Responsible mineral sourcing is a major issue on the global sustainability agenda. Spurred
by “conflict minerals”, debates about the ethics of mineral supply chains now encompass a …

Despite being a core sector presenting lucrative growth and employment opportunities, the
mining sector continues to move at a slower pace in addressing the issue of violence …

Despite women and gender issues being at the forefront of artisanal and small-scale mining
(ASM) research, a narrative review showcasing the current state of the burgeoning literature …

Until recently, women were largely invisible as miners within the array of initiatives, laws and
policies seeking to regulate mining in sub-Saharan Africa. This invisibility is beginning to …

1 As of July 2020, the 'exact'estimate compiled from existing reports and publications was
42,240,796 people. For the latest estimates, see: https://delvedatabase. org/2 Development …

For the last two decades, the Congolese Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector has
been undergoing reforms of its governing structures. A recurrent argument supporting the …

In the last decade, the rapes (of women) in, and the metaphoric raping (of natural resources)
of, the Democratic Republic of Congo have received unprecedented attention from media …

Rwanda has closed artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in favor of larger corporate
enterprises over the last decade. The government and companies argue that his increase in …

Drawing on current anthropological approaches to labour, this article examines some of the
moral politics mobilized around women and artisanal mining in policy‐inflected scholarship …

Introduction The prevalence, pervasiveness, and minimization of sexual harassment and
sexual assault (SHSA) within the Western Australian mining industry has been revealed in …