July 3, 2020 | Burkina Faso, Fundations for Peace, Gender blog or article, Human Rights, News, Sanu Kura
From May 11th to July 31st 2020, the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) is participating in a global data collection on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in artisanal mining communities. This data collection on the impacts of COVID-19 in ASM...
June 23, 2020 | Gender blog or article, Inclusive Model, News
42 Pallaqueras (women mineral selectors), who are members of MACDESA (a Fairmined certified mining organization) in Arequipa, received food baskets as support due to the current conditions they are facing during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Pallaqueras are artisanal...
June 3, 2020 | Gender Based Violence, Gender blog or article, News
The MIT D-Lab Inclusive Economies program and the Alliance for Responsible Mining in Colombia, have joined together to launch a two-year program addressing gender-based violence affecting women engaged in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the Antioquia region...
April 6, 2020 | Gender blog or article, News
This article will be updated when we have more information and the Covid-19 situation evolves. Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) provides livelihoods for about 40 million people worldwide, representing 90% of the gold mining sector workforce and generating around...