Women working in artisanal and small-scale gold mining typically face discrimination at all stages of the ASGM value chain. Despite making up 30 percent of the global ASGM workforce, women's work is often undervalued and impeded.
But the reality is that women have critical roles to play in advancing more environmentally and socially responsible mining practices.
Today and every day, the planetGOLD programme joins allies all over the world in a commitment to equitably include women in efforts to support responsible, mercury-free artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) as a dignified source of livelihoods.
