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The (In)Visibility of Women and Mining: The Gendering of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Sub-Saharan Africa book cover

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The (In)Visibility of Women and Mining The Gendering of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Sub-Saharan Africa

Edited By Blair Rutherford, Doris Buss Copyright 2023
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge
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The chapters in this book provide in- depth insight into the gender norms and contexts in which women work in the expanding informal mining sector in sub- Saharan Africa. Collectively, the research here provides a nuanced account of women’s livelihood strategies in artisanal and small- scale mining (ASM, as its generally known) in ways that challenge images of women— as either victimized by... Read more

1. Gendering women’s livelihoods in artisanal and small- scale mining: an introduction

Doris Buss and Blair Rutherford

2. A social relations of gender analysis of artisanal and small- scale mining in Africa’s Great Lakes Region

Katrine Danielsen and Jennifer Hinton

3. Gendered livelihoods in the artisanal mining sector in the Great Lakes Region

Jennifer Stewart, Richard Kibombo and L. Pauline Rankin

4. Impact de l’exploitation minière artisanale de l’or sur la vie des femmes dans les foyers miniers artisanaux, en territoires de Bisengo et de Mosolo: stratégies en matière d’égalité entre les sexes

Bibiche Liliane Salumu Laumu Omeyaka and Matthieu Mamiki Kebongobongo

5. Necessity or choice: women’s migration to artisanal mining regions in eastern DRC

Marie-Rose Bashwira and Gemma van der Haar

6. Licensing of artisanal mining on private land in Uganda: social and economic implications for female spouses and women entrepreneurs

Abby Sebina- Zziwa and Richard Kibombo

7. Promoting gender equality in the Rwandan ASM: efforts and obstacles

Bernard Nsanzimana, Aline Providence Nkundibiza and Patricie Mwambarangwe

8. The governance of artisanal and small- scale mining in Manica District, Mozambique: implications for women’s livelihoods

Blair Rutherford and Laila Chemane- Chilemba

9. Gendered “choices” in Sierra Leone: women in artisanal mining in Tonkolili District

Aisha Fofana Ibrahim, Blair Rutherford and Doris Buss

10. “Remember the women of Osiri”: women and gender in artisanal and small- scale mining in Migori County, Kenya

Doris Buss, Sarah Katz- Lavigne, Otieno Aluoka and Eileen Alma

Afterword

Joanne Lebert

Biography

Blair Rutherford is Professor of Anthropology at Carleton University and a research associate at the African Centre for Migration & Society at the University of the Witwatersrand. Among other publications, he is the author of two monographs concerning the cultural politics of farm labour in Zimbabwe.

Doris Buss is Professor of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University, cross-appointed to the Institute of African Studies. She teaches and researches in the areas of international law and human rights, sexual and gender-based violence, armed conflict and transitional justice, and the gender dimensions of resource governance.

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