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  1. Research

    When Women Support the Patriarchal Family: The Dynamics of Marriage in a Gécamines Mining Camp (Katanga Province, DR Congo)

    Rubbers, Benjamin. 2014. “When Women Support the Patriarchal Family: The Dynamics of Marriage in a Gécamines Mining Camp (Katanga Province, DR Congo).” Journal of Historical Sociology 27 (3): 1-22. doi:10.1111/johs.12050.

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    Topics: Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Economies, Poverty, Extractive Industries, Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Households, Livelihoods, Religion Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    Work and Masculinity in Katanga’s Artisanal Mines

    Cuvelier, Jeroen. 2014. “Work and Masculinity in Katanga’s Artisanal Mines.” Africa Spectrum 49 (2): 3–26.
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    Topics: Economies, Extractive Industries, Gender, Masculinity/ies, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo Keywords: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Katanga, artisanal mining, social change, gender roles, masculinity

  3. Research

    WPS and Peacekeeping Economies

    Jennings, Kathleen M. 2019. "WPS and Peacekeeping Economies." In The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security, edited by Sara E. Davies and Jacqui True, 237-47. New York: Oxford University Press. 

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    Topics: Economies, Gender, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, International Organizations, Livelihoods, Peacekeeping Regions: Africa, Central Africa, West Africa Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia Keywords: DR Congo, Liberia, peacekeeping economy, everyday spaces, women's work, men's work

  4. Research

    “Provide Care for Everyone Please”: Engaging Community Leaders as Sexual and Reproductive Health Advocates in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Steven, Victoria J., Julianne Deitch, Erin Files Dumas, Meghan C. Gallagher, Jimmy Nzau, Augustin Paluku, and Sara E. Casey. 2019. ““Provide Care for Everyone Please”: Engaging Community Leaders as Sexual and Reproductive Health Advocates in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.” Reproductive Health 16. doi: 10.1186/s12978-019-0764-z.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Gender, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy, Health, Reproductive Health, Infrastructure, International Organizations Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo Keywords: abortion, contraception, community leader, post-abortion care, DRC, Qualitative, community mobilization

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    Mining Companies and Gender(Ed) Policies: The Women of the Congolese Copperbelt, Past and Present

    Pugliese, Francesca. 2020. “Mining Companies and Gender(Ed) Policies: The Women of the Congolese Copperbelt, Past and Present.” The Extractive Industries and Society (August). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2020.08.006.

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    Topics: Extractive Industries, Gender, Gender Roles, Masculinity/ies, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Patriarchy, Multi-National Corporations Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo Keywords: women in mining, gendered policies, gender equality, Congolese Copperbelt

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    Towards a Post-Conflict Transition: Women and Artisanal Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Perks, Rachel. 2011. “Towards a Post-Conflict Transition: Women and Artisanal Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” In Gendering the Field: Towards Sustainable Livelihoods for Mining Communities, edited by Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, 177-95. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University E Press.

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    Topics: Development, Economies, Extractive Industries, Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Livelihoods, Post-Conflict, Post-Conflict Reconstruction Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    Present, yet Unaccounted for: Women's Participation in Civil Society Led Peacebuilding Activities in South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Van Houten, Kirsten. 2020. "Present, yet Unaccounted for: Women's Participation in Civil Society Led Peacebuilding Activities in South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo." Peacebuilding 8 (2): 240-55.

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    Topics: Civil Society, Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Peacebuilding, Peace Processes, Post-Conflict Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo Keywords: peacebuilding, African women, agency, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    Gender and Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Implications for Formalization

    Buss, Doris, Blair Rutherford, Jennifer Stewart, Gisèle Eva Côté, Abby Sebina-Zziwa, Richard Kibombo, Jennifer Hinton, and Joanne Lebert. 2019. “Gender and Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Implications for Formalization.” The Extractive Industries and Society 6 (4): 1101-12.

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    Topics: Extractive Industries, Gender, Women, Gender Roles, Gendered Power Relations, Livelihoods Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda Keywords: Gender, ASM, formalization, social reproduction

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    'A Real Women Waits’ – Heteronormative Respectability, Neo-Liberal Betterment and Echoes of Coloniality in SGBV Programming in Eastern DR Congo

    Mertens, Charlotte, and Henri Myritten. 2019.“‘A Real Women Waits’ – Heteronormative Respectability, Neo-Liberal Betterment and Echoes of Coloniality in SGBV Programming in Eastern DR Congo.” Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding 13 (4): 418-39.

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    Topics: Coloniality/Post-Coloniality, Gender, Gender Roles, Gender-Based Violence, Humanitarian Assistance, Sexual Violence Regions: Africa, Central Africa Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo Keywords: sexual violence, SGBV, Congo, interventions, Gender, colonialism, humanitarianism

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