Goal
To improve the living conditions of women and children in Mali’s artisanal mining communities.
What We Are Doing
The FEMA project aims to improve the living conditions of women and children in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities in the Kéniéba (Dabia, Kéniéba, and Sitakily) and Sadiola (Dialafara) districts of Mali. It mitigates the negative impacts of artisanal mining by strengthening women’s livelihoods, reducing child labour, and supporting the formalization of the gold mining sector.
The project will:
- Improve economic opportunities for women and adolescent girls
- Reduce the presence of children on mining sites and promote gender equality
- Strengthen local governance of the artisanal mining sector (ASM), while reducing its negative impacts on mining communities, including on the environment and gender equality
