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Karen Hayes
vice president, mines to markets
khayes@pactworld.org
Cristina Villegas
director, mines to markets
cvillegas@pactworld.org
small-scale miners whose lives we improved last year
Mining provides a livelihood for millions of men and women around the world, many of whom have few other options for supporting their families. Pact’s Mines to Markets program, or M2M, uses an integrated, holistic approach to help resource-dependent communities improve their lives. We bring together government, industry and miners themselves to make artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) formal, safer and more productive. Pact’s efforts are helping to reveal and make the most of ASM’s contributions to development.
Specializing in areas including health and safety in mining, human rights, traceability and transparency, economic empowerment among miners, mercury abatement, child labor reduction, mineral certification and ethical sourcing, we help communities gain lasting benefit from natural resources by using them more sustainably. We also improve governance in the countries where we work, strengthening local, regional and national institutions.
Our M2M program currently operates in more than a dozen countries in Africa, Asia and South America.
Stories and Highlights
How can you promote gender equality in Rwanda's mining sector?
Strong alliances, strengthened communities: A well-built international partnership makes a difference for miners
Meet your miner: Asha
Meet your miner: Fatuma
Meet your miner: Prisca
Somos Tesoro in Colombia: We are Treasure
With women miners, Pact & partners build an ethical gemstone supply chain from the ground up
In her own words: A former child miner in DRC makes a new start
World Bank and Pact launch first ‘state of the sector’ report for artisanal and small-scale mining
Reducing mercury’s risks among women miners in Zimbabwe
