Assessment of gender roles on land pollution in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Buhemba gold mine, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorGabriel, Happiness Wazamwe
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-25T10:06:38Z
dc.date.available2020-08-25T10:06:38Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionDissertation (Msc. Natural Resources Management)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study assessed the impact of gender roles on land pollution in Artisanal and Small Scale Mining at Buhemba in Butiama district, Mara region. Specifically, the study assessed the miner’s knowledge, attitude and practices on land pollution, explored gender roles basing on female and male roles in ASM. Also, the study assessed the contribution of gender roles on land pollution as a result of ASM activities in Buhemba small scale gold mine area. Different data collection methods were employed including observation, household survey, interview, focus group discussion and the review literature. Data were processed using Microsoft Excel 2013 and Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20, whereas data analysis was done using Pearson correlation, Chi-square and content analysis. At 95% CI, it was found that, there was significant ( 2 (120) = 6.678, p = 0.035) variation of knowledge towards ASM between men and women while attitude and practices (x2 (120) =1.11426, p= 0.799, 2 (120) = 0.65, p = 0.573) respectively showed no significant variation between men and women. Male were more likely to participate in digging activities compared to female (β = 2.416, SE = 1.177, df = 119, P = 0.004) while females were more likely to participate in the food vending business (β = - 3.056, SE = 0.953, df = 119, P = 0.001) compared male. It was revealed that female through food vending business (26.7%) were perceived to contribute more to land pollution compared to other female ASM activities while male through digging (16.7%) were perceived to contribute more to land pollution compared to other male ASM activities. The study is viable in addressing equity issues basing on gender in managing and conserving the land in mining areas.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGabriel, H. W. (2020). Assessment of gender roles on land pollution in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Buhemba gold mine, Tanzania (Master's Dissertation). The University of Dodoma, Dodoma.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2418
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Dodomaen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectLand pollutionen_US
dc.subjectArtisanalen_US
dc.subjectSmall Scale Miningen_US
dc.subjectMiner’s knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectASMen_US
dc.subjectMining areasen_US
dc.subjectMiningen_US
dc.subjectGender rolesen_US
dc.subjectMining sectoren_US
dc.subjectArtisanal miningen_US
dc.subjectArtisan mineren_US
dc.subjectGold mineen_US
dc.titleAssessment of gender roles on land pollution in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Buhemba gold mine, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US
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