Gender and Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Implications for Formalization

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dc.contributor.authorBuss, Doris
dc.contributor.authorRutherford, Blair
dc.contributor.authorSebina-Zziwa, Abby
dc.contributor.authorKibombo, Richard
dc.contributor.authorHinton, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorLebert, Joanne
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-22T13:14:13Z
dc.date.available2023-02-22T13:14:13Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThis 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. 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 household and care work, and the gendered norms around what women should do, devalues and delimits women’s mining work. The result, we argue, is that most women will be unlikely to access mining licenses or join and effectively participate in decision-making in miners’ associations/cooperatives. Seemingly neutral interventions like licenses or grouping miners into cooperatives may thus incorporate while normalizing existing gendered exclusions. The paper argues for a recalibration of ASM formalization to ensure that gender is placed at the centre of design and implementation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBuss, D., Rutherford, B., Stewart, J., Côté, G. E., Sebina-Zziwa, A., Kibombo, R., ... & Lebert, J. (2019). Gender and artisanal and small-scale mining: implications for formalization. The Extractive Industries and Society, 6(4), 1101-1112.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2019.10.010en_US
dc.identifier.issn2214-790X
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/7928
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Extractive Industries and Societyen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectASMen_US
dc.subjectFormalizationen_US
dc.subjectSocial Reproductionen_US
dc.titleGender and Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Implications for Formalizationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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