{"id":7114,"date":"2015-03-19T09:41:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T13:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?page_id=7114"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:22:52","slug":"artisanalminingandgender","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/research\/artisanalminingandgender\/","title":{"rendered":"Artisanal Mining and Gender in Sub-Saharan Africa"},"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                        Artisanal Mining and Gender in Sub-Saharan Africa\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-13288\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6016\" height=\"4016\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/shot-of-mounds-stonepickers-settlement-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13288\" role=\"none\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/shot-of-mounds-stonepickers-settlement-1.jpg 6016w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/shot-of-mounds-stonepickers-settlement-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/shot-of-mounds-stonepickers-settlement-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/shot-of-mounds-stonepickers-settlement-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/shot-of-mounds-stonepickers-settlement-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/shot-of-mounds-stonepickers-settlement-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/shot-of-mounds-stonepickers-settlement-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/shot-of-mounds-stonepickers-settlement-1-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/shot-of-mounds-stonepickers-settlement-1-200x134.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6016px) 100vw, 6016px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gorette Arinaitwe (l) and Anna Ampaire at work in an open cast gold mine at a site in central Uganda.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#Le_Francais\">Le Fran\u00e7ais suit<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"about\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">About<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"\" lang=\"EN-US\">Professors and students at the Institute of African Studies are undertaking research on the gendered dimensions of women\u2019s livelihoods in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in different countries in sub-Saharan Africa. ASM is a form of mining generally using minimal or semi-mechanization, and relying on large amounts of labour, &nbsp;supporting an estimated 100 million people worldwide. ASM has recently been described by the World Bank as \u201cone of the most indispensable \u2013 if not <i class=\"\">the<\/i> most important &#8211; rural non-farm activity in the developing world\u201d. The research projects examine the gendered context of mining law and policy together with a study of the livelihoods of women in ASM against the back-drop of growing international attention and policy interventions on ASM, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This research is in collaboration with colleagues in Africa and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"additional-resources\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/information-for-students\/resources\/womens-empowerment-artisanal-and-small-scale-mining-and-conflict-commodities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Women&#8217;s Empowerment, Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in &#8220;Conflict Commodities&#8221; (2014- 2017)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/information-for-students\/resources\/asm2014-2027\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gender and Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining: Kenya, Mozambique and Sierra Leone (2014-2027)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a id=\"Le_Francais\"><\/a>Le Fran\u00e7ais&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"lexploitation-miniere-artisanale-et-le-genre\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">L\u2019exploitation mini\u00e8re artisanale et le genre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les professeurs et \u00e9tudiants \u00e0 l\u2019Institut des Etudes Africaines sont pr\u00e9sentement engag\u00e9s dans la recherche sur les conditions de subsistance des femmes et la dimension genre du secteur minier artisanal et \u00e0 petite \u00e9chelle (SMAPE, en sigle) sur le continent africain. Cette recherche est en cours de r\u00e9alisation avec la collaboration des coll\u00e8gues en Afrique et au Canada.&nbsp;<span lang=\"fr\">Les d\u00e9tails pour deux projets de recherche actuels sont \u00e9num\u00e9r\u00e9s ci-dessous.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le Fran\u00e7ais suit About Professors and students at the Institute of African Studies are undertaking research on the gendered dimensions of women\u2019s livelihoods in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in different countries in sub-Saharan Africa. 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