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Convening stakeholders to develop and implement strategies to reduce child labor in artisanal and small-scale gold mining - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2563

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2563

location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

Convening stakeholders to develop and implement strategies to reduce child labor in artisanal and small-scale gold mining - Final Evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2021-07-29 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Child labour, forced labour, human trafficking and slavery

category:

Child labour

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action_plan:

Malaya documentary video available and Written documentary developed.

management_response:

Completed

progress:

Achieved

admin_units:

FPRW

title:

Malaya Documentary. The project should develop a documentary on Malaya showcasing the improvements the mining association made to reduce CL, improve WC, and mitigate environment damage caused by mining operations. The 2015 HRW documentary highlighted the use of children in dangerous and unhealthy working conditions in the mines, use of mercury in ore processing, and environmental damage to streams and rivers. Since the HRW documentary, Malaya has undergone a transformation. The community is aware that children should not be working in the mines. As a result, the use of child labor is rare. The mining association has shifted from using mercury to gravity concentration to separate gold and implemented other safeguards to protect streams and rivers from tailings run-off. In addition, the mining association and women’s cooperative have diversified their livelihood strategy by investing in agriculture such as coconut trees and coconut products and animal farming including fish, ducks, chickens, and goats. Malaya is a case study of how ASGM communities can transform themselves and should be documented and shared so other ASGM communities might learn.

project_symbols:

GLO/16/52/USA

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/14211

information_source:

Country Office

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