Related Links

 World Bank Programs and Units

• World Bank Gender and Development program This page identifies the Bank-wide team working on gender issues and describes gender-focused thematic groups. 
• IFC Gender Program The gender program aims to mainstream gender issues into IFC's work, while helping to better leverage the untapped potential of women as well as men in emerging markets.
• Oil, Gas, Mining and Chemicals The objective of this group is to facilitate the extractive industries’ contribution to poverty alleviation and economic growth through the promotion of good governance and sustainable development.
• Communities and Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (CASM) CASM is a global networking and coordination facility with a stated mission to “to reduce poverty by improving the environmental, social and economic performance of artisanal and small-scale mining in developing countries.” CASM is currently chaired by the UK's Department for International Development and is housed at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C.
• CommDev The Oil, Gas and Mining Sustainable Community Development Fund (CommDev) is a funding mechanism for practical capacity building, training, technical assistance, implementation support, awareness-raising, and tool development.
  

Select External Organizations addressing Gender and the Extractive Industries (this list is currently under construction)

• Oxfam Australia Women and Mining Project: Oxfam Australia's work program on gender and mining issues
• RIMM (International Woman and Mining Network): A global platform for connecting participants globally to address issues of mining and gender justice.
• South African Women in Mining Association: A South African Organization that assists informal mining groups to obtain mineral rights and run mining businesses/operations and 
  promotes female empowerment in the mining sector.