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Impact of mining on Nauruan women

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Nauruan women have absorbed much of the impact of mining for phosphates on Nauru. They have provided continuity for the traditional mode of social organization through the maintenance of the matrilineages, while also adjusting the household lifestyle to meet the needs of a cash economy. Ties to one another and to the island through both lineages and clans provide the basis of Nauruan identity, and ensure that the identity is restricted to those born of Nauruan mothers. Land rights held by individual titleholders have been a key issue throughout the mining extraction process, and remain so as the island seeks to rehabilitate itself towards a new Garden of Eden. With four‐fifths of the island a sea of coral pinnacles, the process and cost of rehabilitation remains an immense issue for the Nauruan population. Whether the women can maintain their central role in the new reconstituted island in the 21st century remains to be answered.

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  • Nancy J Pollock, 1996. "Impact of mining on Nauruan women," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 20(2), pages 123-134, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:natres:v:20:y:1996:i:2:p:123-134
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1996.tb00645.x
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