Onyango, Christine Anyango (2022) Women Economic Strategies in Patriarchal Bargains in Informal Mining Sector: A Case of Migori County, Kenya. Masters thesis, Hekima University College.
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Abstract
Women are key participants in Informal mining globally and their contribution continues to be under recognized and opportunities accorded to them are unequal to those available to men. However, despite the challenges women face within informal mining, they are looking for ways to bargain with patriarchy within the mining work and increase their economic gains. For women in ASM in Migori, the kind of strategies they apply to achieve this is important. 86 sample units were selected from Nyatike, Rongo and Masara mining areas in Migori County to understand the situation of female informal miners and economic strategies they were employing. Respondents in the study comprised both male and female miners, local government officials and key stakeholders including mining association officials and officials from non-governmental organizations. The study made use of purposive and snowball sampling in reaching the respondents. Data was collected using mixed research methodology where 65 questionnaires were distributed; and 9 key informant interviews and 2 focused group discussions conducted. The findings revealed that women were indeed looking for economic strategies to employ so as to negotiate with existing male domination and benefit more from Artisanal and Small scale mining. The women in their bargains had to build cordial relationships with male miners to get access to the ore and also get work opportunities in processing tasks. The women additionally formed saving groups to allow them access to more funds to use to buy ore and make other investments within the mining work. Some of the women also were involved in risky behavior like prostitution as a strategy to bargain and gain more from mining. In few cases some women were also investing in purchase of equipment like crushers that allowed them better returns than the other processing roles. It was evident from the study that the financial, training and agency support women were receiving from the government and nongovernmental organizations was minimal.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JZ International relations T Technology > TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email ict.admin@jhia.ac.ke |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2023 07:53 |
| Last Modified: | 22 May 2023 05:58 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/9829 |
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