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Less than 10% of the workers are women. Women uniformly describe being dis-empowered by the highly unequal norms of authority in northern Sierra Leone, only further compounded by the arrival of the this project. Women were largely excluded from the process, and are thus not aware of the agreement/ land payments. The women community representatives have no power to influence the decisions of the other representatives (men). Men also control the use of payments received from the project (women don't know what they get paid). The majority employees are men. While some women from the project area have been employed, they have primarily only been involved in the initial land-clearing work and many report having been fired after only a few months of work. For more information on the gender specific information see :“We Have No Voice for That”: Land Rights, Power, and Gender in Rural Sierra Leone, Journal of Human Rights, Gearoid Millar.