In 2021, when a mining company began setting up camp in the iron-sand-rich Indonesian coastal village of Pasar Seluma with plans to start operations, the local women agreed that they’d be leading the protests this time around...
Incidents from about a decade ago were still fresh in the village’s collective memory. Back then, men led protests against a different iron-sand mining company that ended in the arrest of six men, who were later found guilty of damaging property and other charges. Iron-sand originates in volcanic deposits and is rich in iron ore.
More than 100 women in Pasar Seluma are involved in the village’s movement against mining. Their work is part of a collective effort to protect their home, which is one of 53 villages in the province of Bengkuluas highly vulnerable to tsunamis by the country's disaster mitigation agency. Indonesia is no stranger to natural disasters like tsunamis; many of its islands lie on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where 80 percent of the world’s earthquakes occur.
“The women of Pasar Seluma who opposed the mining operations agreed to protest, deciding that the men should just stand behind us, because we don’t want a repeat of what happened in 2010,” said Nenti, referencing the arrests. “We don’t want the men to be arrested because they are more emotional, so it’s the women who will fight against the company.”
Faisal at WALHI, the largest and oldest environmental advocacy NGO in Indonesia, said the company’s mining activities are likely illegal.
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