September 2007, Community and Small Scale Mining (CASM)
The Gender session hosted about 30 participants, representatives of governments, private companies, international organizations and small scale miners. The session was organized in two parts, with Part I focusing on presentations of two country cases and two thematic approaches to gender and Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM), followed by a panel discussion; and Part II, consisting of break-out groups discussions on identifying actions that different relevant stakeholders can take for gender mainstreaming in ASM.
