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Women in (and out of) artisanal mining: a call for revising Uganda's draft Mining and Minerals Policy

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  • Muheki, Stella
  • Geenen, Sara

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In Uganda, a new draft Mining and Minerals Policy has been prepared by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development. This policy brief addresses the gender dimensions of the proposed regulation. Using insights from a document review as well as a field study in Lujiinji B Mine in Kitumbi sub-county, Mubende District, the research highlights i) the danger of blueprint policies that fail to recognize womens variegated (productive and reproductive) roles in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM); ii) the structural and gendered inequalities in access to productive resources, leading to adverse incorporation; and iii) the risk of excluding female workers from the formal mining economy. It is a timely call for acknowledging women's diverse roles and interests in ASM, and for making sure new legislation does not lead to more exclusion and/or adverse incorporation of the female workers.

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  • Muheki, Stella & Geenen, Sara, 2017. "Women in (and out of) artisanal mining: a call for revising Uganda's draft Mining and Minerals Policy," IOB Analyses & Policy Briefs 25, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
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