CONTRIBUTING TO A POSTCONFLICT TRANSITION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO:

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• CONTRIBUTING TO A POST-CONFLICT TRANSITION IN THE
  DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
• EXPERIENCES WITH WOMEN IN ARTISANAL MINING OF
  KATANGA PROVINCE AND ITURI DISTRICT

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Pact, ASM, and the Public-Private Partnership in
the DRC

• In DRC since 2003
• Public-private partnerships with USAID, DFID and
  WB
• Four internationally listed companies Freeport
  MacMorran, Anvil Mining Ltd, AngloGold Ashanti,
  and First Quantum Minerals
• Three broad objectives focusing on transformation
  of the extractive industries sector

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Addressing gender in the ASM context of DRC

• Imperative for the DRC Government and development
  community MDGs, peacebuilding, gender policy
• Incentive for companies social obligation,
  return on investment, broader operating
  environment
• Complex and inherently linked to post-conflict
  transition of the country
• Requires a broad range of actors and diverse set
  of interventions
• Framework for coordination and effective use of
  resources

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• Single income earners and 50 of the ASM labor
  force
• Direct and indirect mining activities, including
  supplier businesses and sex trade
• Impact on children and ties to traditional
  community life

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KEY CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES
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• REPUTATIONAL RISK
• Approaches
• Multi-stakeholder framework
• Site visits and donor lobbying
• Examples
• SAESSCAM Framework for the DRC
• Kawama Artisanal Zone, Katanga Province

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• SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FRAGILITY OF THE DRC
• Approaches
• Work with DRC Government (local and national)
• Build ASM into the peacebuilding and MDGs agenda
• Examples
• Livelihoods, Sexual and gender based violence,
  and community security
• Government capacity building program

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• LIMITED DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
• Approach
• Integrate female artisanal miners into
  traditional development programs with mining
  companies and donors
• Examples
• Health and HIV/Aids, literacy and savings,
  agriculture, and SMEs

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• ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
• Approach Tailor programming to each ASM context
• Examples
• Bridging the revenue gap
• Literacy classes at convenient times and places
• SMEs that respond to local supply and demand

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• CULTURAL BARRIERS AND PHYSICAL SECURITY RISKS
• Approaches
• Work with men and women to tackle behaviour
  change and re-define gender roles
• Leverage support from mining company partners on
  community security
• Examples
• Sexual violence, literacy and SMEs, Voluntary
  Principles on Security and Human Rights

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Role of Actors

• Government regulation of standards, health and
  security
• Mining companies gender focus in social
  investment
• Development community artisanal miners
  considered part of the development agenda
• National and local civil society concerted voice
  on discrimination, exploitation and ill-practice

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Policy and practice recommendations

• ASM integrated into Government and donor
  framework for the DRC
• Work through a coordinated mechanism to ensure
  best use of resources
• Gender policy for company investment in
  communities around their concessions
• Stronger recognition by national and local
  advocacy groups