Necessity or choice: women’s migration to artisanal mining regions in eastern DRC
| Autor: | Marie Rose Bashwira, Gemma van der Haar |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Cultural Studies
History Sociology and Political Science 020209 energy media_common.quotation_subject Field data WASS 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Development migration 01 natural sciences 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Demography media_common violent conflict Artisanal mining Democracy mobility Geography Economy Anthropology artisanal mining eastern DRC Sociology of Development and Change women Sociologie van Ontwikkeling en Verandering social navigation |
| Zdroj: | Canadian Journal of African Studies, 54(1), 79-99 Canadian Journal of African Studies 54 (2020) 1 |
| ISSN: | 0008-3968 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00083968.2019.1674170 |
| Popis: | Women have long remained invisible in representations of artisanal mining in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Based on original field data, this paper seeks to fill that gap. It shows how women come to mining sites with the hope of finding a degree of security, economic possibilities and the start of a new life. Contrary to what dominant discourses on the “resource curse” and sexual violence towards women have suggested, women may find a degree of protection in mining areas. We take the analysis beyond the “push” and “pull” factors with which migration is usually explained, to understand women’s motivation to move into mining areas as complex and changing. The study situates women’s movement to the mines within their life trajectories which are shaped by violence and various forms of insecurity. The notion of social navigation is brought in to understand how they cope with gender discrimination, challenges and risks in the mining economy. The paper shows how push and pull factors merge over time and how some women succeed in creating new sources of revenue and manage to mitigate the situation of vulnerability in which they find themselves. |
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