70 2 01 9 S U S T AINABILITY REPOR T P A N A M ER I C A N S I L V ER W O R KF O R C E T y p e F e m al e 30 5 0 E mplo y ee s 7 19 13 C ontr act or s 1 1 32 7 Ge n d er Di v er s i t y W omen ar e underr epr e s ent ed acr o s s the mining indus tr y and as w ell in our C omp an y p articularly in t echnic al and tr ade s r ole s His t oric ally mining w as not s een as an attr activ e c ar eer choic e f or w omen a vie w that has further perpetuat ed the tr aditionally lo w r epr e s ent ation o f f emale s in the indus tr y W e s ee w omen as driv er s o f po sitiv e long t erm chang e f or P an Americ an Silv er Curr ently ne arly s e v en per c ent o f our emplo y ee s ar e f emale a slight incr e as e fr om 2 018 The majorit y o f the s e w omen w ork in pr o f e s sional adminis tr ativ e and support r ole s A cr o s s the or g aniz ation w e incr e as ed our emphasis on the r ecruitment r et ention and pr omotion o f w omen with the objectiv e o f incr e asing the number o f ne w hir e s and pr omotions flled b y w omen W e undert ook a r e vie w o f the c ap acit y and skills o f our f emale emplo y ee s This initiativ e r e sult ed in an incr e as e in the number o f w omen in manag ement r ole s in P eru Me xic o and Ar g entina pr omotions f or 30 o f the w omen in our Lima ofc e and incr e as ed p articip ation o f w omen in our LDP E ach sit e f ac e s specifc challeng e s in r eg ar d t o hiring mor e w omen The s e challeng e s ma y include cultur al belie f s tr aditional g ender r ole s and lo w number s o f f emale c andidat e s with t echnic al tr aining In c ert ain r egions the ab s enc e o f a v ailable job s in other indus trie s k eep s turno v er r at e s lo w at our oper ations L o w turno v er in turn c an r e sult in a lack o f a v ailable entr y le v el po sitions f or w omen