Poverty, adaptation and vulnerability: An assessment of women's work in Ghana's artisanal gold mining sector

The paper examines the link between poverty and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in sub-Saharan Africa. It challenges the idea that ASM workers are simply trapped in a poverty cycle, using research on marginalized women in Ghana to add nuance. It argues that discussions should focus on how dependence on mining income, especially for women, can increase vulnerability rather than alleviate poverty.