Breaking barriers for women in mining
Building capacity and partnering with Women in Mining organizations to enhance women's roles in large-scale mining. Promoting gender equality in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). To improve women's agency in the large-scale mining industry, the World Bank focuses on removing barriers that hinder women's workforce participation.
Women and gender-based violence in small-scale mining: …
The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) and MIT D-Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology launched the project "RISE: Resilient, Inclusive & Sustainable …
Gender in Mining Governance
Gender in Mining Governance: An annotated bibliography for artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) CONTEXT The global artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector is estimated to comprise nearly 45 million people worldwide. These women and men produce significant amounts of the
Scratching the Surface: Exploring Women's Roles in Artisanal and Small
to gender roles and lack of employment in other sectors ... To establish the women's roles in artisanal and small scale mining in ... These include characteristics of the work environment (e.g ...
Global Trends in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM): A …
Global Trends in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining ... from those whose livelihoods rely on subsistence farming to skilled workers who migrated from urban areas in search of work. Despite its low productivity, ASM is an important source of minerals and metals. ... Gender in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Training Workshop for Nigeria.
Barriers to Women's full participation in Artisanal and …
and safety of women in small-scale mining are still compromised, with only a few accessing their rights. ... Previous studies on gender and mining have repeatedly shown that women are often marginalized in ... gendered non-inclusive with women often only occupying non-mining roles in administration, washing
The Socio-Economic Impacts of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining …
Approximately 30% of the world's artisanal miners are women who occupy a number of roles ranging from labour-intensive mining methods to the processing aspect of artisanal mining, including amalgamation with mercury in the case of gold extraction.
GROWTH AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR …
roles of women in mining and in economic activities linked to mining such as food production and small-scale trading. Very little is known, for example, about the varied roles women play in the mining process or the ways in which gender norms, attitudes, and institutions shape the kinds of activities women are "allowed" to do, with implications
2020 State of the Artisanal and Small- Scale Mining Sector
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector ... Accountability and Artisanal Mining Program. The program works to formalize the sector, bolster safety and ... Mining inRwanda SGBV sexual and gender-based violence SHIELD Strategic Helpdesk for Information,Education,
Gendered division of labour and "sympathy" in artisanal and small-scale …
Understanding the gender relations and dynamics in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is crucial for formalization interventions and gender-sensitive on-site policies in sub-Saharan Africa.
GENDER ISSUES IN THE ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a significant source of income for tens of millions of people in developing countries. ASM refers to small groups and individuals engaged in low-cost and laborintensive excavation of minerals using minimal mechanization. ASM techniques are used in the production of precious minerals such as …
Women and Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM)
in artisanal and small-scale mining As of 2013, an estimated 20 to 30 million people engaged in artisanal ... gal for women to work underground or socially taboo for them to enter a ... and artisanal mining: Gender roles and the road ahead, in Gavin Hilson (ed) ...
Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Challenges …
The role of women in small-scale mining is currently being recognized as never before. Global associations such as International Women in Mining and the Women's Jewellery …
Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
and Small-Scale Mining artisanal mining sector. In addition, the research team is examining how initiatives, policies, regulations and laws fail to acknowledge the gender inequalities within mining communities, making women even more vulnerable. The three countries in the study are at different stages of implementing reforms
A Review of the Scope of Artisanal and Small‐Scale Mining …
Some of the poorest people in the world's poorest countries eke out a living in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). Equipped with primitive tools like picks, shovels, buckets, and gold pans, they work mining valuable resources, like gold, diamonds, tin, lithium, rare earth elements, tantalum, and cobalt, and any other usable …
Gender Issues in the Artisanal and Small-Scale …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a significant source of income for tens of millions of people in developing countries. ASM refers to small groups and individuals engaged in low-cost and …
Small-scale gold mining and gender roles: Critical
This article focuses on a critical analysis of socio-cultural factors and dynamics that influence gender roles in small-scale gold mining (SSGM) in selected …
Occupying the Fringes: The Struggles of Women in Artisanal and Small
We argue that policymakers, relevant stakeholders, and the government through the district assemblies should collaborate with small-scale mining employers to enhance gender-sensitive on-site regulatory policies, ensure safe working environments for workers, and provide locally appropriate work support services for women in ASM.
