St Barbara Mining has been working to increase the number of women in its predominantly male workforce. It faces challenges such as perceptions of mining as a "man's domain" and fewer qualified women applying for technical roles. St Barbara's strategies include recruiting more women, retaining female employees through flexible work and parental leave policies, supporting women's advancement, and conducting pay equity analyses to reduce the gender pay gap. Actions like training and targets have helped increase women in the workforce from 23% to a goal of 30% by 2018.