Kartini's Legacy in the Mining Industry
The mining industry wasn't designed for women. Yet women are still present, they exist and play a real role in the field, in the tunnels, and behind the office desks.
On Kartini Day, PTFI's office hallways and mines are decorated with batik, a simple way to celebrate Indonesian women's Emancipation Day. But behind these motifs, there are many women who prove every day that mining is no longer a foreign space for them.
From the heights of Papua to the smelter in Gresik, PTFI's female employees are here to make a real impact in this industry. Three of them share their stories:
Dina Wanggai once dreamed of becoming an electrical technician. Now she holds the wheel of heavy equipment in the heights of Papua as a Dump Truck Operator in the Operations Support Division, transporting materials to ensure the production line remains safe and efficient. "Responsibility knows no gender," she says. Behind the wheel, she proves that dreams may change shape, but the determination to create never does.
Wieda Azani once wanted to be a surgeon. Now she's an "earth doctor"--an Underground Mine Geotech Engineer at Grasberg Block Cave--ensuring every worker is safe from rock hazards. It's not human surgery, but the impact is real: production runs safely so that the workers’ lives are protected.
Initially aspiring to be a doctor, Ismi Yunita Utami has now chosen a different path, but one that still impacts others: Senior Social Investment Officer at the Gresik Smelter. She ensures that the company's presence is meaningful to th surrounding community. "Women are not present as complements, but as part of the drivers of change," she asserts.
Kartini never had the chance to see what the world she fought for looked like. But if she could, she would see women behind the wheels of heavy equipment in Papua, in the depths of the Grasberg tunnels, in the social field that touches communities in Java, and in spaces once unimaginable for women. Happy Kartini Day.
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