cover image: OWNERSHIP OF ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING RIGHTS IN ZAMBIA - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION

20.500.12592/j52br8

OWNERSHIP OF ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING RIGHTS IN ZAMBIA - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION

24 Jan 2023

Ranks fifth on the country’s 92.2% Male top sector employment index The emergence of organised Artisanal and Small-scale mining offers better opportunities to change the gender narrative in the mining sector and enhance the social and economic position of women. [...] Both primary and secondary data informed the challenges and opportunities women in ASM face and were critical in the development of recommended strategies to optimise the participation of women in ASM. [...] Further, there were challenges in ascertaining the number of women involved in ASM as the sector has largely remained informal, and the Mining Cadastre does not have a provision to register the gender of an individual or the composition of the entity applying for mining rights. [...] There were challenges in ascertaining the number of women involved in ASM as the sector has largely remained informal, and the Mining Cadastre does not have a provision to register the gender of an individual or composition of the entity applying for mining rights in the case of a cooperative or business. [...] Although the findings of this study suggest that gender disparities in ASM exist, the extent to this effect cannot be ascertained due to a lack of gender-disaggregated data in the issuance of mining rights and the informality that characterises the sector.
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61
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Zambia