Gendering women's livelihoods in artisanal and small-scale …
In this paper, we provide an overview of extant research on gender and women's livelihoods in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), mostly of precious or …
Work patterns and gender reproduction in the Talensi …
Talensi small-scale gold-mining industry in Ghana: Implica-tions for social welfare policy Although women have access to work in the Talensi small-scale gold-mining industry in Ghana, gender inequities persist. This study analyzed these persistent gender differences, taking into consideration implications for social welfare policies. Based on ...
Gendered division of labour and "sympathy" in artisanal and …
Understanding the gender relations and dynamics in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is crucial for formalization interventions and gender-sensitive on-site …
Growing Skills to Advance Gender Governance in Mining in …
Practically, this requires policies, programs, and actions that minimize mining's negative impacts on women—often associated with environmental contamination, gender-based violence, and land loss—and support women in communities, at work, and in leadership roles.
Four Ways to Empower Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
Many women work in artisanal and small-scale mining, but with little support. Stacy Corneau explores four ways to empower women in the sector.
Gender and artisanal and small-scale mining: Exploring …
In formalised and mechanised small-scale mining settings, women's basic, direct and unskilled roles are eroded through capital-labour substitution mechanisms – replacement of manual work or workers with machines in an attempt to increase …
(PDF) Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: …
Conceptually, scholars have attributed norms preventing women from taking up specific mining roles and not working in underground pits or shafts to their physical …
Small-scale gold mining and gender roles: Critical
Keywords Feminist political economy · Gender roles · Small-scale gold mining · Northern Ghana · Patriarchies Introduction Across the global South, small-scale gold mining (SSGM), low capital and tech-nology-intensive, labor-driven means of extracting and processing has been on the increase over the past few decades.
Occupying the Fringes: The Struggles of Women in Artisanal and Small
Work patterns and gender reproduction in the Talensi small-scale gold-mining industry in Ghana: Implications for social welfare policy . International Journal of Social Welfare,
African Women in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining
the mining sector – artisanal and small-scale mining – has a huge work-force, estimated at between 40-50% in Africa, according to the 2014 report Encyclopedia of Gender and Mining: Key Initiatives, Best Practices and Actors, produced by the Ger-man Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ).
Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
and small-scale mining of 3Ts (tin, and socially benefit from working in tantalum, tungsten), and gold within ... that restrictions on women's roles in mining can be arbitrary, change over time, and ... would like to change about their work at the mining site. Government failure to provide equipment, assistance to miners ...
Women and Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM)
Gender and Development in artisanal and small-scale mining. As of 2013, an estimated 20 to 30 million people engaged in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) globally; in …
Small-scale gold mining and gender roles: Critical
This article is a critical examination of socio-cultural factors and dynamics and the extent to which they inflect gender roles in small-scale gold mining (SSGM) in north-eastern Ghana. Normatively, the north-eastern part of Ghana is inherently male-dominant and patriarchal with gender roles strictly divided between women and men …
Creative Capacity Building to Address Gender-Based …
SMALL-SCALE GOLD MINING SECTOR IN COLOMBIA MIT D-Lab and ARM Gender Analysis (7200AA18C00072) February17, 2021 ... Sophie Herscovici who started her work with women gold miners in Antioquia, Colombia when she participated in an MIT D-Lab class in 2018; and finally, ... gender roles. Based on needs assessments conducted in …
World Bank Urges Action for Gender Equality in Artisanal …
But gender discrimination, enshrined in mining laws, and disregard for health, safety, and social protection limit the rights and economic opportunities of women …
Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Challenges …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has grown significantly with approximately 40.5 million ... Without a commitment to gender mainstreaming, existing prejudices can ... different roles across the mining spectrum, niche …
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Addressing Challenges …
The paper sheds light on the often inhumane working conditions within the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)sector, outlines the human rights related risks and therewith involved responsibilities of businesses, and addresses the challenges for companies resulting from ASM.
Issue Brief: Artisanal & Small-Scale Mining: USAID Activities
USAID Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Activities (2014–2020) In recognition of the permanent and growing nature of the ASM sector and the vital role it plays in the journey to self-reliance for millions of men and women, USAID continues to address ASM's development challenges.