Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities have been a significant source of employment for Kenyans, playing a critical role in poverty reduction and rural development.Even so, limited data and information has been available concerning the current and potential economic development opportunity that the small-scale mining …

1 Ownership of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Rights in Zambia 1.0 Introduction Mining is the major driver of economic activities in Zambia, accounting for about 12% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and more than 70% of the country's export earnings1. Further, the sector employs about 59,371 people, making it fifth on the country's top sector …

Keywords : artisanal; entrepreneurship; gender; mining women I. Introduction Artisanal mining communities around the worldare diverse, dynamic and distinct in nature they varyfrom culture-to-culture, region-to-region andmine-to-mine, and change over the course oftime. Women within these communities arealso heterogeneous and unique;

zation and is on a larger scale. In some West African countries (for example, Mali), small-scale mining is differentiated from artisanal mining by the presence of permanent, fixed installations that are establish. d once an ore body is confirmed. Throughout this publication, the terms artisanal and small-scale.

Gender and artisanal and small-scale mining: Exploring women's livelihood and occupational roles in formalised settings. Journal of Rural Studies . 2022 Dec;96:121-128. Epub 2022 Nov 3. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.10.013

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 …

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.

The Digging for Equality project will support women working in the artisanal mining sector in the three countries to reduce barriers they face and support their efforts towards gender equality. Previous research has shown women lack the access and skills to perform more remunerated and status enhancing tasks in mine sites, which would …

While the large-scale mining sector has a high male dominance, the small-scale mining sector has a near gender balance. Globally, women constitute less than 10% of the large-scale mining (LSM ...

Nature Energy 8, 221 ( 2023) Cite this article. Questions of equal treatment regarding gender are gaining prominence in the mining industry, which has been traditionally male-dominated. Although ...

The World Bank envisions a world in which artisanal and small-scale mining is recognized as an important contributor to global development. In order to achieve this goal, we must work together to promote better …

This chapter of the book, The Socio-Economic Impacts of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Developing Countries, intends to explore existing and evolving gender roles of women in artisanal mining communities, and provides a rationale and strategy for women to maximize potential benefits from participation in the sector.

The study argues that steps towards promoting gender equality in artisanal and small-scale mining should explore a gendered mineralised concessions distribution; thus, the distribution of mining ...

Artisanal and small-scale mining (AS M) has grown signific antly with appr oximately 40.5 million people directl y inv olved, and an additional 150 million depe ndent on the sect or for their liv ...

The practice of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has grown considera bly. in Mongolia since the country transitioned from a socialist state to a mar ket-. based economy with a hea vy ...

The report shows that 40 years ago, the world's large-scale mining industry was just as unsafe as artisanal and small-scale mining. However, today, large-scale mining is one of the world's most safety conscious industries. The report underscores the important role that increased mechanization and concerted efforts to improve health and ...

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) provide a development framework to help nations on the global agenda 'to end poverty, protect the ... Gender and artisanal and small-scale mining: implications for formalization. Extr. Ind ... The role of artisanal mining in the sustainable development of Myanmar's jadeite industry.

Much research on gender and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has tended to focus on describing the different roles women undertake in mining, while there has been less attention to how gender relations are constructed, reinforced and challenged in and through ASM. Drawing from desk and field research in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, …

iv Modernizing Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Harnessing new technologies for sustainable development Acronyms 3Ts tin, tantalum, and tungsten ASM artisanal and small-scale mining ASGM artisanal and small-scale gold mining DMCS digital mining cadastre system DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo GPS geographic positioning …

Abstract The role of women as mineworkers and as workers has been erased. Here, we challenge the masculinity associated with the mines, taking a longer-term and a global labour history perspective. We foreground the importance of women as mineworkers in different parts of the world since the early modern period and analyse …

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.

This report is one of three in a global research project funded by the IGF providing an updated review of current knowledge on ASM trends and gender issues. The two reports can be found online: • Global Trends in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM): A review of key numbers and issues

This paper reflects broadly on how artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ... we again have large degrees of uncertainty around ASM's role. In global and regional assessments of changes in land use and 'quality' (e.g. degradation), artisanal mining operations are often lumped ...

Artisanal and small-scale miners play a big role in the mining of Development Minerals such as construction materials, industrial minerals and semi-precious stones - to meet the growing needs of ...

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining. Pact brings together government, industry, miners and mining communities to make ASM safer, formal and more productive, while making the most of ASM's contributions to development. Artisanal and small-scale mining, or ASM, is a largely informal economic sector that includes workers around the world who use ...

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.

The Africa Mining Vision reiterates the importance of training centres or 'centres of excellence' (COEs) for artisanal and small-scale mining but historically, these have had mixed results ...

Global report on artisanal & small-scale mining ... Women and artisanal mining: gender roles and the road ahead; F. Hruschka et al. ... Women mine-rock waste collectors in artisanal and small-scale mining in Ecuador: Challenges and opportunities. The Extractive Industries and Society, Volume 7, Issue 4, 2020, pp. 1579-1586 ...

and artisanal mining: Gender roles and the road ahead, in Gavin Hilson (ed) Socio-Economic Impacts of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Developing Countries, Lisse: A.A. Balkema Publishers, pp. 161–204. International Labor Organization, (1999), Social and La-bour Issues in Small-Scale Mines. Report for Discussion

The IGF also launched Gender in Mining Governance: An annotated bibliography for large-scale mining to provide additional resources to policy makers. The IGF supports more than 75 member nations committed to leveraging mining for sustainable development to ensure negative impacts are limited and financial benefits are shared. It …