|  | | | | | World | | Commentary: Women miners aren't always victims. In spite of its dangers, "the victimization lens does great injustice to the hundreds of women mining alongside men," writes Leif Brottem. For women in impoverished countries like Mali, small-scale artisanal mining offers women their best bet for financial freedom and opportunity. "What women in Africa really need is for governments and their donors to recognize why so many of them take up mining and design their development strategies accordingly."
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