Women and war-time extractive industries

Orly Maya Stern ()

Chapter 4 in Women and War Economies, 2025, pp 65-85 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Chapter 4 looks at natural resource extraction, as extractive industries have been critical in funding armed groups in a range of contexts. The chapter considers the relationship between extractive resources and conflict, describing what is known as the “resource curse”, and at the part that “conflict resources” play in fuelling war. The chapter then considers the gendered impacts of extractive industries and looks at women's work within extractive operations and in surrounding towns in conflict zones, examining how women become embroiled in working in mines that support war economies. The chapter also looks at the use of slave labour by armed groups as part of extractive operations in war economies. Finally, it considers some of the reforms that have been put in place to counteract the parts of extractive operations in war economies, describing some unintended gendered effects of these reforms.

Keywords: Extractives; Rebels; Mines; Conflict resources; Resource curse; War economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035316502
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