Vale Mozambique is carrying out, as of December 2021, two girl's empowerment projects, benefiting 5400 adolescents and young people living in the resettlement neighborhoods of Cateme and 25 de Setembro, in Moatize district, Tete province.

The first project consists of the distribution of reusable female dignity kits, for teenagers and young people, accompanied by health awareness workshops, focusing on early pregnancy, domestic violence, and women and youth empowerment, which are of great importance in the communities covered.

This initiative is being carried out by MEK Medical and BeGirl, companies with extensive experience in the field, and will directly reach five thousand girls over two years.

The second initiative, called "Going Further", will directly benefit 400 high school girls by promoting social skills for their insertion and retention in high school and for their empowerment in the community.

Beneficiary girls receive support in writing a personal development plan, with a focus on income-generating capacity building, as well as behavioral and entrepreneurship training for senior high school students.

These initiatives reflect Vale's vision that the empowerment of women and girls is key to the development of any company and society. Globally, Vale has a goal of reaching 26% of female presence in the workforce by 2025.

As of November last year, the percentage of women among Vale employees was 18.7%, up from 13.5% in 2019, when the company firmed up the target for women within a global diversity strategy.

In numerical terms, the company has 4500 women among its employees. Women occupy a central place at Vale, not only as employees, but also as beneficiaries of the company's activities, representing the majority of the beneficiaries of Vale's social activities in the communities where the company operates.

Vale has conducted annual socio-economic surveys in Moatize that indicate, among other facts, a substantial dropout rate from secondary school for girls. This is due, among other reasons, to the communities' lack of awareness in evils that hinder the girls' development, such as gender inequality, premature unions, early pregnancy, domestic violence.

On the other hand, the low income of the families results, among other impacts, in the difficulty of access to kits of female dignity, mentioned by the girls as a limiting factor for their permanence in school.