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Women’s Rights and Mining together with the OECD Secretariat prepared the statement, taking into account input from members of the OECD Multi-stakeholder Steering Group and comments from participants, including over 50 civil society representatives in attendance from around the world, held during the 13th Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains, on 25th of April 2019.

Le magazine Woman in Artisanal Gold Mining met en lumière les femmes qui transforment le secteur de l’exploitation minière artisanale et à petite échelle de l’or (EMAPE) en Côte d’Ivoire.
Fruit d’une mission de terrain conduite par le projet planetGOLD Côte d’Ivoire, ce numéro spécial valorise le leadership féminin, l’autonomisation économique et l’inclusion sociale des femmes artisanes, dirigeantes de coopératives et actrices institutionnelles.

Meet Sugiyanti. She lives with her husband and three children in Indonesia's Riau Province. In this video, she shares her experiences working as a gold panner, her thoughts on the use of mercury, and how planetGOLD Indonesia is helping families like Sugiyanti's move toward a mercury-free future.

A growing number of oil, gas, and mining companies have committed to create more diverse, gender-balanced, inclusive industries – recognizing that it is not only the right thing to do, but it also makes business sense. To help oil, gas, and mining companies to meet their gender goals, IFC has developed this toolkit.

The authors look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mining operation of the MWMA as they work on incorporating the responsible sourcing guidelines in their mining operations.

This blog contributes to this ongoing discussion by providing insights on the gendered impacts of the pandemic on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) communities. They draw on our recent data collection in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Uganda and the DRC as part of the Delve COVID-19 Impact Reporting initiative.

This report is part of a series entitled "Access to Finance for Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners: Imagining Alternatives and Creating Opportunities", which investigates how artisanal miners seeking to make the move to cleaner and more efficient production methods can access the capital they need under fair and inclusive terms

Meet Cheryl Williams, a medium scale miner from Region 7, Guyana. She shares her experience of being a miner in Guyana.

This briefing note highlights the disproportionate discrimination and human rights abuses Indigenous women face.