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Drawing on qualitative and quantitative research results from six artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sites, two in each of Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, the paper traces how the gendered organization of mining roles, when viewed in relation to women's disproportionate and care work, and the gendered norms around ...
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PhD Dissertation, Vancouver, University of British Columbia. Hinton, J., M. Veiga, and C. Beinhoff. 2003. "Women and Artisanal Mining: Gender Roles and the Road Ahead." In The Socio-Economic Impacts of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Developing Countries, edited by G. Hilson, 149–188. Lisse, The Netherlands: AA Balkema Publishers.
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gender and women ' s livelihoods in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), mostly of precious or high-value minerals, and some of the gaps that the papers assembled in this special issue address.
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But gender discrimination, enshrined in mining laws, and disregard for health, safety, and social protection limit the rights and economic opportunities of women artisanal and small-scale miners, finds a new World Bank report.
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Transforming gender roles in domestic and caregiving work preliminary findings from engaging fathers in maternal, newborn, and While such efforts are important at the small-scale programme level, our advocacy work highlights our belief that changes in the attitudes and policies MenCare is a global initiative to engage men in promoting
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Q: The recent State of the ASM Sector report focuses on gender equality. Why is this topic important? A: Women play very important roles in ASM, from directly mining to various support roles at mine sites and along the entire value chain, making up approximately 30% or 13.4 million of the 44.67 million global ASM workforce. However, we lack ...
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The World Bank in its Gender Dimensions of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: A Rapid Assessment Toolkit, says that some African countries, such as the Ghana and Malawi, have more than 50% of women making up the artisanal and small-scale mining workforce. Conservative estimates indi-cate the presence of more than eight million artisanal miners
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Women represent a large percentage of the workforce engaged in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)—up to 40 or 50 per cent in Africa alone. But there's an invisibility problem. The contribution of women to the mining sector is often masked by the dominant profile of men's roles in mining, which hinders women's meaningful participation.
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The complexities and labour demands vary depending on the type of artisanal and small‐scale mining involved, the underground pit (ghetto) or surface mining. Few studies have explored how gender roles manifest in the two major mining types to inform policy on the creation of a gendered mining environment for women.
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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 and tightly policed by social norms. The article draws …
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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.
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Despite their significant contributions, women in ASM face severe challenges, including exclusion from higher-earning roles and underrepresentation in mining leadership. …
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Women's direct participation in artisanal and small scale mining (ASM) varies throughout the world. This chapter intends to explore these issues within Africa. It provides the evolving gender roles of women in African ASM communities, the impacts of ASM on women miners and factors exacerbating and mitigating inequities in power, the ...
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Artisanal and small-scale mining areas are known to attract migrants across diverse socio-economic backgrounds including women.
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The first global gender in Oil, gas and mining conference held by World Bank Group in June 2020. ... Chakravorty, 2001. S L Chakravorty. Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in India, MMSD No. 78, Oct. 2001, available... Participation of Women in Mining 2007-2017 ... Women and Artisanal Mining: Gender Roles and the Road Ahead. The Socio-Economic ...
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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
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Women play a great role in the production value chain of Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM) in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper provides a systematic literature review (SLR) of published peer-reviewed journal articles on women in ASM with main focus on participation in ASM production value chain, socio-economic and health impact of ASM and empowerment …
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One such instance was at the EX4DEV19 Workshop on 'Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining and the Sustainable Development Goals' at the University of Surrey on the 8 th of November 2019, where I presented a paper on, 'Gender Inequality and Criminality: Navigating Multiple Identities in Ghana's Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM)'. Among ...
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Gender inequality is an inevitable concomitant of the innate poverty in humanity, a situation to which the Ghanaian society is no exception. This paper explores the underlying elements of gender inequality pertinent to women in the small-scale gold mining sector in Ghana drawing inference from a case study of the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly Area in the Western …
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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 and tightly policed by social norms. …
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With the third State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector report, released earlier this month, the spotlight is focused on women in mining, their roles, challenges and barriers to full and equal participation in the sector.
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To mark International Women's Day we're digging into an often overlooked, but critical sector for the global economy, and for many millions of women: Artisanal and Smallscale Mining (ASM). From gold, cobalt, copper and gemstones to salt, gravel and quarry rock: artisanal and small-scale mining) has played an active role in national development and international …
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But gender discrimination, enshrined in mining laws, and disregard for health, safety, and social protection limit the rights and economic opportunities of women artisanal and small-scale miners, finds a new World Bank report.
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In 2023, the World Bank and the World Gold Council launched a partnership to promote sustainable and responsible artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). The two institutions bring their respective strengths such as development expertise, financial capacity, market knowledge and stakeholder relationships to promote the objectives of the partnership.
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This paper explores the underlying elements of gender inequality pertinent to women in the small-scale gold mining sector in Ghana drawing inference from a case study of the Tarkwa-Nsuaem ...
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In formalised and mechanised small-scale mining settings, women's basic, direct and unskilled roles are eroded through capital-labour substitution mechanisms – replacement …
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in large-scale and in artisanal and small-scale mining remains frequently overlooked. Similarly, Similarly, the role and value of women from mining communities often remain invisible or unaddressed.
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Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) on the African continent is increasingly the focus of global, regional and national efforts aimed at regulating the sector as part of larger initiatives to increase national benefits from mining, while also addressing problems seen as linked to this form of mining such as violence and conflict.
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This paper explores the gendered contexts of artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-Saharan Africa, and traces how women are likely to be excluded from current policy pushes to formally regulate the sector. ... This chapter intends to explore existing and evolving gender 3 roles of women in artisanal mining communities, and provides a ...
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