works on gender roles in small scale mining

Formalization interventions inattentive to gender inequality are likely to entrench women’s exclusion from mining roles and bodies. Abstract 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

Nov 22, 2018 · Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in Central and East Africa is IMPACT’s ground-breaking research project studying the role of women in the artisanal mining sector and opportunities for their empowerment. Women are an essential part of artisanal mining. They take on roles from panning and processing to trading goods and services

Women and Artisanal Mining: Gender Roles and the Road Ahead. A hot, dry wind envelopes a statuesque woman as she kneels over wind-sifted trays of tinbearing pulverized ore in Uis, Namibia. In Bolivia, a nine-year old girl scrambles down a steep pit wall yet again to refill her bucket of metal-rich sand. And yet another woman stokes the fire in

However, the rate of women’s assimilation into small-scale mining has been witnessed at a faster pace than in large-scale mining. About 30% of the artisanal miners in the world are women and the majority are in Africa, Asia and Latin America (Hinton, Veiga, and Beinhoff, 2003; ILO

The low number of women in mining associations has largely to do with the gender division of labour in small-scale mining operations and in the community. Mining associations tend to be organized for financiers, plant owners, tunnel owners, and underground miners who are usually men

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

Compiled by Proud Nyakuni and Cosmas Sunguro. Dated 21/07/2021. Introduction. 47.5 million people work in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in 80 countries, 30-50 % are women, therefore, “Greater economic empowerment can be enhanced by women to break the cycle of poverty”

Feb 12, 2020 · The persistence, or growing importance, of women's work in small-scale and artisanal mining today, especially in the Global South as part of the globally connected mining industries, is a contemporary phenomenon that new research needs to historicize by focusing on ASM in the past. ... “Women and Artisanal Mining: Gender Roles and the Road

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Gender and Sustainable Livelihoods in Mongolia ... In contrast to the large-scale mining sector, both men and women work in ASM . ... women's role in mining

Why gender matters in the mining world All over the world, mineral production and mineral supply chains are recognised for their potential to catalyse economic growth and spur development. A growing body of evidence, however, suggests that current mining policy and practice can actually worsen gender inequalities if gender concerns are not adequately considered. Although […]

The present study used gender reproduction as a framework in order to explore the construction and representation of gender practices within the work organization of the Talensi small‐scale gold‐mining industry in Ghana and its implications for social welfare policies

Jan 01, 2021 · 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. Yet, there is very little research on how gender influences women's economic opportunities and power relations at ASM sites in Ghana