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African Women in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining

African Minerals Development Centre 2015 English

This Special Report highlights the significant, yet chronically underreported major role African women play in the sector, more so in artisanal and small scale mining (ASM). In Africa, the ASM workforce comprises no less than 40-50% women; this report highlights a selection of them in Ghana, Guinea and Tanzania, and reveals the key challenges that women face in the sector and what can be done to make it more gender-responsive
Topics:

Health/Safety

Mining Laws and Policies

Legal Framework

Income/Livelihood

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Gender

Development
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Precious Metal, Cheap Labor: Child Labor and Corporate Responsibility in Ghana's Artisanal Gold Mine

Human Rights Watch 2015 English

This report documents the use of child labor in artisanal and small-scale mines in Ghana’s Western, Central, and
Ashanti Regions, focusing on unlicensed sites, which constitute the vast majority of mines. It also analyzes the measures that some gold traders and refiners take to avoid supporting child labor by buying gold mined with child labor.
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising
Topics:

Health/Safety

Gender

Due Diligence/ Supply Chains

Development

Conflict Areas
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Pilot Study: Advancing Transparency in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining and the Mineral Supply Chains in the Great Lakes Region

Tychsen, J., Appel, P.W.U., Hassan, U.A., Jørgensen, T. & Azubike, O.C. 2015 English

The objective of this study is to conceptualise the ICGLR's Regional Initiative against the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources (RINR) EITI tool by examining the opportunities to enhance transparency in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) and the mineral supply chains in the Great Lakes Region.
Knowledge Areas:

Technical Solutions

Formalization
Topics:

Baseline Assessments

Health/Safety

Mining Laws and Policies

Legal Framework

Governance

Environmental Impact

Development
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Shifting Formalization Policies and Recentralizing power: The case of Zimbabwe's artisanal gold mining sector

Spiegel, J. Samuel 2015 English

This article examines the recentralization of power in this growing informal sector, exploring how heavy-handed implementation of national reforms contributed to livelihood insecurity. The study emphasizes how national officials invoked “formalization” rationales for mining policy shifts that obscured their underlying political and economic drivers, disempowering local district authorities and deepening the marginalization of informal livelihoods.
Knowledge Areas:

Formalization
Topics:

Legal Framework

Mining Laws and Policies

Governance

Development
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A Golden Opportunity: Scoping Study of Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Zimbabwe

Pact Institute 2015 English

This report includes findings and recommendations from Pact's scoping study of the ASM sector in Zimbabwe.
Knowledge Areas:

Formalization

Technical Solutions

Access to Finance

Awareness Raising
Topics:

Baseline Assessments

Cyanide/ Mercury

Income/Livelihood

Legal Framework

Health/Safety

Mining Laws and Policies

Human Rights/ Vulnerable Populations

Governance

Gender

Development

Due Diligence/ Supply Chains
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African Women in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining

Precious Metal, Cheap Labor: Child Labor and Corporate Responsibility in Ghana's Artisanal Gold Mine

Pilot Study: Advancing Transparency in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining and the Mineral Supply Chains in the Great Lakes Region

Shifting Formalization Policies and Recentralizing power: The case of Zimbabwe's artisanal gold mining sector

A Golden Opportunity: Scoping Study of Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Zimbabwe