Making Financing Accessible to Artisanal Gold Mining Communities https://youtu.be/eTPY8JonQi8?si=bxsi7IOlprm-Xl9p There are an estimated 15 million artisanal gold miners globally. Yet,...
Efforts to eliminate child labour in cobalt supply chains need to address root causes or risk further jeopardizing children’s safety...
New report highlights how access to finance for communities is a key component to the success of any formalization and...
There is an urgent need for financial services in artisanal gold mining communities. Formal financing such as banks or microfinance...
Artisanal mining often takes place in areas where security and human rights are at risk. Women make up 30 percent...
Cobalt fuels our smartphones, laptops, electric vehicles. Over 70 percent of the world’s cobalt comes from Democratic Republic of Congo...
54 Village Savings and Loans Associations established as part of Foundations for Peace project to support objective of responsible artisanal...
Meet Elélé and Juliette. Elélé and Juliette are from an artisanal gold mining community in Burkina Faso’s Centre-Ouest region. For...
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...
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...