The (In)Visibility of Women and Mining (eBook, ePUB)

The Gendering of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Sub-Saharan Africa
Redaktion: Rutherford, Blair; Buss, Doris

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000726152
• Artikelnr.: 64278799

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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