With women in ASM facing so many challenges, how can we foster their economic independence and sustainable livelihoods? This column explores five ways.
In this guest blog, Dr. Harmony Musiyarira highlights how access to finance may be one of the biggest impediments to empowering women artisanal miners and what universities and NGOs can do to support women in ASM.
The need to address gender equality and equity challenges in the ASM sector is crucial to positively impact women's economic empowerment, which IGF and Levin Sources explore in this joint column.
Explore four ways gendered impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining can be minimized while promoting economic independence for women artisanal miners.
