Fact Sheet : An Initiative to Gender Responsive Village in ASGM Sector

The artisanal small-scale gold mining activity provides a significant boost in economic activity for rural communities, yet the informal nature of the majority of operations in this sector makes it difficult for miners to access financing and cleaner technologies that could transform their operations. Both women and men are engaged in ASGM in Indonesia. However, GOLD-ISMIA Project has come to understand that there are gender-based differences in the types of work women and men are engaged relating to ASGM, leading to gaps in the income they can earn, disparities in access to knowledge and technologies, and differences in the health risks they are exposed to. With the prevailing gendered dynamics in households and communities, project note that the engagement of women and men in ASGM is not based on equality.