Gender and Extractive Industries

Project: For the advancement of women’s rights in Africa- transformational leadership

“Gender and Extractive Industries” (in progress)

Financial Partner: Oxfam America

Total cost:  95 000 $

Duration: 

Country: Sub-regional level

Objective: To involve women and girls in the governance of the extractive industries sector by ensuring that their rights are respected and their specific needs taken into account

Results (in progress)

• Production of a study report on “the legislative framework for mining in the ECOWAS region: review and recommendations for gender mainstreaming in the regional code
• Women’s rights organisations strengthened on the issue of women in the extractive industries
• Women’s rights organisations strengthened on transformational leadership