{"id":13234,"date":"2019-11-15T09:53:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T14:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?page_id=13234"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:21:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:21:52","slug":"asm2014-2027","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/information-for-students\/resources\/asm2014-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender and Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining: Kenya, Mozambique and Sierra Leone (2014-2027)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Gender and Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining: Kenya, Mozambique and Sierra Leone (2014-2027)\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"gender-and-artisanal-small-scale-gold-mining-kenya-mozambique-and-sierra-leone-2014-2027\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Gender and Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining: Kenya, Mozambique and Sierra Leone (2014-2027)<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-13249 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/2-women-sieving-osiri.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13249\" role=\"none\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/2-women-sieving-osiri.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/2-women-sieving-osiri-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/2-women-sieving-osiri-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/2-women-sieving-osiri-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/2-women-sieving-osiri-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/2-women-sieving-osiri-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/2-women-sieving-osiri-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/2-women-sieving-osiri-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two women sieve minerals in Osiri, Kenya<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"overview\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"project-brief\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Brief<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Two-pager-Gender-ASM-Project-Final-Version-PDF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gender and Artisanal Mining: Connecting Research with Extractive Sector Governance<\/a>(September 2018, 2 page summary document)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"publications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/GenderASMIntroSIFINALSept2019Forthcoming.pdf\">Gendering Women&#8217;s Livelihoods and Small-Scale Mining<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Busset-al-GenderASMImplicationsFormalizationRevisedOct24.pdf\">Gender and ASM: Implications for Formalization (Buss et al)&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Beyond-the-Rituals-of-InclusionPre-PubFNLVn.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond the Rituals of Inclusion: The Environment for Women and Resource Governance in Africa\u2019s Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector (Doris Buss, Blair Rutherford, Cynthia Kumah and Mary Spear, pre-published version)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Geoforum<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0016718516301142\">A \u2018cartography of concern\u2019: Place-making practices and gender in the artisanal mining sector in Africa<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(<i>Third World Thematics<\/i>)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/23802014.2019.1646614?casa_token=4MmmkR5DatsAAAAA:IYjcZOqSafQSvCkqvaRJugO6J4n-XcZ1khUCwTldtWmr7O5kfPLbPb4Zzz9WBS_PnK3qwgbg5SG2n9k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u201cGendered Governance and Socio-economic Differentiation among Women Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners in Central and East Africa\u201d (2019)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History)<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordre.com\/africanhistory\/display\/10.1093\/acrefore\/9780190277734.001.0001\/acrefore-9780190277734-e-1415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u201cWomen and Mining in Africa\u201d (2023)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;(Routledge edited book)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/The-InVisibility-of-Women-and-Mining-The-Gendering-of-Artisanal-and-Small-Scale-Mining-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa\/Rutherford-Buss\/p\/book\/9781032157054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>The (In)Visibility of Women and Mining: The Gendering of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Sub-Saharan Africa<\/i>&nbsp;(2023)&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"country-specific-reports\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Country Specific Reports<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-sierra-leone\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    Sierra Leone\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-sierra-leone\">\n            \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/SLCountryBriefOct1.pdf\">Country Brief<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/SLActivitiesFinalReport.pdf\">Report on Sierra Leone Activities (October 20-26 2018)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Blair-Rutherford-2\/publication\/339741266_The_Moral_Politics_of_Gendered_Labour_in_Artisanal_Mining_in_Sierra_Leone\/links\/61ccb9e5d45006081676ca14\/The-Moral-Politics-of-Gendered-Labour-in-Artisanal-Mining-in-Sierra-Leone.pdf\">The Moral Politics of Gendered Labour in Artisanal Mining in Sierra Leone<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/339716310_Gendered_choices_in_Sierra_Leone_women_in_artisanal_mining_in_Tonkolili_District\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(<em>Canadian Journal of African Studies<\/em>)\u00a0\u201cGendered \u2018Choices\u2019 in Sierra Leone: Women in artisanal mining in Tonkolili District\u201d (2020)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/361543746_Migration_authority_and_the_gendered_organization_of_labour_in_artisanal_gold_mining_in_Sierra_Leone_and_Mozambique\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(<em>Africa<\/em>) \u00a0Migration, authority