Gendering the Field : Towards Sustainable Livelihoods for Mining Communities.

Preliminary -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Glossary -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Gendering the Masculine Field of Mining for Sustainable Community Livelihoods. Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt -- 2. Modernity, Gender and Mining: Experiences from Papua New Guinea. Martha Macintyre -- 3. Bordering on Equality: Women Miners in North America. Laurie Mercier -- 4. Sex Work and Livelihoods: Beyond the 'Negative Impacts on Women' in Indonesian Mining. Petra Mahy -- 5. Experiences of Indigenous Women in the Australian Mining Industry. Joni Parmenter -- 6. Indigenous Women and Mining Agreement Negotiations: Australia and Canada. Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh -- 7. Gender-Based Evaluation of Development Projects: The LAST Method. Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt -- 8. Women-Owned SMEs in Supply Chains of the Corporate Resources Sector. Ana Maria Esteves -- 9. On the Radar? Gendered Considerations in Australia-Based Mining Companies' Sustainability Reporting, 2004-2007. Sara Bice -- 10. Towards a Post-Conflict Transition: Women and Artisanal Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rachel Perks -- 11. Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Gender and Sustainable Livelihoods in Mongolia. Bolormaa Purevjav -- 12. Gender Mainstreaming in Asian Mining: A Development Perspective. Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Gill Burke.

The chapters in this book offer concrete examples from all over the world to show how community livelihoods in mineral-rich tracts can be more sustainable by fully integrating gender concerns into all aspects of the relationship between mining practices and mine affected communities.

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