The intersection of sustainable development goals, Ubuntu and accessibility of sexual gender-based violence services for sexually violated female artisanal miners in Chakari mining village, Zimbabwe

Abstract

Although policies and awareness campaigns have been introduced to address sexual violation, it should be noted that previous research has not investigated the influence of the Ubuntu perspective in facilitating the accessibility of Sexual Gender-Based Violence services for women in artisanal mining during their struggle in sustaining their livelihoods in most countries. This is because most of the female artisanal miners remain subjects and prey to sex predators in the mining industry. There have been several incidents whereby the women, of whom are victims, are deprived of their access to the justice system through intimidation by perpetrators or corruption in the law enforcement systems. Therefore, the main objective of the study was to explore the dimensions of the Ubuntu perspective together with the agonies and struggles in the attempt of sexually violated female artisanal miners to access the justice system. The researcher used a qualitative method with a descriptive multiple case study design to examine the well-being of the women.  Eight in-depth interviews with the participants were conducted. Two key informant interviews were also carried out in Shona language (since some of the participants were illiterate) during data collection. The data were transcribed, translated and thematically analysed. The experiences of the sexually violated artisanal miners differed depending on their backgrounds and workspace.