and the gendered organization of labour in artisanal gold mining in Sierra Leone (and Mozambique) (2022)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-mozambique\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    Mozambique\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-mozambique\">\n            \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Moz-CountryBriefAug-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Country Brief<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/367616576_The_governance_of_artisanal_and_small-scale_mining_in_Manica_District_Mozambique_implications_for_women's_livelihoods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The governance of artisanal and small-scale mining in Manica District, Mozambique: implications for women&#8217;s livelihoods (2020)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/361543746_Migration_authority_and_the_gendered_organization_of_labour_in_artisanal_gold_mining_in_Sierra_Leone_and_Mozambique\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(<em>Africa<\/em>) &nbsp;Migration, authority and the gendered organization of labour in artisanal gold mining in Sierra Leone (and Mozambique) (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/339716256_The_governance_of_artisanal_and_small-scale_mining_in_Manica_District_Mozambique_implications_for_women's_livelihoods#fullTextFileContent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(<em>Canadian Journal of African Studies<\/em>) The governance of artisanal and small-scale mining in Manica District, Mozambique: implications for women&#8217;s livelihoods (2020)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0301420725000492\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(<em>Resources Policy<\/em>) Tracing gendered and classed dimension of formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining efforts in Mozambique (2025)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-kenya\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    Kenya\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-kenya\">\n            \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Kenyacountrybrieffinal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Country Brief<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/ReportKenyaactivitiesGenderASM2019Final.pdf\">Report on Kenya Activities (July 29-30, August 1)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/RememberWomenOsiriFeb2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cRemember the Women of Osiri\u201d: Women and Gender in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Migori County, Kenya<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/GenderCovidASGMFNL_Pre-PubVsnMarch20_2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hungry Children Don\u2019t Ask Fathers for Food: Gender, Security and the COVID pandemic in a Kenya Gold Mining Area\u201d Doris Buss and Aluoka Otieno (pre-published version)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/ImpossibleMiningLicensePREPRINT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Case of the Impossible Mining License: Legal Rituals and \u2018Responsible Mining<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/dl>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"general\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">General<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AYV (African Young Voices television, <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;v=eF5V7GQIcOo&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fayvnews.com%2F&amp;redir_token=XtUyLVjKfGlmOxw-ZSIszRSC7aN8MTU0MDgyNzg2NEAxNTQwNzQxNDY0\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/ayvnews.com\/<\/a>) news clip about the &#8220;Gender and Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Connecting Research with Extractive Sector Governance&#8221; workshop, Magburaka, Tonkolili district, Sierra Leone, 22 October 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"blog-posts\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blog Posts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Posts by Sarah Katz-Lavigne (PhD candidate, NPSIA, Carleton)**<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaffairscanada.com\/2015\/women-and-artisanal-mining-the-bottom-of-the-supply-chain\">Women and Artisanal Mining (Migori County, Kenya; July 2015)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Sarah-Kenya-Sept-2015-wrapping-up.pdf\">The Dynamism of ASM and Gender in Kenya: Final Reflections<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Post by Ekpedeme Edem (PhD candidate, Law and Legal Studies, Carleton)***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/2020\/covid-19-and-women-in-asm-a-sub-saharan-african-perspective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 and Women in ASM: A Sub-Saharan African Perspective<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">**Thanks to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Insight grant for supporting the research of Sarah Katz-Lavigne as part of the&nbsp;<em>Statebuilding and Women\u2019s livelihoods in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining <\/em>research project<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">***Thanks to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Partnership Development grant for supporting the research of Ekpedeme Edem as part of the&nbsp;<em>Gender and artisanal and small-scale mining: connecting research with extractive sector governance <\/em>project.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gender and Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining: Kenya, Mozambique and Sierra Leone (2014-2027) Overview Project Brief &nbsp;Publications Country Specific Reports General AYV (African Young Voices television, http:\/\/ayvnews.com\/) news clip about the &#8220;Gender and Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Connecting Research with Extractive Sector Governance&#8221; workshop, Magburaka, Tonkolili district, Sierra Leone, 22 October 2018 Blog Posts Posts by 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