Concepedia

Working in a boom-town: Female perspectives on gold-mining in Burkina Faso

Katja Werthmann

Resources Policy · 2009 · 142 citations · 17 references

Concepts

Social SciencesArea StudiesGender StudiesFeminist TheoryWomen's HealthWomen's StudiesAfrican Rural StudiesEcofeminismFeminism In Postcolonial ContextsMining PolicyRural Feminist GeographyRural Gender GeographiesGendered Agricultural LaborMining VillagesWomen In IndustrializationWomen's Access To ResourcesWomen's Rural Livelihoods

References

17

Structural Adjustment and Subsistence Industry: Artisanal Gold Mining in Ghana

Gavin Hilson, Clive Potter · Development and Change · 2005 · 314 citations

Natural Resources, Economics, Natural Resource Economics +17

Challenges with eradicating illegal mining in Ghana: A perspective from the grassroots

Sadia Mohammed Banchirigah · Resources Policy · 2008 · 301 citations

Law, Natural Resource Governance, Natural Resource Policy +11

Contaminated identities: Mercury and marginalization in Ghana’s artisanal mining sector

Petra Tschakert, Kamini Singha · Geoforum · 2007 · 234 citations

Social Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Social Science +12

How have reforms fuelled the expansion of artisanal mining? Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Sadia Mohammed Banchirigah · Resources Policy · 2006 · 221 citations

Social Sciences, Natural Resource Economics, Natural Resource Policy +14

Perspectives on female participation in artisanal and small-scale mining: A case study of Birim North District of Ghana

Natalia Yakovleva · Resources Policy · 2007 · 195 citations

Engineering, Gender Studies, Mining Engineering +14