74 2 01 9 S U S T AINABILITY REPOR T W e belie v e that a div er s e w orkf or c e mak e s us s tr ong er W e w ant our w orkf or c e t o r epr e s ent the div er sit y o f the c ommunitie s in which w e oper at e This me ans cr e ating the right c onditions t o attr act and r et ain a div er s e w orkf or c e O ur f ocus in 2 01 9 w as on incr e asing g ender div er sit y at P an Americ an Silv er bec aus e w e s ee w omen as driv er s o f po sitiv e long t erm chang e f or our oper ations T o help us cr e at e opportunitie s and c onditions t o attr act and r et ain w omen w e w ork ed har d t o under s t and the actual and per c eiv ed challeng e s the y f ac e The s e challeng e s include s e v er al int er c onnect ed and long s t anding is sue s Cultur al norms In s ome p art s o f L atin Americ a w omen w er e not allo w ed in under gr ound mine s While this ma y no long er be the c as e a pr edominat e cultur e o f machismo c an le ad t o nonac c ept anc e o f f emale c olle ague s har as sment dis crimination and r e sis t anc e t o w omen in le ader ship r ole s In addition legislation in man y c ountrie s pr o vide s insufcient s ocial support such as mat ernit y le a v e c o v er ag e and childc ar e funding t o enc our ag e w omen with childr en t o w ork full time E quipment and f acilitie s T r aditional mining equipment is not siz ed appr opriat ely f or w omen L oc ation o f oper ations Mine s ar e o ft en loc at ed in r emot e ar e as f ar fr om w ork er s home s and f amilie s In L atin Americ a tr aditional g ender r ole s mak e dome s tic w ork as w ell as child and elder c ar e the r e sponsibilit y o f w omen This me ans that w orking on sit e ma y not be a viable option f or w omen who do not liv e in mining c amp s or clo s e t o the sit e F emale w ork er s who do liv e in a mining c amp ma y be bett er able t o b alanc e the r equir ement s o f w ork and home pr o vided the c amp of er s such s ocial s er vic e s as adequat e child and he alth c ar e R e s p e c t f u l W ork p l a c e s O ur f ocus in 2 01 9 w as on incr e asing g ender div er sit y at P an Americ an Silv er bec aus e w e s ee w omen as driv er s o f po sitiv e long t erm chang e f or our oper ations