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

by Blair Rutherford (Editor), Doris Buss (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032157054
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/27/2024
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

1. Gendering women’s livelihoods in artisanal and small- scale mining: an introduction 2. A social relations of gender analysis of artisanal and small- scale mining in Africa’s Great Lakes Region 3. Gendered livelihoods in the artisanal mining sector in the Great Lakes Region 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 5. Necessity or choice: women’s migration to artisanal mining regions in eastern DRC 6. Licensing of artisanal mining on private land in Uganda: social and economic implications for female spouses and women entrepreneurs 7. Promoting gender equality in the Rwandan ASM: efforts and obstacles 8. The governance of artisanal and small- scale mining in Manica District, Mozambique: implications for women’s livelihoods 9. Gendered “choices” in Sierra Leone: women in artisanal mining in Tonkolili District 10. “Remember the women of Osiri”: women and gender in artisanal and small- scale mining in Migori County, Kenya Afterword