Artisanal gold mining can pose risks to miners and nearby communities. When buying artisanal gold, the international community wants evidence...
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Ottawa, Canada—March 31, 2021 Until the gold industry, donors, and consumers prioritize and support a development and rights-based approach that...
The Digging for Equality project starts activities in Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe ahead of International Women’s Day...
Women make up 30% of the world’s artisanal mining workforce. Even though governments, donors, NGOs, and the private sector have...
Well-intentioned initiatives can negatively impact women miners in artisanal mining communities Ottawa, Canada—December 8, 2020 Today, IMPACT launches a new...
IMPACT is pleased to present our newly released 2019 Annual Report, Strengthening Resilience. In 2019, we were forced to be...
Group of leading advocacy organizations say new London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) initiative on responsible gold has the potential to...
Is it possible to advance gender equality, development, and peace while supporting communities to protect the environment? We don’t just...
IMPACT is joining more than 20 civil society groups, companies, and small-scale mining organizations in signing a call to action...
New report exposes how known traders and exporters are circumventing legal channels and pocketing massive profits from smuggled artisanal DRC...
The Just Gold project is the first to successfully trace responsible artisanal gold from mine site to export according to...
Epidemics, Conflict, and Gold: What We Can Learn From DRC’s Ebola Outbreak As We Respond to COVID-19
By Kady Seguin, IMPACT’s Policy and Research Director, and Alan Martin, Sechaba Consulting The COVID-19 pandemic is spotlighting the vulnerability...