Sexual and gender-based violence in artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana : implications for African women's socioeconomic empowerment and well-being
| dc.contributor.author | Arthur-Holmes, Francis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Busia, Kwaku Abrefa | |
| dc.contributor.author | Amponsah, Enoch Boafo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mengba, Jennifer Dokbila | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-06-19T09:47:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-06-19T09:47:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the complexities of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Africa, drawing from qualitative interviews with 38 women miners and 9 non-miners in Ghana. Our findings revealed five themes; 1) sex for mining jobs/roles and trading space protection, 2) physical aggression towards women miners during work, 3) sexual exploitations and manipulations, 4) everyday sexual harassment at mine sites: body touching and sexist comments, and 5) emotional/psychological abuse – which underlie women's experiences of SGBV in ASM spaces. These findings have implications for women's empowerment in ASM as discussed in the paper. | |
| dc.description.department | Sociology | |
| dc.description.librarian | hj2025 | |
| dc.description.sdg | SDG-05: Gender equality | |
| dc.description.sdg | SDG-03: Good health and well-being | |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.elsevier.com/locate/exis | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Arthur-Holmes, F., Abrefa Busia, K., Amponsah, E.B. et al. 2025, 'Sexual and gender-based violence in artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana : implications for African women's socioeconomic empowerment and well-being', Extractive Industries and Society, vol. 23, art. 101635, pp. 1-10, doi : 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101635. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2214-790X (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2214-7918 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.1016/j.exis.2025.101635 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/102886 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
| dc.rights | © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | |
| dc.subject | Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | |
| dc.subject | Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) | |
| dc.subject | Ghana | |
| dc.subject | Gender-based violence (GBV) | |
| dc.subject | Sexual abuse | |
| dc.subject | Sex for jobs | |
| dc.subject | Women empowerment | |
| dc.title | Sexual and gender-based violence in artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana : implications for African women's socioeconomic empowerment and well-being | |
| dc.type | Article |