Gender and labour force inequality in small-scale gold mining in Ghana

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Dinye, Romanus D. and Erdiaw-Kwasie, Michael O.. 2012. "Gender and labour force inequality in small-scale gold mining in Ghana." International Journal of Research in Economics and Business Management. 1 (1), pp. 6-15.
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Gender and labour force inequality in small-scale gold mining in Ghana

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AuthorsDinye, Romanus D. (Author) and Erdiaw-Kwasie, Michael O. (Author)
Journal TitleInternational Journal of Research in Economics and Business Management
Journal Citation1 (1), pp. 6-15
Number of Pages10
Year2012
Web Address (URL)http://www.wrpjournals.com/journal/international-journal-research-economics-and-business-management
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Gender inequality is an inevitable concomitant of the innate poverty in humanity, a situation to which the Ghanaian society is no exception. This paper explores the underlying elements of gender inequality pertinent to women in the small-scale gold mining sector in Ghana drawing inference from a case study of the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly Area in the Western Region. The contribution of women to the smallscale gold mining sector and through that poverty reduction and national development is immense, notwithstanding a number of factors that alongside militate against their well being. The drawbacks have to do with the unregulated, dangerous and insecure conditions of the small-scale gold mining operators which, for the most part, are discriminative against women. These are in areas of the health, income and capacity building package benefits given to their labour force. The policy implication is the need for government to institute gender-sensitive workplace regulatory policies and programmes not only to be adhered to in all sectors of the economy including the small-scale mining sector. Necessarily, it is the responsibility of the local and all the other relevant regulatory authorities to ensure that the designated policies as well as the attendant rules and regulations are enforced.

Keywordssmall-scale mining, women, poverty
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020350799. Strategy, management and organisational behaviour not elsewhere classified
350716. Small business organisation and management
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Byline AffiliationsKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Institution of OriginUniversity of Southern Queensland
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