{"id":13227,"date":"2019-11-15T09:53:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T14:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?page_id=13227"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:18:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:18:41","slug":"womens-empowerment-artisanal-and-small-scale-mining-and-conflict-commodities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/information-for-students\/resources\/womens-empowerment-artisanal-and-small-scale-mining-and-conflict-commodities\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Empowerment, Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in “Conflict Commodities”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Women’s Empowerment, Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in “Conflict Commodities”\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Women’s Empowerment, Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in “Conflict Commodities” <\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Gorette Arinaitwe poses for a portrait at the open cast gold mine where she works, at a site in central Uganda.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

International Development Research Centre and GrOW<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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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\u2019s Department for International Development, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the International Development Research Centre, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n