints at projects in remote locations.
Yet alongside these already tough demands, women who have joined the gold rush have secretly faced a far more insidious problem: a culture of sexual harassment and abuse has for years been an unescapable part of the job.
This bleak reality was laid bare on...
>>> Read more: Inside the sex scandal at the heart of the worldâs dirtiest industry
No one chooses the mining industry for an easy lifestyle. So tough is the work that companies have long paid âFIFOâ (fly-in-fly-out) workers handsomely for long stints at projects in remote locations.
Yet alongside these already tough demands, women who have joined the gold rush have secretly faced a far more insidious problem: a culture of sexual harassment and abuse has for years been an unescapable part of the job.
This bleak reality was laid bare on...
>>> Read more: Inside the sex scandal at the heart of the worldâs dirtiest industry