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With an estimated third of the world\u2019s mineral resources located in Africa, integrating mining with sustainable development to achieve social and economic benefits has never been more crucial. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a complex and diversified sector, ranging from informal individual miners seeking a subsistence livelihood to small-scale commercial mining entities.<\/p>\n

Global estimates suggest about 100 million individuals<\/a>, including people who work in the sector and their families, depend on ASM in approximately 80 countries around the world. The work is a valuable source of livelihood for many people, including millions of women. However, there is a pressing need to enhance the quality of life for these women miners, and to integrate gender equity and equality principles into the sector as a whole.<\/p>\n

There is also a need for policies aimed at legalizing and regularizing ASM. However, if this happens without reliable data on women\u2019s economic activities in ASM, regulations may not adequately address their perspective because of a lack of sufficient analysis of their current conditions, their economic roles in the sector and the barriers and discrimination they so often face.<\/p>\n

Research suggests<\/a>\u00a0that there are a number of ways to address these challenges while minimizing the gendered impacts of ASM and promoting economic independence for women artisanal miners. Below are just a few.<\/p>\n

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Boost the skills of women artisanal miners<\/h4>\n

The ability for women to participate effectively and consistently in the artisanal mining sector is often limited by traditional gender roles and a lack of available technical training. Providing such training in conjunction with legal mining knowledge and the skills to identify entrepreneurial opportunities can economically benefit women miners in the artisanal sector.<\/p>\n

Create women-focused services<\/h4>\n

Women miners can face a variety of barriers, but with the right tools, ASM can contribute to their increased economic empowerment. Mobile mentoring and counselling services focused on women\u2019s issues is one path. Another solution is to establish childcare centres or other family-related services at mine sites to alleviate some of the barriers that otherwise hinder women\u2019s participation in the artisanal mining sector.<\/p>\n

Encourage education and sector involvement<\/h4>\n

Recent research among women miners in Uganda<\/a> found that more than 70 per cent of the women had little to no schooling. Establishing women-focused training and encouraging women miners in the artisanal sector to join or create associations can provide opportunities for knowledge sharing and access to information, and increase their ability to foster new initiatives.<\/p>\n

Challenge unfair norms<\/h4>\n

Women often face gender discrimination at excavation and mine sites, which prevents them from taking on more lucrative activities. Due to these issues, women tend to work alone rather than in teams with men. By encouraging women miners to work collaboratively with each other, and by encouraging the artisanal mining sector as a whole to challenge gender norms holding women back, they can prosper and take on roles that could earn them a higher income.<\/p>\n

As women continue to make up a large share of the ASM workforce, there is a pressing need to ensure their quality of life, particularly for women miners working outside of formal legal systems. By enhancing gender equity and equality within ASM, the sector can spur social transformations to achieve poverty reduction, inclusive growth and sustainable development.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the recent research regarding artisanal mining in Africa, visit Carleton University\u2019s website.<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Explore four ways gendered impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining can be minimized while promoting economic independence for women artisanal miners.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[35,37],"class_list":["post-3180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-artisanal-and-small-scale-mining","tag-gender"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFour Ways to Empower Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining - Intergovernmental Forum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) works with over 75 governments to strengthen their legal and policy frameworks to promote good governance in mining.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Four Ways to Empower Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining - 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