Meet Elélé and Juliette. Elélé and Juliette are from an artisanal gold mining community in Burkina Faso’s Centre-Ouest region. For...
When buying a new piece of jewellery, consumers are often presented with a dilemma—how to ensure their purchase is contributing...
Artisanal mining is a crucial source of revenue for women and their families. 30 percent of the estimated 44 million...
November 24, 2022 / Bamako, Mali Women and children in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector in Mali (FEMA) will...
The planetGOLD Uganda project aims to reduce mercury use by 15 tonnes over five years and support 4,500 artisanal miners...
Since 2019, we have worked with the mining cooperative COOPEDA in Dabakala, to implement the Just Gold traceability and due...
By Kady Seguin, IMPACT’s Policy and Research Director In recent years, more attention has been placed on understanding the barriers...
Democratic Republic of Congo is traditionally a patriarchal society, where decision makers are most often men. Yet, women are organizing...
When Ugandan policymakers began re-examining the country’s mining laws, it became clear an overhaul was needed. Despite a surge of...
Gender and responsible sourcing are increasingly tied together, ensuring that the extraction of subsoil riches benefits all members in communities...
Research has shown that high taxes and complex administrative burdens are driving gold smuggling in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)....
We applaud the recent action by the US Treasury Department to sanction Alain Goetz, the African Gold Refinery, and a...