Women’s Empowerment, Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in “Conflict Commodities”听
Gorette Arinaitwe poses for a portrait at the open cast gold mine where she works, at a site in central Uganda.
Overview
International Development Research Centre and GrOW
This work was carried out with financial support under the Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) initiative. GrOW is a multi-funder partnership with the UK Government鈥檚 Department for International Development, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the International Development Research Centre, Canada.
- Gender and ASM: Implications for Formalization (Buss et al) (Forthcoming paper, November 2019)
GrOW Working Paper series (GWP-2017-02)
GrOW Policy Brief (2017)
Methodological reports
- Notes from The Field:听Use of mixed methods research on Women鈥檚 Livelihoods in Artisanal Mining in Uganda, DRC and Rwanda (December 2017)
Country Specific Reports
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Interviews
Together with Canada鈥檚 杏吧原创 University and Uganda鈥檚 Development Research and Social Policy Analysis Centre, IMPACT is exploring women鈥檚 livelihoods in the artisanal mining of 3Ts (tin, tantalum, tungsten) and gold within the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. Our collective goal is to improve opportunities for women in the mining sector
Reflections on 鈥淯ncovering women鈥檚 experiences in artisanal and small-scale mining in Central and East Africa鈥� project: Researchers and a Gender Focal Point (Kampala, July, 2015) / R茅flexion sur le projet “Les femmes et l鈥檈xploitation mini猫re artisanale et 脿 petite 茅chelle en Afrique centrale et en Afrique de l鈥橢st ” : des chercheurs et un point focal genre 听(Kampala, juillet 2015)
General
Blog Posts
Posts by Sarah Katz-Lavigne (PhD candidate, NPSIA, 杏吧原创)**.
**Thanks to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Insight grant for supporting the research of Sarah Katz-Lavigne as part of the听Statebuilding and Women鈥檚 livelihoods in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining research project