Gender dimensions of artisanal and small-scale mining

Gender Dimensions of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: A Rapid Assessment Toolkit was commissioned under the World Bank’s Gender and Extractive Industries program as an easy-to-use toolkit for assessing and understanding men’s and women’s differentiated access to the resources and opportunities associated with artisanal and smallscale mining (ASM). This understanding is essential to ensuring that men and women have equitable opportunities for participation at all stages of the ASM value chain, as well as access to the benefits of ASM, and that neither men nor women disproportionately bear the risks associated with ASM.