Extractive Resources
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Structural Change and Wife Abuse: A Disaggregated Study of Mineral Mining and Domestic Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1999–2013
Library
Mineral mining may be a mixed blessing for local communities. On the one hand, extractive industries can be a positive economic driver, generating considerable revenues,…
Sudan: Sudan Pressures OVL for Higher Tax, Sits on Extension
International
Sudan is playing hardball with India on the issue of extending the licence for an oilfield with a view to extracting additional revenue, even though…
Liberia: Concessions Violate Women’s Rights
International
A research report released in Monrovia over the weekend by Natural Resources Women’s Platform (NRWP), the Alliance for Rural Democracy (ARD), and Green Advocates International…
Afghanistan: Afghan Women to Be Given 'Fair Share' in Property Rights Drive - Land Authority
International
Afghan women should benefit from a project to issue property titles to homeowners in Kabul, where more than two-thirds of the houses have no formal…
Colombia: Legal Threats, Not War, Top Commodity Producers' Concerns in Colombia
International
Gold mining companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars but not extracted a gram. Palm farmers are told their land belongs to someone else.…
Vietnam/South China Sea: Vietnam Says All Will Lose in Any South China Sea War
International
Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang warned on Tuesday there would be no winners in any armed conflict sparked by territorial disputes in the South China…
Colombia: UN Praises Colombia and FARC's Agreement on Women
International
The UN has welcomed an agreement between the Colombian government and FARC rebels giving specific guarantees to women as part of a peace accord. Both…
The Top-Secret Cold War Plan to Keep Soviet Hands off Middle Eastern Oil
International
On a cool summer day in London in 1951, an American CIA officer told three British oil executives about a top-secret U.S. government plan. The…
Iraq: Marsh Loss Shatters Lifestyle of Iraq’s Ma’dan Women
International
Iraq is losing crucial knowledge about water management as marshland depletion is altering the lifestyle of local women, a paper has warned. The indigenous people…
Can Mining Dig Rural Women Out of Poverty in Ghana?
Blog
Walking within the artisanal and small-scale mining population in Tarkwa, one of Ghana's principal mining regions, it dawns on me that the local population has…
The Gendered Construction of Reparations: An Exploration of Women's Exclusion from the Niger Delta Reintegration Processes
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The Niger Delta is located in the South-south region of Nigeria. Oil exploration and exploitation by the multinational oil companies led to environmental degradation. The…
‘I Acted Like a Man’: Exploring Female Ex-insurgents’ Narratives on Nigeria’s Oil Insurgency
Briefs & Development
This paper explores how a small sample of female ex-insurgents make sense of their engagement in Nigeria’s oil insurgency. The study is informed by three…
Artisanal Mining, Conflict, and Sexual Violence in Eastern DRC
Briefs & Development
The natural resource abundance of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has featured in policy debates as the prime example of ‘conflict minerals’ driving…
Does Artisanal Mining Increase the Risk of Sexual Violence? Micro-Level Evidence from Eastern Congo
Briefs & Development
DR Congo’s natural resource abundance has featured in policy debates and amongst advocacy groups as the prime example of ‘conflict minerals’ driving conflict-related sexual violence.…
Role of Women in Artisanal Mining & Peacebuilding [Video]
Library
Southern Voices Network Scholar, Maame Esi Eshun says that focusing on the role of women and improving conditions for those involved in artisanal mining in…
Resources and Resourcefulness: Gender, Conflict, and Artisanal Mining Communities in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Library
Recent studies in the DRC tend to focus on human rights abuses or on the status of women, however few investigations examine the link between…
Corporate Social Responsibility and Natural Resource Conflict
Briefs & Development
This book examines the possibilities and limitations of corporate social responsibility in minimising the violent conflict often associated with natural resource exploitation. Through detailed and…
Liberia: Women Petition Senate to Pass Land Rights Bill
International
A group of women under the banner of the Women NGO Network Tuesday converged on the Capitol Building to petition the Liberian Senate to speedily…
DRC: New Scheme Seeks to Improve Tracking of DRC Minerals
International
The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is renowned for its mineral wealth, but much of that wealth is untapped, partly because of fears that mineral…
Governance, Gender and no Guarantees in Africa’s Oil-Rich States
Blog
The discovery of oil in Chad in 1969 did not yield many immediate benefits for a population that would soon be wracked by civil war,…
Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste Welcomes Australia's Return of Spying Documents Seized by Asio
International
The Timor-Leste government has praised a decision by the Australian government to return documents about past spying that were at the centre of raids by…
Women and Climate Change: Impact and Agency in Human Rights, Security, and Economic Development
Library
This report comes at an important time of international observance when new commitments to action will be made, coinciding not only with the fifteenth anniversaries…
Afghanistan’s Mining Industry, Crucial for Economy, Holds Risks for Women
Blog
As Afghanistan attempts to develop its economy by attracting investment to its mining sector, the already daunting conditions for women in rural areas could worsen…
Conflict Minerals: How to Make the Most of Africa’s Business Boom
International
Following the close of this week's unprecedented U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the business community's eyes are trained on Africa. Perhaps not since colonization has the West…
Resources and Resourcefulness: Roles, Opportunities and Risks for Women Working at Artisanal Mines in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Library
Two dominant narratives have characterized the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): (1) the horrific abuse of women through sexual violence and…
Mineral Wealth and Rural Livelihoods in Sierra Leone: Where Does Artisanal Mining Fit In? [Video]
Library
Dr. Roy Maconachie from the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath investigates the role of artisanal mining in post-war Sierra…
Women and Natural Resources: Unlocking the Peacebuilding Potential
Briefs & Development
This report focuses on the relationship between women and natural resources in conflict-affected settings, and discusses how the management of natural resources can be used…
Mujeres y Recursos Naturales: Liberando el Potencial Para la Consolidacion de la Paz
Library
Las diversas experiencias de las mujeres en tiempos de conflicto tienen poderosas implicaciones para la consolidación de la paz. Su capacidad para recuperarse del conflicto…
Youth Livelihoods, Activism and Extractive Industry in Sierra Leone
Briefs & Development
Over the past decade, neoliberal reforms, soaring commodity prices and heightened global resource demands have led to significant growth in extractive industry investment in sub-Saharan…
Land Policy in Africa: West Africa Regional Assessment
Country Assessments
The African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), acting as a consortium, have launched…