Inclusive Economies

MIT D-Lab works to empower artisanal women miners in Colombia

Women engaged in a co-design exercise to address environmental challenges in mining regions at a national conference of women artisanal miners in Medellin, Colombia. Credits: Photo: Fabio Bayona

News | Nov 06, 2023 | Danna Lorch | MIT D-Lab | Office of the Associate Provost for International Activities

MIT News

MIT D-Lab works to empower artisanal women miners in Colombia

Mixing coding and life skills in Laboratoria's online training for women in Latin America (Part 1)

Participants in a Laboratoria online training. Photo: Courtesy Laboratoria

Blog | Sep 19, 2022 | Martha Thompson

MIT D-Lab

Mixing coding and life skills in Laboratoria's online training for women in Latin America (Part 1)

MIT Conference on Mining

MIT D-Lab's Libby McDonald will participate on a panel on artisanal and small scale mining on Friday, September 6.

News | Aug 23, 2022 | MIT D-Lab

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

MIT Conference on Mining

D-Brief: TeleCCB for Artisanal Miners

Publication | Apr 01, 2021 | Elizabeth McDonald, Amanda Epting

D-Brief: TeleCCB for Artisanal Miners

VIDEO: Interview with small-scale gold miner Aida Luz Mosquera

Small-scale gold miner Aida Luz Mosquera, Bajo Cauca, Colombia.

Video | Mar 30, 2021 | MIT D-Lab & Alliance for Responsible Mining

MIT D-Lab & Alliance for Responsible Mining

VIDEO: Interview with small-scale gold miner Aida Luz Mosquera

VIDEO: Interview with mining law specialist Erika Gracia

Mining law specialist Erika Garcia, left.

Video | Mar 25, 2021 | MIT D-Lab & Alliance for Responsible Mining

MIT D-Lab & Alliance for Responsible Mining

VIDEO: Interview with mining law specialist Erika Gracia

Gender Analysis: Creative Capacity Building to Address Gender-Based Violence in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector in Colombia

Publication | Feb 17, 2021 | Libby McDonald, Anne Thibault, Sophie Herscovici, Nathalia Mendoza

Gender Analysis: Creative Capacity Building to Address Gender-Based Violence in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector in Colombia

VIDEO: Interview with mining and metallurgy engineer Maria Margarita Gamarra

Video | Mar 18, 2021 | MIT D-Lab & Alliance for Responsible Mining

MIT D-Lab & Alliance for Responsible Mining

VIDEO: Interview with mining and metallurgy engineer Maria Margarita Gamarra

Women and gender-based violence in small-scale mining: The story of female miners

Focal groups in Bajo Cauca & Andes. Photo credit: ARM

Blog | Nov 23, 2020 | Alliance for Responsible Mining

Alliance for Responsible Mining (Colombia)

Women and gender-based violence in small-scale mining: The story of female miners

MIT D-Lab Inclusive Economies Program and the Alliance for Responsible Mining join forces to address gender-based violence in the small-scale mining sector in Colombia (Gender Analysis)

A group of women barequeras (gold panners) of El Bagre, Antioquia, Colombia. ©Alliance for Responsible Mining

News | Jun 02, 2020 | MIT D-Lab

MIT D-Lab

MIT D-Lab Inclusive Economies Program and the Alliance for Responsible Mining join forces to address gender-based violence in the small-scale mining sector in Colombia (Gender Analysis)